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Sailings to Australia and New Zealand As Referenced In Books
The following information has been extracted from a variety of books. The references for the books are given at the bottom and contain a very brief description of the content.
Trivia
(from Rights of Passage)
- between 1860-1900 there were 1,317 direct sailings to Australia
- 68.3% by sail which equals 59% of the total emigrants
- 15 % of emigrants and 10% of voyages were from Hamburg, Germany
- in the 1880s three quarters of the emigrants came by steamship
- by the 1890s 99% of the emigrants came by steamship
- although the Corinth, 614 tons, sailed London-Moreton Bay 15 times between 1872-1885, it only carried a total of 101 passengers
- the Indus only made 7 voyages between 1870-1877 and it carried 3,261 passengers
(from Oceans of Consolation items for an 1861 voyage from a letter home)
"...When her Brother William & Johny Regan Came out the Sort of Provisions that the[sic]
found best to answer was flour potatoes a few salt Herrings and a little Ham. Now these things
she Could Bring from home, Say-½ Cwt potatoes 30 lb flour four or five Doz Salt Herrings & a
little Ham, and to have these things put in her day Box and to have it in her Berth, so that she can
get it any time on the passage. The Ships Allowance is plenty for a passenger But the above
named articles is rather Scarce."p. 221
| Vessel |
From |
To |
Date
(sailing date
unless
noted) |
Comments |
Reference |
| A. Lyons |
? |
? |
arr. Sept
1857 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Abyssinian |
? |
? |
arr. Sept
1859 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Africana |
? |
? |
1864 |
|
Ocean, p.
423 |
| Alfred
Hawley |
? |
? |
1860s |
420 tons;
wooden
barque |
Rights, p. 85 |
| Alfred |
? |
Sydney |
1860 |
|
Ocean, p.
179 |
| Araminta |
? |
Sydney |
arr. July 1854 |
|
Ocean, p. 54
& 58 |
| Beausite |
? |
? |
1863 |
9 babies born
on voyage
were named
after vessel |
Rights, p.
261 |
| Beejapour |
London/Cork |
? |
1863 |
|
Rights, p.
301, 302 |
| Ben Nervis |
? |
Melbourne |
arr. Jan 1859 |
|
Ocean, p.
197 |
| Black Eagle |
Liverpool, England March 1st 1857 |
Victoria |
arr. June 1857 |
|
Ocean, p.
396 |
| Blanche
Moore |
? |
Melbourne |
arr. June
1855 |
|
Ocean, p.
198 |
| Blenheim |
Cork |
Port Jackson |
27 July 1834
14 Nov 1834 |
convict
vessel |
Ocean, p.
163 |
| Caduceus |
Southampton |
Melbourne |
arr. Aug
1863 (88
days) |
400 pass.;
ship was "in
good order
and very
clean, thus
accounting in
a great
measure for
the healthy
state" of
pass. |
Ocean, p.
390 |
| Candahar |
Plymouth |
Port
Adelaide |
Oct 1851
(115 days) |
three-masted;
"a very easy
ship although
not a fast
one"; master
"a very
agreeable
man" |
Ocean, p. 97 |
| Caribou |
? |
Sydney |
arr. Oct 1859
(89 days) |
|
Ocean, p.
423 & 436 |
| Caroline |
? |
? |
arr. Oct 1854 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Carpentaria |
Liverpool |
Melbourne |
arr. Aug 1854 |
1,460 tons, belonging to Mr.
Duncan Gibb |
Ocean, p.
273 |
| Cesar
Godeffroy |
? |
? |
1862 |
|
Rights, p.
293 |
| Champion of
the Seas |
? |
Melbourne |
March 1857 |
|
Ocean, p.
197 |
| Chariot of
Flame |
? |
Melbourne |
arr. Jan 1862 |
|
Ocean, p.
202 |
| Coldstream |
? |
? |
arr. Jan 1863 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Columbia |
? |
? |
arr. Sept
1954 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Compeer |
|
Melbourne |
arr. March
1864 |
|
Ocean, p.
