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Title
Robert Archibald 'Remarks on board the Ship 'Margaret' of Liverpool 600 tons on a voyage to Sydney, N.S. Wales with Emigrants 1840 & 1841, Sanford, Blyth, Commander'
Creator
Robert Archibald
Call number
MLMSS 2832
Level of description
fonds
Date

1840-1841
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
919074
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 2538
Physical Description
1 volume of textual material - photocopies
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

R. Archibald was the second mate on the ship Margaret, October 1840-April 1841, then first officer of the barque Arachne, April-November 1841
Scope and Content
Includes comments on his voyage from Liverpool, England to Sydney, New South Wales with Irish emigrants, 16 October 1840-9 April 1841, with description of scenery and living conditions in Sydney and the voyage on the Arachne to Wellington, New Zealand, Batavia and England, 19 April-28 November 1841
Original held by
Original is in the possession of Mrs A. G. McInnes, Glen Iris, Victoria, October 1974
Description source

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-486 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Name
Margaret (Ship)
Arachne (barque)
Subject
Voyages and travels--19th century.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social conditions--1788-1851
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Description and travel.

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