Previously accessioned as D2/6/2

The diary comprising 3 volumes bound together, commences with the rules and regulations of (saSPSC) St Peters Senior College and a folded photograph of Miss Heather Thatcher cut from an unknown publication. This item covers locations around Adelaide, Port Pirie and Oodnadatta in South Australia.

A list of birthdays of people whose dates of birth approximated WD Walker's (together with addresses) by month, and a list of Christmas correspondents compiled by Walker followed by WD Walker's autobiography 1887-1914.

People mentioned in the autobiography include:

• Miss Stowe (teacher), Auntie Lizzie
  
  
• Frank Delano (his great uncle and manager Bank of Adelaide, Port Pirie branch)
  
  
• Willie Delano, Dr Leitch, Miss Gray
  
  
• Mr Mallyon (Walker's god father and manager National Bank Port Pirie) WD Walker
  
  
• Mr Warren (Walker's guardian and paymaster BHP Coy Smelters)
  
  
• Uncle Charlie (a sea captain), Nellie (Walker's cousin), Keith Sutter
  
  
• Aunty Nellie (a teacher in WA), Alex Sladdin, Mr Mutton (teacher)
  
  
• Hilton Chick, Mr Caterer (teacher), Mr Withnell (Aunty Nell's husband)
  
  
• George Anderson, students Boundy, Daw, Day, Lowe, Florey and Hiller, Carl Streieh
  
  
• Dr Paulline (teacher), Rider Haggard, Mr Bailey (Wydown station), Micky Hayes
  
  
• Mr Chisholm (manager Wydown station), Sonny, Gordon, Les Hay, Ken Cowan
  
  
• Mr Wyatt (teacher), Mrs Harold Player (proprietor Palace Hotel Broken Hill)
  
  
• Mr Ellis, Charlie Sweeney, Mr Payne (light house keeper), Charlie Rumbelow
  
  

The final portion of the volume comprises "letter concentrations 1915 to 1917" which identify the sender and abbreviate the contents of correspondence. There are too many individuals named to index them in this brief inventory. The correspondents are primarily family and close friends, with a sprinkling of school acquaintances and some, like Mallyon, who managed Walker's inheritance.