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944066
  • Title
    'A journal of a voyage from England to New South Wales in the ship Hashemy John Ross commander. Commencing on Tuesday November 7th 1848'-25 June 1849, by Captain John Ross
  • Creator
  • Call number
    DLMSQ 19
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    7 November, 1848-25 June, 1849
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    944066
  • Physical Description
    1 volume of textual material - manuscript - 33 cm.
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Transportation to Australia was revived by Lord Grey in 1848 and the Hashemy was the first ship to arrive in Sydney with a shipment of convicts. It met with such strong protests that all subsequent ships were diverted to Moreton Bay, Queensland
  • Scope and Content
    Records weather conditions, daily events, health of crew and convicts etc, from departure from Deptford, England to arrival at Sydney, N.S.W.

    Typescript notes concerning Hashemy's reception at Sydney filed at DLMSQ 19n
  • Finding Aids
    Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -
  • Description source

    Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.
  • General note

    Transferred from DLSPENCER 136
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