Record Number: 23325

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

''In the evening went to the Mechanics & poured over the papers. In the Evening Herald there was a paragraph stating "Butler" many years Police Magistrate at Beechworth was to take charge of one of the Melbourne Suburban Benches ... Glanced over the Comic Papers some of them very amusing. Got home by nine o clock'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

11 May 1870

Country:

Australia

Time

evening

Place:

city: Melbourne
other location: Mechanics' Institute

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Buckley Castieau

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

15 May 1831

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Prison Governor

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Australia

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

[unknown - comic periodicals]

Genre:

Unknown, satire

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

23325

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

John Buckley Castieau

Title:

Diaries

Location:

National Library of Australia

Call No:

NLA MS 2218

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

John Buckley Castieau, Diaries, National Library of Australia, NLA MS 2218, n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23325, accessed: 30 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None