Australian Shipping 1788-1968: Event Details File 578

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Event Details File 578
Version 7.0.0001 Last updated 22/09/2008

ozs: 60791
Source: tsg:469

arrival: General List


Origin:	Liverpool	1852 Nov 16
Destination:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 15

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	background	38 passengers
1853 Mar 17	background	Alternate date of arrival at Port Phillip	tsg:472

ozs: 60792
Source: tsg:469,472

arrival: Blackheath


Origin:	Cape of Good Hope	1853 Jan 31
Destination:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 15

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	background	300 passengers
1853 Mar 17	background	alternate date of arrival	tsg:469,472

ozs: 60793
Source: tsg:469,472

arrival: Hope


Origin:	London
Destination:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 15

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	notes	or 18th	tsg:469,472

ozs: 60794
Source: tsg:469

arrival: steamer Clarence


Origin:	Launceston
Destination:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 15

ozs: 60795
Source: tsg:469

arrival: steamer Tasmania


Origin:	Hobart Town
Destination:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 15

ozs: 60796
Source: tsg:469

arrival: Gem


Origin:	Hobart Town
Destination:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 15

ozs: 60797
Source: tsg:469

arrival: Shorting Lass


Origin:	Newcastle
Destination:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 15

ozs: 60798
Source: tsg:469,477,478

arrival: steamer Golden Age
2864 tons


Origin:	Adelaide
Destination:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 15

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	berths, first cabin	200
	berths, second cabin	200
	berths, third cabin	800
	cargo, capacity	500t
	owner	J Howard & Son
	coal storage	1200t
	builder	William H Brown
1852 Nov	launched
1853 Apr 1	background	When launched, the vessel was named the "San Francisco" and was planned to run between the Panama and San Francisco. However, she was renamed and was to be used on the Australian run.	tsg:477,478

ozs: 60799
Source: tsg:469,470

arrival: George


Origin:	Dundee
Destination:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 15

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
1853 Mar 17	background	Alternate date of arrival in Port Phillip	tsg:472

ozs: 60800
Source: tsg:469

arrival: Maraquita


Origin:	Cape of Good Hope
Destination:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 15

ozs: 60801
Source: tsg:469

arrival: Melbourne Packet


Origin:	Sydney
Destination:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 15

ozs: 60802
Source: tsg:469

departure: Gloucester


Origin:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 16
Destination:	Madras

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
1852 Dec 24	background	Report of the captain jumping overboard	Jan Morrison

ozs: 60803
Source: tsg:469,471

departure: Sultana


Origin:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 18
Destination:	Sourabaya

ozs: 60804
Source: tsg:469

departure: Queen of England


Origin:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 18
Destination:	London

ozs: 60805
Source: tsg:469

departure: Sabine


Origin:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 18
Destination:	Launceston

ozs: 60806
Source: tsg:469

departure: Alert


Origin:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 18
Destination:	Launceston

ozs: 60807
Source: tsg:469

departure: Wave


Origin:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 18
Destination:	Circular Head

ozs: 60808
Source: tsg:469

departure: Ada


Origin:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 18
Destination:	Circular Head

ozs: 60809
Source: tsg:469

departure: Rose Ann


Origin:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 18
Destination:	Circular Head

ozs: 60810
Source: tsg:469

departure: Amicus


Origin:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 18
Destination:	Adelaide

ozs: 60811
Source: tsg:469

departure: Louisa


Origin:	Melbourne	1853 Mar 18
Destination:	Adelaide

ozs: 60813
Source: tsg:469

arrival: Kirkwood
136 tons


Master:	Gill
Origin:	Port Phillip
Destination:	Auckland	1853 Feb 28

ozs: 60814
Source: tsg:469

departure: Raven


Master:	Browning
Origin:	Auckland	1853 Feb 28
Destination:	Sydney

ozs: 60815
Source: tsg:469

report: barque Charlotte
280 tons


Master:	Debney
Origin:		1853 Feb
Destination:	Manukau	1853 Feb

Background

Item	Details	Source
name, previous	Wallaby	tsg:469
registered	Navigator Islands	tsg:469
background	This whaler was originally called the "Wallaby", from Hobart Town and was stranded on Fennins Island some time in 1851. The "wreck" was sold for 60 pounds and the new owners took just fourteen days to refloat her. She had not suffered any appreciable dama	tsg:469

ozs: 60816
Source: tsg:469

report: ship Lion


Master:	James Nichols
Origin:		1853 Feb 28
Destination:	Auckland	1853 Feb 28

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	background	The Lion brought a report of attacks on shipping on some of the Pacific Islands.

