Index to Arthur's Letters Home 1900 - 1904

Letters Home 1903
  • Arthur arrives in Melbourne from Genoa, talk of his father's death in October 1903 ...
  • Talk of the future without his father, plans to stay with the Manifolds in Western Australia ...

Letters Home 1904
  • Money talk, leaving Australia to visit Ireland via Canada, USA ...
  • Arthur's mother has to move house, he returns from a driving tour ...
  • Busy at Arthur's hotel - England v. Australia Cricket match ...
  • Planning his visit to the USA and Canada ...
  • Arthur in Brazil, mentions the locals ...
  • Sightseeing In Rio de Janeiro ...
  • En route to Monte Video, thinking of returning via the Andes & west coast of South America ...
  • Socialising in Rio, doesn't like the high cost of living, class differences, left the music hall early, visits an estancia ..
  • More socialising, plans to go back to Ireland via Falkland Islands, St. Vincent, Lisbon, goes to the races ...
  • Problems with the post & Thomas Cook, strikes in Buenos Aries, yet more socialising ...
  • Trip up the River Plate,  decides to cross the Andes, more of the social scene in Buenos Aries ...
  • Arthur arrives in Chile, rides on the cowcatcher up the Andes, crossing the Andes on mules at 13,000 feet in the snow, then coach and a rough train ride ...