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Stephens Parish Church, Aug. 1854," " Banks of Nepean," 

 "North Head, Port Jackson, 1854," "Watson's Bay and 

 Crowdy Head, Port Jackson." Then a sketch of the " Glass 

 Houses, Moreton Bay," of the " North Brisbane Hotel," a 

 portrait of " Dundalli (an aboriginal), 5th Dec, 1854," and 

 a sketch of Sugar Loaf Point. 



Diggles later utilised this same sketch-book for the paintings 

 of larvse of butterflies and moths, which apparently he carefully 

 studied, and against numbers are notes, " Sent drawing home," 

 while on one is " Sent by Stevens to Guenee." These paintings 

 are carefully made, good notes being attached as to food 

 plants, dates being recorded in such a manner as to stamp 

 Diggles as a splendid observer. I hope this account of this 

 sketch-book will impress my readers as the book itself im- 

 pressed me, with the fact that in Diggles Australia had another 

 of the field naturalists for which she has been famed. Hitherto 

 we have been content to judge him by his unfinished Birds, 

 which was handicapped in every way. 



In the year 1857 Mrs. Diggles died and five years later his 

 boy died. In the meantime he married again, Miss Albina 

 Birkett, and two sons were born, one Edward Silvester who 

 died in 1893 and the other George Silvester. George Silvester 

 writes : " I am still living in the house at Kangaroo Point 

 (26/3/15) in which I was born," and where Diggles himself 

 lived from 1857 to his death in 1880. 



The ability of Diggles was bound to be recognised in a small 

 settlement such as Brisbane then was, and as he was a born 

 musician as well as artist and naturalist, a rare combination, 

 he was a foundation member of the Philharmonic Society 

 and a member of the Philosophical Society. Tn connection 

 with the former he was organist and conductor, and one of 

 the promoters of the Queensland Museum through the latter. 

 Hence the Queensland Government selected him as naturalist 

 to proceed to Cape Sidmouth with the Australian Eclipse 

 Expedition in 1871. I have traced no results of that 

 Expedition. 



From a contemporary's recollections I gather that Diggles 



