Journal of Edward Roberts, Pant Hafodlas, Llanrug, charting his voyage to Australia 1886 [front cover, image 1 of 89]
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The journal of Edward Roberts, Pant Hafodlas, Llanrug, who emigrated to Australia in 1886. Roberts left Llanrug on 16 May 1886, accompanied by his companion T. Roberts, and travelled to London where he stayed at the Emigrants' House. He set off on his voyage to Australia on board the steamer 'Merkara' on 22 May, arriving at Queensland on 14 July. Edward Roberts was a cousin of Sir John Morris Jones, the eminent Welsh scholar and first Professor of Welsh at the University College of North Wales, Bangor.
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