A Gold Digger's Diaries

½ past 13th Sun afternoon Almondsbury Avoca Bendigo Bet Bet bottom breeze brother bucket Burnt Creek busy camped Castlemaine claim clouds cold commenced cool crossed dark diaries diggers diggings dray drifting Driving Dunolly dwts Elisabeth Evans Flat Forest Creek fossacking going gold goldfields gone Gulley Harry Harse Henry hole horse John Opie Jones's Creek last night leaving letter from Mother load Loddon Loddon River Maryboro Maryborough mate Melbourne miles Moliagul morning Muckleford Ned's noon nugget Nuggetty o'clock o'er Ovens River party passed Peters Pleasant weather Poverty Reef prospect quartz Quartz Reef rain Reading Reedy Creek reef returned River road round Rundle Street rush Sandy Creek scarcely seems shaft shycers sinking station struck sultry Sunday Tarnagulla tent thunder Thurs tonight took Tues Unley Walter warm washing week Wesleyan White Hills yesterday