202 |
| Confiance |
Liverpool |
Geelong |
arr. April
1853 (125
days) |
400 pass.;
bad voyage
and many
deaths;
scurvy and
whooping
cough23
child. & 4
women die;
six weeks in
quarantine
"most
Shamefull on
the part of
the
government
to send a lot
of sick
people on
shore on such
a wild
uncultivated
unchristian
like place as
this', where
beef and
damper were
the only food
for the living
and where
the dad were
buried like
dogs." |
Ocean, p.
187 |
| Corlic |
? |
? |
1875 |
|
Rights, p.
249 |
| Cuzco |
London |
Melbourne |
12 Aug 1892
(7 wks) |
Royal Mail
Steamer of
Orient Line;
43 steerage
17 guineas
fare |
Ocean, p.
233 |
| Dacca, SS |
|
|
May 1890 |
223
domestics |
Rights, p.
302 |
| David
McIver |
? |
New South
Wales |
Feb 1856 |
|
Ocean, p.
415 & 423 |
| Dorunda, SS |
? |
? |
1885 |
|
Rights, p.
250 |
| Duke of
Argyll, SS |
? |
? |
1885 |
|
Rights, p.
297 |
| Dunbar
Castle |
Plymouth |
Brisbane |
arr. Oct 1880
(15 wks.) |
293 pass. of
which half
were Irish |
Ocean, p.
142 |
| E. Empire |
? |
? |
arr. Nov
1862 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Earl
Granville |
? |
? |
1883 |
Bounty
vessel |
Rights, p.
296 |
| Eastern
Empire |
Plymouth |
Sydney |
arr. Nov
1862 (99
days) |
|
Ocean, p.
423 |
| Ebba Brahe |
? |
Melbourne |
arr. 9 months
after
Champion of
the Seas |
|
Ocean, p.
197 |
| Emperor |
? |
? |
arr. June
1851 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Erin go
Bragh |
? |
Brisbane |
arr. Aug
1862 |
typhoid and
measles
raging |
Ocean, p.
335 |
| Erin-go-Bragh |
? |
? |
|
first babe
born on St.
Patrick's
Day, named
Mary Patrick |
Rights, p.
261 |
| Erin-go-Bragh |
Liverpool /
Cork |
Moreton Bay |
7 Feb 1862 |
longest
voyage - 196
days; Black
Ball Line;
Chartered by
Bishop
Quinn |
Rights, p. 55 |
| FitzJames |
? |
Sydney |
1860 |
|
Ocean, p.
179 |
| Flying Cloud |
Liverpool |
Hervey's Bay |
arr. 30 April
1870 (87
days) |
|
Ocean, p.
254 |
| Gauntlet |
? |
? |
1877 |
Scarlet fever |
Rights, p.
250 |
| Golconda |
? |
? |
arr. May
1857 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Golden City |
London/Plymouth |
Brisbane |
Oct 1864
3 Jan 1865
(77 days) |
Black Ball
Line; 500
pass. |
Ocean, p.
299 & p. 305 |
| Great
Victoria |
? |
? |
1865 |
|
Rights, p.
297 |
| H. More |
? |
? |
arr. May
1860 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Henry Fernie |
Liverpool |
Melbourne |
8 Sept 1862
26 Dec 1862 |
Black Ball
vessel; 300
pass. (list in
the PROV) |
Ocean, p.
230 |
| Indus |
? |
? |
1872 |
|
Rights, p.
257 |
| J. Temperley |
? |
? |
arr. Aug
1863 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| James Baines |
Liverpool |
Melbourne |
arr. Dec 1854
(63 days) |
600 pass.;
Black Ball
Line; maiden
voyage;
named after
founder of
company;
13,000
running yards
of canvas |
Ocean, p.
177 |
| Kate |
? |
? |
1851 |
|
Ocean, p.
283 |
| Kate |
? |
? |
arr. Dec.
1856 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| La Rochelle |
? |
? |
1862 |
|
Rights, p.
248 |
| La Rochelle |
Hamburg |
Brisbane |
1865 |
73 deaths;
typhus fever |
Rights, p.
266 |
| Lammershagen |
Hamburg |
Queensland |
1873 |
382 souls, 17
births; 43
days in
quarantine;
94 day
voyage; for more details see
Newspaper account
List of Passengers
Alpha Passenger
list
|
Rights, p.
256 |
| Lorena |
Dublin |
Melbourne |
arr. Feb 1853 |
|
Ocean, p. 98 |
| M. Star |
? |
? |
arr. Sept
1864 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Marian
Moore |
Liverpool |
Melbourne |
arr. 16 Feb
1853 (92
days) |
maiden
voyage; 500
pass. |
Ocean, p.
187 |
| Matoaka |
? |
? |
arr. May
1855 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Monsoon |
? |
? |
arr. Aug
1854 |
|
Ocean, p. 54
& 58 |
| Naval
Reserve |
? |
? |
1865 |
13 births |
Rights, p.
256 |
| Navarino |
Portsmouth |
Port
Adelaide |
Sept 1851
(89 days) |
|
Ocean, p. 97 |
| Neptune |
Plymouth |
Port Phillip |
March 1841 |
|
Ocean, p.
363 |
| Netherby |
? |
? |
1865 |
a baby was
born with 24
hours of the
ship wreck |
Rights, p.
262 |
| Nuddea, SS |
? |
? |
1883 |
|
Rights, p.
250 |
| Nuddea, SS |
?> |
? |
? |
? |
Rights, 271 |
| Ocean
Empress |
? |
Melbourne |
arr. July 1865 |
|
Ocean, p.
168 |
| Peter
Godeffroy |
Hamburg |
? |
1865 |
284 souls, 59
deaths 5
births; 121
day voyage |
Rights, p.
266 |
| Racehorse |
? |
? |
arr. Sept
1866 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Ramillies |
? |
Sydney |
arr. Aug
1850 (4
mths) |
|
Ocean, p.
274 |
| Renfrewshire |
? |
? |
1884 |
Bounty
vessel |
Rights, 262 |
| Renfrewshire |
? |
? |
1875 |
|
Rights, 291 |
| Rockliff |
? |
? |
arr. July 1863 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Roma, SS |
? |
? |
1883 |
|
Rights, p.
1883 |
| Royal Dane |
? |
? |
1865 |
|
Rights, p.
297 |
| Royal
Charter |
Liverpool |
Melbourne |
arr. 1859 |
wrecked on
way home in
Oct 1859 |
Ocean, p.
187 |
| Saldanha |
Liverpool/Greenock |
Brisbane |
Sept 1863
(136 days) |
614 pass., 16
deaths; Black
Ball Line |
Ocean, p.
335 |
| Sandringham |
? |
? |
arr. June
1864 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Scotish Hero |
? |
? |
1883 |
|
Rights, p.
250 |
| Scottish
Admiral |
? |
? |
1883 |
|
Rights, p.
251 |
| Selkirkshire |
Glasgow |
? |
1882 |
|
Rights, p.
261, 301 |
| Shakespeare |
Hamburg |
? |
1871 |
66 cases of
smallpox |
Rights, p.
232 |
| Silhet |
Gravesend |
? |
9 Oct 1885 |
|
Rights, p.
301 |
| Southesk |
? |
? |
1882 |
|
Rights, p.
252 |
| Sultana |
Liverpool /
Queenstown |
Hervey's Bay
(Maryborough) |
Nov 1865 |
567 souls, 77
deaths, 11
births; 115
day voyage |
Rights, p.
264 |
| Taroba, SS |
? |
? |
1889 |
|
Rights, p.
251 |
| Telegraph |
? |
? |
arr. Oct 1860 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Wanata |
? |
? |
arr. Sept
1864 |
|
Ocean, p. 58 |
| Wandrahm |
Hamburg |
Moreton Bay |
? |
66 deaths; 22
died in
quarantine |
Rights, p.
267 |
| Wilhlemsburg |
? |
? |
1863 |
wrecked, 257
lives lost |
Rights, p.
255 |
| William
Metcalfe |
Tipperary |
Port Phillip |
1839 |
|
Ocean, p.
164 |
References
Rights of Passage: Emigration to Australia in the nineteenth century, by Helen Woolcock, 1986.
This book has information on conditions on board ships, medical facilities and other items of
interest.
Oceans of Consolation, by David Fitzpatrick, 1994. This book contains letters written home from
Australia by several different people.
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