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References edit
Please not this page contains circular referencing - that is references also written by an author of this age. Giano 11:48, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Disputed edit
"Probably named after"
On what basis, beyond the same name, and the assertion of the creator of the reference? Tearlach 01:04, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Fate edit
What happened to this vessel? - Kittybrewster ☎ 10:48, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
History edit
This section was moved from article to talk because it contains too much trivia. RJFJR (talk) 15:57, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
- Owners: Arbuthnot (sic).
- Port of Registry: Peterhead.
- Constructed 1841 in Aberdeen.[1]
- She departed Greenock 17 June 1841 and arrived Port Phillip, Melbourne 2 October 1841 (the master was Brown). One of the emigrants disembarking was William Lauder Guild (1814-1863), a grandson of Dr. Colin Lauder, FRCS (Edinburgh).
- She cleared from Melbourne 9 November 1841 for Calcutta (master was Brown).
- Some repairs in 1842.
- New keel and further repairs 1844.
- In 1845 the ship was sheathed in yellow metal.
- In 1847 she was surveyed in London; the master was Captain J Smith. She sailed for Madras.
- She sailed from Portland 10 January 1847 to Victoria 4 May 1847 (the master was John Thomson). At the Isle of Wight she took on 89 Parkhurst apprentices who were among the 288 male convicts/exiles who were sentenced to transportation and were discharged in Williamstown, Port Phillip [Victoria from 1851] on the day they arrived.[2]
- She arrived Botany Bay, Sydney 17 January 1849
- She sailed from Plymouth 28 October 1849 to Botany Bay, Sydney 3 February 1850 (master was G H Heaton). Surgeon-Superintendent, Charles Edward Strutt, and Sir Arthur Hodgson both kept diaries. Many of the girls, who had been brought to Australia under the Earl Grey scheme for the emigration of female adolescents from Irish workhouses, married and settled at Yass and Gundagai, New South Wales.[3][4][5][6]
- She sailed Sydney (24 Sept 1850) to Gravesend.
- Letter in "The Times" 10 Sept 1851 describing the problems bringing the first gold to England (Captain G H Heaton).
- She sailed in ballast Sydney (1 July 1852) to Guam (the master was Banatyne, weight 621 tons).
- She sailed from Plymouth (9 June 1855) to Port Adelaide, South Australia, arriving 12 September 1855 (Captain R Martin), surgeon J O'Donnell. 2 births 0 death, 252 emigrants.
References
- ^ MacGregor, David R. Fast Sailing Ships: Their Design and Construction, 1775-1875.
- ^ "Parkhurst Boys - Thomas Arbuthnot 1847". Convicts to Australia. Perth Dead Persons' Society. 2003. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
- ^ "Famine Orphan Girl Ships to Australia". Irish Famine Memorial. Archived from the original on 2011-08-18.
- ^ McClaughlin, Trevor (2001). Barefoot & Pregnant?. Irish Famine Orphans Genealogical Society of Victoria.
- ^ This ship is also the subject of Richard Reid & Cheryl Mongan's book A decent set of girls: The Irish Famine Orphans of the Thomas Arbuthnot, 1849-1850.
- ^ Geason, Susan. "The Irish 'Orphan' Girls". Non-Fiction. Retrieved 2006-12-18.