Reminiscences of octogenarian blackwaller The Hogue by T.B. Foreman. 24p

Component identifier:: File [A]
Content Summary:: Details of voyage in The Hogue to Australia, Captain John Williams in 1866; other members of the crew; man overboard; crossing the line; arrival at Sydney 'in my simplicity I had naively imagined a primitive township…it was London over again on a small scale'; numbers of Chinese; rowing matches on Parramatta River; loading wool for England; carrying exotic birds for London market; voyage home.
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Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia