Reminiscenses of James Buckley

This is the manuscript record of Buckley's words, as recorded by the missionary George Langhorne soon after his return.

 

William Buckley, 1837. Manuscript.

 

Accession number: MS 13483

 

From the State Library of Victoria's Manuscript Collection.

 

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I never could make up my mind to leave the party to whom I had become attached - when therefore I heard of the arrival of Mr Batman and his party it was some time before I would go down as I never supposed I should be comfortable among my own country men again

Accounts of Buckley's life
Buckley's return to European life