Item 8 - The taking Dido : from Dr. Story's Diary

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Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC P1-11-8

Title

The taking Dido : from Dr. Story's Diary

Date(s)

  • 1855 (Creation)

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Item

Context area

Name of creator

(1800-1885)

Biographical history

Dr Story made his home with the Cotton family who had settled at Kelvedon near Swansea. He looked after the health of the large family and the farm servants but his main position was assistant district surgeon at the Waterloo Point (Swansea) convict ... »

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Scope and content

A copy of an extract from Dr Story's diary, the original dating from November 1855, the copy taken by Mrs Collins Amos of Glen Gala in 1929. The diary entry concerns the apprehension of the bushranger 'Dido', who had assaulted Story and Mrs and Miss ... »