Drama on the high seas: the shipboard diary of Margaret Gray

My latest guest article is up on the John Oxley blog for the State Library of Queensland.

Margaret Gray and her family immigrated to Brisbane in 1883. Margaret and her three sisters went into domestic services, including one younger sister who moved to Sydney and served in the house of the Dixson family, founders of the Dixson Library collection at the State Library of New South Wales.

I hope you enjoy this brief glimpse into life aboard an immigrant vessel bound for Australia in the 1880s, and the drama and tension that unfolded in the cramped quarters below decks.

Click here to read the full article.