Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 18
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[Page 18]
All I've seen reminds me of North Qld = There are fertile patches for sugar – bananas – Citrus fruits & Coco plantations - there are fine plantations to be seen all round - The Union Jack stands for freedom, justice & fair play & colonists of any race will prosper under us - This may sound high falutin but I feel & we all feel very strongly that 'this bit of the world belongs to us' & we want peace & plenty in it - There are 2 Jap flags – a red ball on a white ground - 'A fried egg Sailors call it' flying at the fore peak of 2 schooners - They are our allies - A Chinese flag - horizontal stripes - yellow, white, blue, red – flies close by - You bet I'm looking round, talking & getting any amount of jolly experience - It's a man's game & these chaps are men & real good chaps - You shd see a bally contraption made on board to slide a torpedo into the sea & let her fly in case we'd been bailed up - The Protector wd not be much good & so these chaps determined to try & have a slap on their own -