A seven-page typed letter from Monash to his Daughter, Bertha: dated 6th July 1906. Bertha, thirteen years old, is to embark on a train journey and her father has written an extensive letter with much detail where she will be, when and with whom: '6.45am You will leave Spencer Street while it is still quite dark, but it is fortunate that the first 20 miles of your journey are very uninteresting.- at 7.30, when you look out to the East, you will be able to watch the sun...