ozs: 60817
Source: tsg:469

arrival: Richardson


Origin:	Adelaide
Destination:	Cape of Good Hope	1853 Jan 30

ozs: 60818
Source: tsg:469,473

arrival: Medora


Origin:	Cape of Good Hope	1853 Feb 20
Destination:	Melbourne	1853 Apr 10

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	background	159 passengers
1853 Jan 31	background	See also arrival in Cape of Good Hope	tsg:469
1853 Jan 31	name	Medona	tsg:469
1853 Apr 11	background	Passengers: 198	tsg:476
1853 Apr 11	background	Alternate date of arrival in Port Phillip	tsg:476

ozs: 60819
Source: tsg:469

arrival: Royal Stewart


Origin:	Calcutta
Destination:	Cape of Good Hope	1853 Jan 31

ozs: 60821
Source: tsg:469

departure: Amigos


Origin:	Cape of Good Hope	1853 Jan 30
Destination:	Port Phillip

ozs: 60822
Source: tsg:469

report: steamer Lady Augusta


Origin:		1853 Mar 24
Destination:	Sydney	1853 Mar 24

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	length	103'
	beam	12'
	beam, deck	20'
	hold, depth	5' 6"
	boilers	2
	power	2 high pressure 20 hp, Messrs George Russel & Co, Sussex St

ozs: 60825
Source: tsg:470

arrival: Hopewell


Origin:	London
Destination:	Port Phillip	1853 Feb 6

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	background	40 passengers

ozs: 60826
Source: tsg:470

arrival: British Isle


Origin:	London
Destination:	Port Phillip	1853 Feb 6

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	background	27 passengers

ozs: 60827
Source: tsg:463,470

arrival: Camilla


Origin:	London	1852 Aug 10
Destination:	Melbourne	1853 Feb 6

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	background	58 passengers
1853 Feb 4	background	Altenrate date of arrival in Melbourne	tsg:463

ozs: 60832
Source: tsg:470

arrival: Guiana


Origin:	London
Destination:	Port Phillip	1853 Feb 7

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	background	12 passengers

ozs: 60849
Source: tsg:470

arrival: Annie


Origin:	Algoa Bay
Destination:	Port Phillip	1853 Feb 6

ozs: 60850
Source: tsg:470

arrival: L' A' Lix


Origin:	Bordeaux
Destination:	Port Phillip	1853 Feb 6

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	background	2 passengers

ozs: 60851
Source: tsg:463,470

arrival: Aurora


Origin:	Halifax	1852 Sep 18
Destination:	Melbourne	1853 Feb 6

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	background	97 passengers
1852 Dec 22	via	Cpae of Good Hope	tsg:463

ozs: 60854
Source: tsg:470

arrival: Duilius


Origin:	Shanghai
Destination:	Port Phillip	1853 Feb 12

ozs: 60862
Source: tsg:470

arrival: John Robinson


Origin:	Jamaica
Destination:	Port Phillip	1853 Feb 17

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	background	64 passengers

ozs: 60865
Source: tsg:470

arrival: steamer Fettercairn


Origin:	Cape of Good Hope
Destination:	Port Phillip	1853 Feb 6

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	background	50 passengers

ozs: 60866
Source: tsg:470

arrival: Ann Lockerby


Origin:	Sydney
Destination:	Newcastle	1853 Mar 24

ozs: 60867
Source: tsg:470

departure: Rival


Origin:	Newcastle	1853 Mar 22
Destination:	Melbourne

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	cargo	328t coal, 2t potatoes	tsg:470

ozs: 60868
Source: tsg:470

arrival: brig Lalla Roohk
155 tons


Master:	Easton
Origin:	Wide Bay	1853 Mar 23
Destination:	Sydney	1853 Mar 27

Passenger list

Surname	Other names	Notes		Source
	2 in steerage			tsg:470

ozs: 60869
Source: tsg:470,471

arrival: schooner Anonyma
75 tons


Master:	C A Turner
Origin:	Honolulu	1853 Feb 15
Destination:	Sydney	1853 Mar 27

Passenger list

Surname	Other names	Notes	Source
Heron	Mr	and Mrs	tsg:470
Heape	Mr		tsg:470
Kehfisch	Mr		tsg:470

ozs: 60870
Source: tsg:470

arrival: HMS ship Herald


Origin:	Sydney
Destination:	Sydney	1853 Mar 27

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
1853 Mar 27	background	returned to port	tsg:470

ozs: 60871
Source: tsg:470

arrival: schooner Tom Tough
123 tons


Master:	Benaud
Origin:	Wide Bay	1853 Mar 23
Destination:	Sydney	1853 Mar 28

Passenger list

Surname	Other names	Notes	Source
Sidney	Mr	and Mrs	tsg:470
Reeve	Mr		tsg:470
Humphries	Mr		tsg:470
	23 in steerage		tsg:470

