Pioneering KI settler John Hirst’s historic diaries transcribed in new book

In the Hope Cottage reading room are the team behind the John Hirst diaries book - descendent Rodney “Charlie” Bell and his wife Judie, transcribers Joy Wilhelm-Sundberg and Lesley Walker from the National Trust Hope Cottage Museum, photographer Dean Wiles and inspiration John Ayliffe. (Stan Gorton: 493649)

John Hirst meticulously wrote down every aspect of his life in Snug Cove almost 200 years ago. Back then the […]

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