Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Henry Brooke's 13 Weeks on the Lord Warden
- Dates:
- 1873-1874
- Creators:
- Brooke, Henry
- Abstract:
- This handwritten journal records the journey of the Englishman Henry Brooke from England to Australia aboard the Lord Warden. The journal is largely an account of the seafaring life, with reference to daily weather, animal sightings, and social events onboard the ship. There are 27 pen and ink illustrations, all of which relate to the material discussed in the journal.
- Extent:
- 0.5 linear feet 1 box, 100 leaves : paper of various kinds, ill. ; 157 x 123 mm. bound to 164 x 131 mm.
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Henry Brooke 13 Weeks on the Lord Warden (Collection 170/588). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This handwritten journal records Brooke's journey from Gravesend, England to Melbourne, Australia aboard the Lord Warden. Composed from October 7, 1873 through February 27, 1874, the daily journal documents events and customs of life on board a ship. The journal begins with a pen and ink drawing of a woman packing Henry Brooke's trunk, and quotes from Othello and Antony and Cleopatra. It appears that Brooke began to create a title page, as the words "13 Weeks on the Lord Warden" are traced in faint pencil on leaf 4r. Brooke mentions sailing customs such as throwing a dead horse overboard, rituals involved with reaching the equator, and Christmas at sea.
The daily journal ends with Brooke's arrival in Melbourne in January, 1874, though he does append two pages on Melbourne and describes a journey by ship to Launceston, Tasmania. On that journey, he happens to be on the same ship as the "English Eleven" cricketers; he subsequently watches them in a cricket match with a Tasmanian team. Brooke copied the ship's log and the dimensions of the vessel into his journal; he has also transcribed two pieces by fellow passenger A. G. Guillemard (author of Over Land and Sea: A Log of Travel Round the World in 1873-1874): a short essay on the tropics and an account of the playing of cricket onboard the ship. The narrative ends abruptly with Brooke in Tasmania. There are 27 pen and ink illustrations, all of which relate to the material discussed in the journal.
- Biographical / historical:
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According to the manuscript, Brooke is English. It is unclear whether or not he settled in Australia.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Jonathan Naito, with assistance from Jain Fletcher and Laurel McPhee, July 2004, in the Center For Primary Research and Training (CFPRT).
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- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Physical description:
- 100 leaves : paper of various kinds, ill. ; 157 x 123 mm. bound to 164 x 131 mm. Binding: Deteriorating brown leather binding, exposed spine.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Manuscripts.
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-11-19 14:20:43 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Henry Brooke 13 Weeks on the Lord Warden (Collection 170/588). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988