287 pages, edited by Edna Hickson. Clean, unmarkedc and solid, as though unread. "Born in 1843, Blanche was the youngest of the twelve children of Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, explorer and Surveyor-General, and his wife Mary." ".... kept childhood diaries and notebooks recording her family and social life during 1850-1861. Her diaries give us a lively picture of what life was like at that time for a young girl in fashionable society. She records her close friendships, daily activities and social events in Darling Point and environs." (State Library NSW)