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Augustus Bostock Diary AUGUSTUS BOSTOCK DIARY. This diary was posted to the Aus-Vic-Western District Mail list over a long period of time. Hence the duplication of some family data for new readers. I have decided to leave it included in the pages, as it does help the reader to understand without looking back. I hope you enjoy these pages and find someone related to you… Thelma Birrell. DIARY of AUGUSTUS BOSTOCK Grasmere” 1854 AUGUST 1854 Sun 20 Paid LATTA (Wm. ) for seed wheat. Sent word to (John) GOOD about beef. Mon 21 MURPHY came to see dray. Tue 22 Mr. BEAMISH (Rev. Peter TEULON) stayed the night with me Wed 23 THORNTON absent. Water over bridge. Boisterous weather. Mr. BEAMISH left Bay mare and took away with dark Bay horse. Mon 28 ARNEL (Frederick) paid me for four bullocks Tues 29 To Warrnambool and played a game of cricket. Wed 30 Paid NICOL (Gilbert) for oats. Thur 31 Sent to (John) GOOD’s for beef. SEPTEMBER 1854 Sat 2 Sowed spring wheat which I bought from Mr. MANNING. Placed empty hive under old hive of bees. (John Slade MANNING and Frederick Mullet MANNING) Sun 3 John BEAZING went to find the strawberry bullock. Mon 4 Put some cuttings of 'Gloria Pea' in green house to strike Tue 5 Grafted apples, plums, cherries and peaches. Wed 6 To Warrnambool with horse dray. Bought 20 bushels of spring wheat Mon 11 John EMBERLY absent. Yoked white steer I got from TOZER (Francis) Tue 12 Ploughing with bullocks in front of the house. John EMBERLY absent. Mon 18 Ernest (BOSTOCK) HICKLING (Frederick) and George (BOSTOCK) were out. Sowing onion seed. Grafted storks and sowed wheat and oats. Tue 19 Got bullock from (John) GOOD. Mon 25 Went to look at land to be sold. Ploughed land over again where flood perished oats. Wed 27 Sowed carrot, cabbage and lettuce seeds. Thu 28 Grafted apples and cherries. Sat 30 Played a game of cricket married v singles. OCTOBER 1854 Mon 1 MANIFOLD (Thomas) returned home with me. Annie (COX) and George (BOSTOCK) had two sons (Twins) (Can you believe, I never really noticed this back in 1990 when I edited diaries. This would have saved me a lot of time. One died as baby and the other at age 3 in 1858, the same year as his father George BOSTOCK died. ) Thu 5 To the Warrnambool Land Sale Sun 8 Went to ALLAN’s Bridge with MANIFOLD (Thomas) Tue 10 Sold Mr. PILKINGTON two bullocks. Thu 12 Delivered two bullocks to PILKINGTON. Discharged DWYER and hired housekeeper. Sowing oats in waterholes. Fri 13 Mr. MANIFOLD (Thomas) and Mr. NICOLSON (Mark) sailed for Melbourne Sat 14 Went to Port Fairy to play cricket Mon 16 Commenced cutting potatoes for seed etc. Thu 19 Picked and sent first gooseberries to Warrnambool Tue 24 Planted potatoes and picked gooseberries. Thu 26 Put away implements for the season. Took swarm of bees. Cutting rhubarb. Mon 30 John EMBERLY left. First potatoes up. Young 'Beauty' calved. NOVEMBER 1854 Wed 1 Took another swarm of bees. Sat 4 Returned home from picnic in Warrnambool. Mr. BURKE sent his bullock team for his flour. Mon 6 Ernest (BOSTOCK) took cow Cherry to Warrnambool. (Francis) TOZER took Mr. NICHOLSON's mare. Gathered gooseberries to send to Warrnambool. Wed 8 Mrs DALEY's team went to Warrnambool for loadings for the diggings. Fri 10 George and wife (Ann) and Mr. & Mrs. HAWKINS (Wm. Lilly HAWKINS) spent the day with me. I went with them to Warrnambool. (HAWKINS related to MACARTHUR ONSLOW families) Sat 11 Played cricket and spent the evening at Mr. MONTGOMERYs ? Mon 13 Remained in Warrnambool as 'Tasman' came from Launceston and I expect a parcel. Tue 14 Went to Mr. WILLIAMS with CAMPBELL. Returned home. CAMPBELL stayed with me. Wed 15 CAMPBELL stayed. Sent gooseberries to Warrnambool by John BEAZING. Commenced building barn. Took clay off grafts. Thu 16 Went to Port Fairy with CAMPBELL. Foundation Stone of English Church laid. Stayed all night at the ‘stag'. Fri 17 Went to “Leura”. Emily (Rachael Emeline nee BOSTOCK) and Michael CONNOLLY started from Warrnambool. I went out in the bay with CAMPBELL in sailing boat. Sat 18 Returned from Port Fairy. Went to find splitters in forest. Mon 20 George (BOSTOCK) & CONNOLLY (Michael) came. Arranged with MURPHY? to mend my dray. Wed 22 Hired ASHENDEN and wife. Sold ARNEL (Frederick) 200 gls of gooseberries. Thu 23 ARNEL's (Frederick) teams went to Warrnambool to load for the diggings. Picked gooseberries and cherries Fri 24 Sent dray for sawn timber. John EMBERLY is back. ASHENDEN came with dray. Sat 25 Picked 60 gls of gooseberries for ARNEL (Frederick) to take to the diggings. Sun 26 Ernest (BOSTOCK) and MACDONALD got this far from Warrnambool. Argued again with John