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Friends...Please accept that this is number 85. I made a mistake, or two, while arriving at this number. I am now putting date in subject line. Thelma Diary of Augustus Bostock from his property at Grasmere, near Warrnambool... JUNE 1863 Mon 1 - We left Boortkoi before breakfast. Counted wethers at COOMETE. Went round BRUSH FENCES. Returned home. ARNEL (Fred) working in the garden. DREW (Mr.) finished putting stone on road at the bridge. PHILIP HELPMAN came out and stayed all night. W. fine. Tue 2 - Went into Warrnambool. Sent dray to get things and stayed in town all night. Saw Mr.WARE about waggon. Went with ERNEST (Bostock) to have another look at MAILOR'S PLACE and called at WOODFORD to a meeting of the AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. Fine. Wed 3 - Settled with JAMES AITKIN (J.W.M.Aitkin) about Mrs.AITKIN'S (Mary Meacock) interest. WARE & MUSGROVE (A.W.) came and I sold Mr.WARE the WAGGON & HARNESS. Saw WILSON (John) about sheep and pigs. Weather very fine. Thu 4 - Mustered pigs and put them in yard. ARNEL (Frederick) working in the garden. Bullock dray came from COOMETE. Weather fine. Fri 5 - Bullock dray went to Warrnambool for things for Coomete. Cull all boar pigs we had. Sent JAMES (Bostock) to MATHERSON'S (George) about their pig. Cutting TOBACCO. Got plough from MARGETTS (Edw.) ready to send by dray to Coomete. Went to DOY'S (Mr.)about his pig. Looked through young half bred rams. Dray has not returned from ? Weather showery. Sat 6 - Bullock dray left for Coomete. Went to Purnim. Called at MARGETTS (Edw.). Cull the young rams not wanted. JIMMY (Bostock) came down. Went into Warrnambool. Weather wet. Sun 7 - Went out to ERNEST'S (Bostock). Returned to town in the evening. Stayed in town all night. Weather light showers. Mon 8 - Returned home. JIMMY (B) left for Coomete. DREW(Mr.) securing the fencing in the paddock, next to the road, against the pigs. ARNEL (Fred) absent. WILLIAM COOPER came down for RASPBERRY CANES. Commenced making a gate for Coomete. W. light showers. Tue 9 - WILLIAM COOPER getting up RASPBERRY CANES. ARNEL (Fred) working in the garden. DREW (Mr.) cutting firewood ready to cart in. Finished one gate and commenced another. Weather light showers. Wed 10 - DREW(Mr.) carted in firewood. ARNEL (Fred) working in the garden. Making gates for Coomete. Weather frosty morning fine day. Thu 11 - Went to ERNEST'S (Bostock) to breakfast.Left my horse and went to town with ERNEST. Stayed in town all night. Weather fine. Fri 12 - Arranged with ERNEST (Bostock) about MORTGAGE ON SHEEP. Stayed in town all night to get to the PLAY, but ACTORS did not come. ARNEL(Fred) and DREW(Mr.) working in the garden. Weather fine. Sat 13 - Went with MacGREGOR (Samuel) to see his cattle at FARNHAM. Agreed to take 25. Returned to Warrnambool. Attended meeting of the ROAD BOARD and stayed in town all night. Went to CONCERT. Weather fine. Sun 14 - TRIPP(W) and myself came out to breakfast. MATSON(Henry), ATKINSON(Mr.) and PALMER(Octavius F.Wm.) came out to dinner. We all went to town in the evening. Stayed in town all night. TOM (T.E.Bostock) came down. Weather fine. Mon 15 - Went to MacGREGORS (Samuel) to breakfast and took delivery of cattle and brough them home. ATKINSON (Mr.)came with me. Tue 16 - TOM (Bostock) and ATKINSON(Mr.)came out from Warrnambool with me and stayed all night on the way up to Boortkoi. Weather fine. Wed 17 - Tom (B) & Atkinson left for Boortkoi. Went to township and WM.KEILLAR paid his rent. DREW (Mr.) went to Woodford about his letters. Working at gates for Coomete. BRENNAN (Mr.)came with his team and stayed here all night. Weather fine in the morning - had sharp hailstorm here and some rain in the a'noon. Thu 18 - BRENNAN (Mr.) yoked white steer which I gave him in place of old bullock. Moved old cattle to Purnim and divided young cattle to different paddocks. Brought Mrs.AITKIN'S(Mary Meacock) cow and bull home from DOY'S (Mr.). Put 4 heifers in back paddock to the bull. Sent dray to Warrnambool to get flowers bought at sale at MacGREGOR'S YARD (Samuel) and to bring out a bag of flour. Weather very fine. Fri 19 - Put all sheep through ARSENIC for their feet. Young OSBOURNE came to tell DREW (Mr.) about MARY'S death ? Finished fourth gate for Coomete. ARNEL (Fred) working in the garden. (Gussy must have had a lovely flower and vegie garden, while Fred must have been a 'green finger'..The produce would be available for all who worked for him and lived in huts on the property...Thel). JOHN CLANSE (Clancy ?) brought over the pig he bought at Hexham. Cull lambs that were old enough. Weather very fine. I hear there was rain in Warrnambool. Sat 20 - Put first coat of paint on gates for Coomete. DREW went to Warrnambool. Went round cattle at Purnim and brought horses and out them in back paddock. CHARLIE HELPMAN and young STEPHENS (Mr) came and I went to Warrnambool with them. Weather fine except a few light showers. Sun 21 - To Church in m orning. Walked to ERNEST'S (Bostock) to dinner. Stayed in town all night. Weather fine. Rather sharp showers at night. Mon 22 - Settled with MacGREGOR (Samuel) for the cattle I bought from him. Returned home. DREW got in some more of the pigs. ARNEL (Fred) working in the garden. Weather showery. Tue 23 - DREW (Mr.) and ARNEL (Fred) working in the garden. Finished painting gates for Coomete. To Woodford to MR.KIRK'S SALE and sale of cattle in Woodford yards. Went with MacGREGOR (Sam) and stayed at his place all night. TOM (Bostock) came. JIMMY (Bostock) & STOCKMAN (?) stayed at Grasmere. Weather fine. Wed 24 - Stayed in town all night. Agreed with SNOW (Henry) to let him have 200 wethers - 4 @ 14/- (fourteen shillings) each. to be taken away in six weeks. Weather very wet. Thu 25 - Went to ERNEST'S (Bostock) to get my horse. DREW mending fence at Purnim as strange cattle getting in paddock. SNOW(Henry) got 30 sheep. Went to Warrnambool again in evening. Weather very fine. Fri 26 - Returned home. ATKINSON (Mr.) came out with me. PALMER (Octavius Frederick William) came over with me and stayed all night. Weather fine. Sat 27 - Went down to a sale of cattle at COIL'S (Mickie). ATKINSON (Mr.) and PALMER (O.F.W.) went to Warrnambool in evening. Weather very fine. Sun 28 - Stayed in town all day. Went out as far as ERNEST'S (Bostock) and back. Weather fine. Mon 29 - Returned home. JIMMY (B) & ATKINSON came out. Settled with AITKIN & BOSTOCK for mortgage of sheep (J.W.M.Aitkin & Ernest Bostock). Paid CRAIG (Mr.) bill for sheep. Went down to Woodford. Weather fine. Tue 30 - ARNEL (Fred) and DREW (Mr.) working in the garden. Cutting vine in greenhouse. MARGETTS (Edw) got Prine and dray to go to town. Weather light showers. Bostock/Wilkinson/Rafferty/Rhodes - http://birrell.1hwy.com/index.htm