Name/TitlePerilous voyages to the new land
MakerCannon, Michael, 1929-
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectAccounts of immigrant ships to Australia 1840-1850 that reveal often harrowing conditions and experiences. Based on firsthand diaries, letters and investigations.
Contents:
What has Britain done for us?
The doomed voyage of the fever ship Glen Huntly
Typhoid Mary comes to stay
Captain Stephenson, a six-barrelled revolver, and cat o' nine tails
A tale of two ships named Argyle
Bounty hunters under southern skies
The good ship India catches fire and sinks
Suffer the little children
Two kinds of fever
How migrants fared after arrival
Emigrant ships set sail again
The wreck of the Cataraqui
Second wave of emigration begins
Voyages of the orphan Irish girls
Illiterate but willing
More problems with matrons and surgeons
O Captain! my Captain
Physician heal thyself
The insane surgeon of the British Empire
Five modest women aboard the Courier
An old seaman's voyage on the rotting hulk Abberton
The worst cholera ship afloat
How Catherine Carew lost her hair
Fun and games on the Bussorah Merchant
Philanthropists rush in.
Appendices
Chronological list of assisted emigration vessels to Port Phillip, 1839-50, compiled by Don Grant
Immigration and population statistics, 1840-50
Immigrants to Port Phillip sponsored by private entrepreneurs, 1840-3
Includes illustrations, photographs, tables, bibliography and index
PublisherToday's Australia
Publication Date1995
Publication PlaceMornington, Vic
Subject and Association KeywordsShips and shipping
Subject and Association KeywordsVoyages to Australia
Subject and Association KeywordsEmigration and immigration
Subject and Association KeywordsOrphans
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen
Subject and Association KeywordsIrish community
Subject and Association KeywordsBourke Street (Melbourne, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsCollins Street (Melbourne, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsElizabeth Street (Melbourne, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsFlinders Lane (Melbourne, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsGeelong (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsKing Street (Melbourne, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsLa Trobe, Charles Joseph, 1801-1875
Subject and Association KeywordsWilliamstown (Vic.)
Named CollectionLibrary
Object TypeBook
ISBN/ISSN0646240188
Object numberLIB 029701
Spine Label304.894 CAN
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved