The Australian Women's Register

Papers 1902-1957. Includes diary written on a Grand Tour, 20 December, 1902-15 May, 1903. Beginning with a voyage on the S.S. Tsinam from Sydney to Yokohama. Describes experiences in Manila, Hong Kong, Canton, Thursday Island, Yokohama and Kyoto, voyage on the S.S. Korea from Shimonesko to Port Arthur, mentions interest in Australia shown by Dahny residents due to proposed trade and transportation links with Darwin through the Trans-Siberian Railway. Describes horse-drawn sledges from Muskovain to Bakail (on a trip on which she was the first woman passenger), train life, sightseeing in the Crimea, voyage on Korniloff to Constantinople and trip through Russia, Poland, Austria, Hungary and Italy. Also, memorabilia from tour, curriculum vitae, personal documents, testimonials, photoportraits, holiday snapshots, newspaper cuttings. Includes a passport document of Violet Chomley, dated 23rd December 1902 ; Photograph of Violet, December 1902 (MC 6, DR 5)