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JULY, 1937.
Sunday 4
Wild wet day careered
to Geelong through wonderful walls of trees
some native many pines
Lakes etc. Lunch at Savoia &
called on Dr DeGaris & her brother in
Latrobe Terrace. Clunes called for
me & off we went in rain to Ballarat
& saw Sturt St & had a cup of tea and
on to Melb. Pulled in to Bacchus
Marsh with fused light. Reached
Carlyon at 7. had dinner. Rang
my friends & went to bed in a
dismal cold little frowsy
room but slept - thank God.
Monday 5
Arose to a weeping fog. I began
telephoning. Went to P.O. with Thelma &
telegraphed Mother. Called on Elsie Belle
& lunch had Alice H., Miss Auld from
Herald & a friend of the Clunes. Later came
K. Barker & Mr McKellar. & A.H. & K.B.
took me to a picture show near [Rat? dwellers?].
Got rid of poor old A.H. went to P.O. for telegram
Back to Hotel. Levy was sent by A. Pratt to take us
out to his house where we had good dinner & lovely
fire - a Mrs Elliott (nee Finke) came in. To bed
in fog at midnight. Mrs Stevens in charge
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Dr Mary Clementina DeGaris (16 December 1881 – 18 November 1963) was an Australian medical doctor. During World War I she worked at the Ostrovo Unit in Serbia for the Scottish Women's Hospitals and after the war worked at Geelong Hospital. She was an advocate of antenatal and postnatal care.
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_De_Garis
It is likely that Miles Franklin met Dr DeGaris in Serbia in 1917-18 when they both worked at the Scottish Women's Hospital Camp in Ostrovo, where Franklin had volunteered as a cook.
Reference: https://honesthistory.net.au/wp/bell-diane-miles-franklin-and-the-serbs-still-matter-a-review-essay/
The Savoia Café, 140 Moorabool Street, Geelong.
The Cafe began in 1918, run by Joseph Costa (1879-1941) and '𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐽𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑝ℎ 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑎’𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛 1941 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 (𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑)'
Ref: ABOUT CORAYO: A THEMATIC HISTORY OF GREATER GEELONG - Theme Two - Peopling Greater Geelong - ITALIAN CAFÉ PROPRIETORS, CONFECTIONERS AND FRUITERERS IN GREATER GEELONG, p.123
https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/common/Public/Documents/8d97c1c5405a0b1-thematic2sep20218lr.pdf
Hotel Carlyon also known as Carlyon's Hotel, Spencer Street. Melbourne.
The indecipherable reference to the location 'a picture show near' maybe could be Rat Dwellers- a Miles' description of a slum area at that time?
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