The Gull : a weekly newspaper published on board the 'Otago' during a four months' voyage from Glasgow to Brisbane : Also containing a complete and truthful statement of the privations and negligences experienced by the emigrants on the voyage, likewise a description of the treatment shown towards the immigrants on the voyage likewise a description of the treatment shown towards the immigrants in the depot on their arrival here, and of the manner in which government inquiries are conducted

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N 910.4 GUL
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Contents

Gull 1
GULL 4
PREFACE. 5
SHIP “OTAGO.” 7
LOG OF THE VOYAGE. 11
"THE GULL." PRODIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT. To the World in general and those on board the “Otago" in particular. TREMENDOUS ORIGINALITIES! STARTLING REVELATIONS! WONDERFUL COMICALITIES! 20
"THE GULL." 21
Birthday Greeting to Captain Falconer. 22
My Sailor Love 23
Baby. 24
General News. 24
Notes by the Way. 25
Notes from the Poop. 25
Advertisements. 26
Letters to the Editor. 26
LOOK OUT FOR "DOUGLAS," 27
“DOUGLAS.” 28
“THE GULL.” 28
Thinking of Home. 30
Sundries. 31
Alas! 32
Concert. 32
General News. 33
Sundries. 35
Advertisements. 36
Letters to the Editor. 38
Medical and Surgical News. 39
Sunday Forenoon Service. 39
Births and Deaths. 40
"THE GULL." 41
My Boys. 42
Court Intelligence and Fashionable News. 44
Sundries. 44
General Notes. 45
Concert. 46
Letters to the Editor. 47
Advertisements. 48
How to Make Love. 48
Otago Minstrels. 49
Sundries. 50
"THE GULL." 51
“DOUGLAS.” 51
Sundries. 53
Letters to the Editor. AN EMIGRANT’S REVERIE. 54
Sea Voices. 54
Court Intelligence and Fashionable News. 55
General News. 56
Home. 58
Concert. 59
Advertisements. 60
Sundries. 60
Death. 61
Sick List. 61
“DOUGLAS.” 62
“THE GULL.” 62
Drifting. 65
An Excursion to the Lower Regions. 66
Extraordinary News. 66
Concert Notices. 67
My Native Land. 67
General Notes. 68
Court Intelligence and Fashionable News. 71
Letters to the Editor. 72
Sundries. 72
Advertisements. 73
Local Drama. 74
"THE GULL." 76
“Her Fisher Boy.” 78
Concert Notices. 80
Artist’s Notes. 81
On the Moon. 81
Fashionable Intelligence. 82
Letters to the Editor. 83
Sundries. 84
General News. 85
Advertisements. 88
[Chapter heading not available] 90
"THE GULL.” 91
“GRANNIE’S TRUST.” 91
Concert Notices. 95
Fashionable News. 95
Artist’s Notices. 96
Dirge from the Married Quarters.* 97
General News. 97
Dimensions of Heaven. 99
Letters to the Editor. 100
Latest News. 102
Conundrums. 103
"THE GULL." 104
“GRANNIE’S TRUST.” 104
Last Farewell to Scotland. 107
Fashionable Intelligence. 108
Fun at Sea. 109
Poem (Quotation). 109
An Exposition on Fools. 110
Song of Emigrant Life. 110
General News. 111
Letters to the Editor. 112
Advertisements. 114
Conundrums. 114
Sundries. 114
Death. 115
"THE GULL." 117
“GRASNIE’S TRUST.” 118
Farewell to Britain. 120
Letters to the Editor. 121
Queensland. 121
Sonnet to a Sunset Witnessed at Sea. 122
Fashionable News. 123
Sailing Homewards. 124
Advertisements. 125
Ladies and the Rats. 125
"GRAMTE’S TRUST." 127
"THE GULL." 127
Birth. 129
Copy of Cablegram received by Captain Falconer from the Queensland Government Officials, Brisbane. 130
Waiting for Sister May. 130
Fashionable Intelligence. 131
General News. 132
Cabin Passengers. 134
Queensland. 134
"GRAUUTE’S TRUST." 137
"THE GULL." 137
General News. 141
To Queensland. 141
Muster. 144
Grand Announcement. 146
"THE GULL." 149
General News. 150
Daniel Robertson. 153
Wee Daniel. 153
Daniel. 154
My Baby Boy. 154
Holiday Excursion; OR, THE DOCTOR, THE MATRON, AND THE MAIDENS. 155
Thoughts on Approaching Land. 161
To Captain Falconer, from the Single Girls. 161
Fashionable News. 163
Voyage of the “Otago.” 164
Advertisement. "KILL OR CURE"—PILLS FOR THE MILLION. 166
Baby, born at Sea (James Hamilton Richmond). 167
Reply. 167
Birthday Greeting to Mr. Mark Broughton, Chief Steward. 168
To Mr. Broughton. 168
Auld Kirk. 169
NELL. 172
Extracts from a Diary kept by Thomas Williamson during the voyage of the “Otago” from Glasgow to Brisbane. January 24th to May 24th, 1884. 186
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Cameron, Keith & Otago (Ship). (). The Gull : a weekly newspaper published on board the 'Otago' during a four months' voyage from Glasgow to Brisbane : Also containing a complete and truthful statement of the privations and negligences experienced by the emigrants on the voyage, likewise a description of the treatment shown towards the immigrants on the voyage likewise a description of the treatment shown towards the immigrants in the depot on their arrival here, and of the manner in which government inquiries are conducted Retrieved December 31, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52848757

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Cameron, Keith and Otago (Ship). The Gull : a weekly newspaper published on board the 'Otago' during a four months' voyage from Glasgow to Brisbane : Also containing a complete and truthful statement of the privations and negligences experienced by the emigrants on the voyage, likewise a description of the treatment shown towards the immigrants on the voyage likewise a description of the treatment shown towards the immigrants in the depot on their arrival here, and of the manner in which government inquiries are conducted Brisbane: Woodcock, Powell & Mellefont, . Web. 31 December 2024 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52848757>

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Cameron, Keith & Otago (Ship). , The Gull : a weekly newspaper published on board the 'Otago' during a four months' voyage from Glasgow to Brisbane : Also containing a complete and truthful statement of the privations and negligences experienced by the emigrants on the voyage, likewise a description of the treatment shown towards the immigrants on the voyage likewise a description of the treatment shown towards the immigrants in the depot on their arrival here, and of the manner in which government inquiries are conducted Woodcock, Powell & Mellefont, Brisbane viewed 31 December 2024 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52848757

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