Hill End & Tambaroora Diaries & Memoirs Indexes

Contemporary historical reports in the form of diaries and memoirs present an eye witness account of the life and times as seen by ordinary people. In time these works, diaries especially, become an invaluable source of information about daily life, opinions and facts as they were usually written with no hidden agenda, just a record of what was observed by the writer. Memoirs are a little different, relying on the latter recording and interpretation of events which may have happened sometime before. However, they are usually based on facts, with memories sometimes dimming or fluctuating with time. Nevertheless, they give us hints which can then be researched further using other resources, allowing us to make up our own minds. Please note that there may be variations on the spelling of old names and localities in the indexes so it is often advantageous to browse the index for relevant articles too.