SS Great Britain Project - SS Great Britain archives concerning Australian voyages [M2343-2347], 1852-1969

M 2343-2347

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432824

Microfilm : M 2343-2347

microfilm reels 35 mm

SS Great Britain was launched in 1843. From 1850-1876 she carried passengers and cargo between Australia and England

Collection of archives concerning the Australian voyages of SS Great Britain, her passengers and crew assembled by the SS Great Britain Project. Contains: 1. Passenger's diaries and accounts of voyages, 1952-76. 2. Crew lists, 1852-74. 3. Extracts from logs, 1858 and 1872. 4. Minutes of evidence taken before the Board of Inquiry into the collision between the Great Britain and the Oscar between Cape Otway and Port Phillip Heads, 1850. 5. Tickets, posters, etc. 1861-73. 6. Australian and Eastern Navigation Co. Ltd., 1863. 7. Diaries of Joseph Blake on voyages to New Zealand, 1907-1908. 8. "Captain John Grey (1819-1872) : master of SS Great Britain", / Gerald H. Roberts, 1969

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M2343-2347
Microfilm copy of originals held by SS Great Britain Project, Bristol
Descriptive list available (8 p.)