This diary was written by early settler Samuel Lazarus. It recounts his time on the Victorian goldfields (1853-55), and includes a rare, first-hand account of the Eureka Rebellion at Ballarat in December 1854.
The 12x18.5cm diary is a vellum-bound octavo stock notebook containing 168 handwritten pages. Lazarus' entries begin on 24 September 1853 and end on 21 January 1855. His lively, strongly opinionated writing provides insights into the Eureka Rebellion as well as the life of an enterprising young man during the colony's gold rushes.
You can read more information about the Lazarus Diary in our online Treasures section. You can also read the digitised version of the Diary from cover to cover. Individual pages can be viewed, zoomed and panned, and transcripts can be viewed.
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