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1863
| Dec | 25 | Christmas day, excellent dinner. |
| 26 | Working at fold, quarrying, & Schum brought us a fine emu. | |
| 27 | (Sunday) | |
| 28 | Splitting timber for hurdles a.m. p.m too much rain to work, the first fall we have had since we came into the country, stock, particularly lambs much in want of it. Lewington shot an emu. | |
| 29 | Making hurdles. | |
| Decbr | 30 | The same. |
| 31 | Finished hurdles; & quarrying stone in fold, making gun covers & carpentering. |
1864
| Jany | 1 | Clearing stone out of fold Joe working at fold. |
| 2 | Lewington & self horse hunting found them. | |
| 3 | (Sunday) | |
| 4 | Went with Green to find station for sheep, shifting flour & preparing casks for water. Joe building stone wall for fold. | |
| 5 | Took Green to inspect Nairn's sheep, as they appear to be quite clean I think it advisable to unite the parties as the advantage to our party will be considerable. Joe with sheep - Lewington shot two Turkeys. | |
| 6 | Marking sheep & Carting water & traps to Greens sheep station. Joe building stone wall. | |
| 7 | Repairing dray. Counting & marking sheep, do Nairn's sheep previous to mixing the two flocks. | |
| 8 | Working at dray; & carting Nairn's stores from "Mount Lazyness". | |
| 9 | Cutting bushes for fold with Schum, & clearing about house, drains etc. Rain p.m. | |
| 10 | (Sunday) heavy rain, at 4.30 p.m. Green obliged to bring sheep in. |
