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  2. SHIPS OF THE PAST

    NOTES from the =journal of his father, John Galloway Stewart, together with a letter describing conditions in the colony in July, 1852, ...

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  3. London Gossip

    Mr. Herbert Morrison, chairman of the London County Council is accounted with some justification one of the big brains of the Labor movement, and although he ...

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  4. VALLOMBROSA.

    No wonder it captivated Dante Ariosto, Milton, Shelley, the Brownings and all other poetic souls. Its very name has music in it, and means the ...

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  5. Queen of Nations.

    Sir,--With reference to Mr. Ed. Pattison's letter stating his mother came out in the ship Queen of Nations, arriving here on 17th June, 1874, from Plymouth, ...

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  6. Shine of 1879.

    Sir,--May I be permitted to add to your interesting record of Ships of the Past by mentioning the R.M.S. Chimborszo, in which, with my widowed ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--In reply to J. P. Hird, Brighton Beach, I might slate I shipped in the ship Queen of Nations about 1377, and I see the same contain. Archie Donald. ...

    Article : 101 words
  8. A Diary of 1854.

    Sir,--Your Ships of the Past section of "The Age" appearing each Saturday is of ever-growing interest. In the year 1854 my late grandfather and mother ...

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  9. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--The following vessels were listed to sail from Sydney for Port Phillip in 1839:-- January. ...

    Article : 275 words
  10. Captain Tickell.

    Sir,--I would like to answer many of the questions submitted this week, but have not the necessary time. However, I will tell Mr. Windsor H. Tickell ...

    Article : 294 words
  11. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--I, with my mother and sister, also came out in the Queen of Nations. I was 8½ years old, and my sister 10 years. Our name ...

    Article : 80 words
  12. Great Britain.

    Sir,--Mr. Chapman writes re Great Britain that he had received a letter from a Mr. Bradford, of Now Zealand. I can[?]t to Australia in her on the trip she made ...

    Article : 302 words
  13. Thermopylae.

    Sir,--As n reader of "The Age" since 1872 I must congratulate you on the highly interesting letters which have appeared in your columns. As there have ...

    Article : 364 words
  14. Omega.

    Sir,--With my father and mother (Mr. and Mrs. John Baker), three sisters and brother, we embarked on board the sailing ship Omega, sailing for Australia on ...

    Article : 265 words
  15. William Myles.

    Sir,--I have not noticed the name of the ship William Myles, of Bristol. My late father, James Coutts, who would have been 100 years old next October, ...

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  16. The Wreck of the Loch Ard.

    Sir,--I am enclosing a photo of an original oil painting of the wreck of the Loch Ard by Mr. Win. Short, sen., one of the earliest artists in ...

    Article : 276 words
  17. James T. Foord.

    Sir,--What became of the James T. Foord ? My father arrived from Scotland in this vessel at Geelong on the 23nd December, 1952, the ship having ...

    Article : 98 words
  18. Nestor.

    Sir,--The pioneers of this State, who came from old England and the British Isles are deeply indebted to "The Age" for the space made available every ...

    Article : 400 words
  19. Henry Ellis.

    TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE. Sir,--I have not noticed any reference to the ship Henry Ellis, in which my parents and elder sister arrived in 1853. ...

    Article : 63 words
  20. Garonne.

    Sir,--My mother, myself and my brother came out on the Orient liner Garonne in 1879, near Christmas, in time for the first exhibition in 1880. We ...

    Article : 57 words
  21. White Squall at Sea.

    Sir,--I have not noticed any reference to the sailing ship Castle Eden, in which my grandfather and family came to Australia. I think sire was one of the first ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 424 words
  22. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--For all her eleven tea passages, the Thermopylae made an average of Just under 107 days. The average of the Cutty Sark, eight passages, ...

    Article : 709 words
  23. Passages of 1839.

    Sir,--So far I have not noticed the "Garrow" mentioned, in which ship my father and his parents arrived in Australia. The barque "Garrow." 524 tons, under ...

    Article : 510 words
  24. Fitz James.

    Sir,--My father. G. Lee, was second mate of the Fitz James, which arrived in Melbourne during 1854. My mother and her brother, named Shirers, from ...

    Article : 86 words
  25. Oakland.

    Sir,--In July, 1879, a three-masted ship by the name of Oakland left Glasgow with a batch of emigrants to land at Port Adelaide, S.A., and had on ...

    Article : 363 words
  26. City of Agra.

    Sir.--In reply to Mr. Henry Clark's inquiry re the ship City of Agra, this ship was full rigged until 1885, when she was converted into a barque, much to the ...

    Article : 424 words
  27. A.W.W.M. (Cooper Pedy Opal Fields.

    South Australia) asks what strip brought John Blyth from California to Melbourne. Mr. Dlyth went to the diggings in 1851, and became a Melbourne merchant, and ...

    Article : 204 words
  28. Captain Blackbourne.

    Sir.--Some of your correspondents may recall the name of Captain John Barker Blackburne, Upon one of his several voyages he brought to Australia ...

    Article : 107 words
  29. MUSIC AND LETTERS.

    The current-Issue of, "Music and betters" will be eagerly sought by Elgar enthusiasts for a contributor, Mr. R. C. Powell, has attempted to solve the ...

    Article : 130 words
  30. A King Island Tragedy.

    Sir,--is anything Known of a nailing ship which came from England to Australia during 18517 From Melbourne she proceeded to Tasmania, and was wrecked ...

    Article : 192 words
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