EMBERLY Mon 27 Cutting posts for the barn. ARNEL (Frederick) took away gooseberries. Bought cow from WOODHART to kill. Tue 28 HORNE (George Samuel Wegg) put up his tent. ARNEL (Frederick) started for the diggings. Putting up posts for the barn. Thurs 30 George (BOSTOCK) and HANNAFORD came out. DECEMBER 1854 Sat 2 Went to Port Fairy. Mon 4 Returned home and commenced cutting Cape Barley. Tue 5 Went looking for rafters for the barn. Thur 7 Finished getting rafters. CAMPBELL (?EDDINGTON) stayed the day with me. Fri 8 Went to Port Fairy. Sat 9 Sent cherries to Woodford. HORNE (George Sam Wegg) and John (BEASING ?) weeding oats. Sun 10 J. AITKIN (James William Manifold AITKIN) came out. Mon 11 Mrs (Rachael Emeline) CONNOLLY and Mrs. COWTAN came from Port Fairy. Wed 13 Mowing clover and grass for hay. Sent cherries to Woodford. Thu 14 Making Hay. DAVIS came to see George's (BOSTOCK) mare 'Poppet'. Fri 15 Went to see LATTA (Wm. ) and DOY about making bridge. Deliver 'Poppet' to DAVIS. Sat 16 Mrs. CONNOLLY (R. E. ) back to Port Fairy via Warrnambool. I went that far with her. Mon 18 Cutting oats. Hired two men to fence the stockyard. Tue 19 Commenced the bridge in the little paddock across the Merri River. Wed 20 Getting saplings for the bridge. Paid GOOD's account for meat. Thu 21 Finished bridge and took a swarm of bees. Fri 22 Finished the fence at the bridge. Packed fruit for Warrnambool. Sat 23 Put hay together. Settled with HORNE (George Samuel Wegg). John (BEASING) took in fruit with horse and dray. Sun 25 Spent the day at 'Leura' (CONNOLLYs home 3 miles west of Port Fairy) Thu 28 Picked Raspberries. AITKIN's (James Wm. M. ) pony was sent out. Men still absent. Fri 29 Prepared place to stack the hay. Finished wallplates of barn. Sat 30 Putting up rafters and cutting grass for thatching !!!! JANUARY 1855 Mon. 1 Played the return match with Port Fairy. Went to the Ball in the evening. Wed 3 Engaged four reapers for wheat and oats. Stacking hay Fri 5 John (? BEASING) went to Warrnambool with dray. Putting battens on the barn Sat 6 Hired four reapers to cut wheat. Sun 7 George (BOSTOCK) and Mr. PARKER (Samuel) came. Engaged John EMBERLY Mon 8 To Warrnambool. Mr. HANNAFORD (Samuel) & Dr. THOMSON returned and stayed over. Hired two reapers and engaged two men to harvest. Thu 11 Engaged Mrs. DALEY's thrashing machine. Fri 12 Finished cleaning barley and returned cleaning machine. Mon 15 Got dray home from MURPHY's and cutting grass for thatching. Tue 16 Commenced cutting white wheat near LATTA's (Wm. ) fence. Prepared grass to thatch barn. Thu 18 Thatching. Putting palings on gables. GREEN went to Warrnambool to loading for diggings Fri 19 BIRD's man came to see if I wanted his thrashing machine. DOY commenced carting wheat from the field. HICKLING (Frederick J) came and stayed overnight. Sun 21 Ernest (BOSTOCK) came from Warrnambool. Mon 22 HORNE (George S. W. ) commenced reaping. Ernest (BOSTOCK) returned to Warrnambool. Wed 24 Carted more earth on to the bridge. Cutting grass, pruned grape vines. Thu 25 Started two more reapers. Got home some sticks for thatching. Mr & Mrs. CONNOLLY came. Fri 26 Commenced carting Adelaide wheat. Picked blackcurrants and plums. Sat 27 George (BOSTOCK) came out. Mon 29 Carted grass. commenced cutting Velvet wheat. Wed 31 Went to FOSTER's Mash to shoot. FEBRUARY 1855 Thu 1 Bought a fat cow from WOODHART ? Fri 2 Emily (Rachael Emeline CONNOLLY) went to Warrnambool. Carted white wheat. Went to William JELLIE's with (Michael) CONNOLLY. 3Sat Ernest (BOSTOCK) returned with me. Mon 5 Picked green gajes. Went to Mrs. DALEY's? with JELLIE. Ernest (BOSTOCK) went to W’nambool. Tue -6 Lost black horses. Out all day looking with John (EMBERLY ?) Thu 8 Sent cart to Warrnambool. Had Jock and Tommy shod. Sent in plums. George (BOSTOCK), Campbell (EDDINGTON ?) and HANNAFORD came out. Sat 10 Carting spring wheat. Took plums to Woodford, finished reaping. Sun 11 (Frederick) HICKLING and Charlie HOWARD came out. (Michael) CONNOLLY went to Warrnambool on his way to Port Fairy. Mon 12 Carting wheat with bullocks. Killed a cow I bought from WOODHART Tue 13 DOY started carting wheat. Got three bales of bags. D. WILLIAMS had stacks burnt. Wed 14 Paid off the reapers. Thu 15 To Warrnambool and HICKLING (Frederick) returned with me. Fri 16 Started cutting oats in Water Holes. Henry BOUKER returned. Sat 17 Went over to see HARRIS's thrashing machine. Sun 18 Over with all men at a fire at the back of CLEMENCE's. Mon 19 Paid up the reapers measured LATTA's (Wm. ) ground. Tue 20 Sold MANIFOLD & BOSTOCK (Thomas & George) 1000 bushels of wheat at 15/- a bushel.
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