A recent gem viewed by Little Darwin in the Special Collections section at James Cook University Library ,Townsville , is the above l884 diary kept by James W. Cutten, member of a pioneering family who started tea and coffee plantations in North Queensland .
The colourful story of the Cuttens is covered in the l982 well illustrated booklet The Lost Plantation A History of the Australian Tea Industry by R.J. Taylor , published by G.K.Bolton , Cairns.