ozs: 60872
Source: tsg:470

arrival: schooner Sea Gull
62 tons


Master:	Bennett
Origin:	Wide Bay	1853 Mar 17
Destination:	Sydney	1853 Mar 28

Passenger list

Surname	Other names	Notes		Source
	1 in steerage			tsg:470

ozs: 60873
Source: tsg:470

arrival: brig Palermo
134 tons
Convict vessel


Master:	Wyborn
Origin:	Moreton Bay	1853 Mar 23
Destination:	Sydney	1853 Mar 29

Passenger list

Surname	Other names	Notes		Source
Wyborn	Mrs	and child		tsg:470
Liscomb	Mr			tsg:470
	10 in steerage			tsg:470
	1 constable			tsg:470
	1 prisoner		convict	tsg:470

ozs: 60874
Source: tsg:470,471

arrival: schooner Chieftan
78 tons


Master:	Verney
Origin:	Balade	1853 Mar 14
Destination:	Sydney	1853 Mar 29

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	cargo	in ballast	tsg:470,471

Passenger list

Surname	Other names	Notes		Source
	2 natives of Balade			tsg:470

ozs: 60875
Source: tsg:470

arrival: schooner Herculean
100 tons


Master:	Cooper
Origin:	Wide Bay	1853 Mar 22
Destination:	Sydney	1853 Mar 31

ozs: 60876
Source: tsg:470,471

arrival: barque Pacific
355 tons


Master:	Matthews
Origin:	San Francisco	1853 Feb 2
Destination:	Sydney	1853 Mar 31

Passenger list

Surname	Other names	Notes	Source
Rivers	Mrs		tsg:470
Williams	A, Mr		tsg:470
Farrell	J, Mr		tsg:470
Rees	J S, Mr		tsg:470
Easton	R, Mr		tsg:470
Wright	R, Mr		tsg:470
Sweeny	C, Mr		tsg:470
Gilbert	J, Mr		tsg:470
Elger	S, Mr		tsg:470
Kerr	J T, Mr		tsg:470
Farnham	Mr		tsg:470
Hyde	Mr		tsg:470
Thomas	B, Mr		tsg:470
Simpson	J T, Mr		tsg:470
Thomas	W, Mr		tsg:470
Foster	J T, Mr		tsg:470
Wilson	D J, Mr		tsg:470
M'Crea	Duncan, Mr		tsg:470
Rule	T, Mr		tsg:470
Walters	R, Mr		tsg:470
Wilson	T H, Mr		tsg:470
Thomas	W, Mr	[second entry]	tsg:470
Augustine	J, Mr		tsg:470
Gribble	James, Mr		tsg:470
Hughes	D, Mr		tsg:470
Ellis	G, Mr		tsg:470
Bedford	Mr		tsg:470
Dupell	E P, Mr		tsg:470
Fleming	J W, Mr		tsg:470
Eldridge	T, Mr		tsg:470
Graham	James, Mr		tsg:470
Sleyde	T, Mr		tsg:470
Smith	P, Mr		tsg:470
Norton	J O, Mr		tsg:470
Lesbrook	G, Mr		tsg:470
Van Lea	Charles, Mr		tsg:470
Stephens	R, Mr		tsg:470
Roberts	Thomas, Mr		tsg:470
Doseney	W, Mr		tsg:470
Harrison	R, Mr		tsg:470
Marrand	R, Mr		tsg:470
Williams	P, Mr		tsg:470
Gibson	D, Mr		tsg:470
Bowden	R, Mr		tsg:470
McKennan	J, Mr		tsg:470
Bowden	L, Mr		tsg:470
	83 in steerage, Mr		tsg:470

ozs: 60877
Source: tsg:470,476

arrival: barque Daniel Webster
296 tons


Master:	McFarland
Origin:	Auckland	1853 Mar 11
Destination:	Sydney	1853 Apr 1

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	background	9 passengers

Passenger list

Surname	Other names	Notes	Source
McFarland	Mrs		tsg:470
Poleman	Mr	and Mrs, 6 children	tsg:470
	10 in steerage		tsg:470

ozs: 60878
Source: tsg:470

arrival: brig Brothers
176 tons


Master:	Allen
Origin:	Moreton Bay	1853 Mar 27
Destination:	Sydney	1853 Apr 1

Passenger list

Surname	Other names	Notes	Source
Ewen	Mr	and Mrs	tsg:470
Rigby	Miss		tsg:470
	39 in steerage		tsg:470

ozs: 60879
Source: tsg:470,471

departure: steamer Cleopatra
893 tons


Master:	Cadell
Origin:	Sydney	1853 Mar 26
Destination:	Melbourne

Background

Date	Item	Details	Source
	thence	Adelaide	tsg:470,471

Passenger list

Surname	Other names	Notes	Source
Stephen	Lady		tsg:470
Morris	Mr	and Mrs	tsg:470
Simmonds	Miss		tsg:470
Newenham	Mrs		tsg:470
Davis	M, Miss		tsg:470
Finlay	Mr	and Mrs	tsg:470
Torr	Mr	and Mrs	tsg:470
Hordern	Mrs		tsg:470
Clowes	Mr	and Mrs	tsg:470
Shadforth	Mr	and Mrs	tsg:470
Adcock	Miss		tsg:470
Workman	Mr	and Mrs	tsg:470
Brandon	Mrs		tsg:470
Flegg	Mr	and Mrs	tsg:470
Murphy	F, Mrs		tsg:470
Chisholm	Miss		tsg:470
Sheppard	Mrs		tsg:470
Benjamin	Mrs		tsg:470
Price	Miss		tsg:470
Keogh	Mr	and Mrs	tsg:470
Bursequet	A, Mr		tsg:470
Cowan	T, Mr		tsg:470
Nairn	J F, Mr		tsg:470
McDonald	F, Mr		tsg:470
Wilson	A, Mr		tsg:470
Marryatt	Mr		tsg:470
Isaacs	J L, Mr		tsg:470
Lambert	Mr		tsg:470
Urie	Mr		tsg:470
Chattens	Mr		tsg:470
	193 in steerage		tsg:470

ozs: 60880
Source: tsg:470,471

departure: steamer Fettercairn
220 tons


Master:	Mailler
Origin:	Sydney	1853 Mar 26
Destination:	Melbourne

Passenger list

Surname	Other names	Source
Westerfield	J, Mr	tsg:470
Johnson	B, Mr	tsg:470
Hoffman	J, Mr	tsg:470
Wells	R, Mr	tsg:470
Wells	M, Mr	tsg:470
Hadley	Mr	tsg:470
Runmore	Mr	tsg:470
Connell	R, Mr	tsg:470
Waddington	Richard, Mr	tsg:470
Heeden	M, Mr	tsg:470
	44 in steerage	tsg:470

Database IndexEvent Details File 578Version 7.0.0001 Last updated 22/09/2008

arrival: General List

Background

arrival: Blackheath

Background

arrival: Hope

Background

arrival: steamer Clarence

arrival: steamer Tasmania

arrival: Gem

arrival: Shorting Lass

arrival: steamer Golden Age2864 tons

Background

arrival: George

Background

arrival: Maraquita

arrival: Melbourne Packet

departure: Gloucester

Background

departure: Sultana

departure: Queen of England

departure: Sabine

departure: Alert

departure: Wave

departure: Ada

departure: Rose Ann

departure: Amicus

departure: Louisa

arrival: Kirkwood136 tons

departure: Raven

report: barque Charlotte280 tons

Background

report: ship Lion

Background

arrival: Richardson

arrival: Medora

Background

arrival: Royal Stewart

departure: Amigos

report: steamer Lady Augusta

Background

arrival: Hopewell

Background

arrival: British Isle

Background

arrival: Camilla

Background

arrival: Guiana

Background

arrival: Annie

arrival: L' A' Lix

Background

arrival: Aurora

Background

arrival: Duilius

arrival: John Robinson

Background

arrival: steamer Fettercairn

Background

arrival: Ann Lockerby

departure: Rival

Background

arrival: brig Lalla Roohk155 tons

Passenger list

arrival: schooner Anonyma75 tons

Passenger list

arrival: HMS ship Herald

Background

arrival: schooner Tom Tough123 tons

Passenger list

arrival: schooner Sea Gull62 tons

Passenger list

arrival: brig Palermo134 tonsConvict vessel

Passenger list

arrival: schooner Chieftan78 tons

Background

Passenger list

arrival: schooner Herculean100 tons

arrival: barque Pacific355 tons

Passenger list

Database Index
Event Details File 578
Version 7.0.0001 Last updated 22/09/2008

arrival: steamer Golden Age
2864 tons

arrival: Kirkwood
136 tons

report: barque Charlotte
280 tons

arrival: brig Lalla Roohk
155 tons

arrival: schooner Anonyma
75 tons

arrival: schooner Tom Tough
123 tons

arrival: schooner Sea Gull
62 tons

arrival: brig Palermo
134 tons
Convict vessel

arrival: schooner Chieftan
78 tons

arrival: schooner Herculean
100 tons

arrival: barque Pacific
355 tons

arrival: barque Daniel Webster
296 tons

arrival: brig Brothers
176 tons

departure: steamer Cleopatra
893 tons

departure: steamer Fettercairn
220 tons