Sir.--All members of the "old brigade," men and women, are greatly indebted to "The Age" for the space it has given in its Saturday Literary columns to the ...
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Article : 36 wordsSir,--I have not seen any reference to the Ocean Chief, in which ship my late father, Thomas Batman Reynolds, came to Melbourne, landing at the foot ...
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Article : 131 wordsSir,--It may interest some of your readers to know that there is in this office a photographic copy (made by Paterson Bros., Melbourne) of a chart (drawn by ...
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Article : 42 wordsSir,--Your correspondent, Mrs. Henderson, North Carlton, said her parents came to Melbourne on 21st December, 1854, under Captain Godfrey, and ...
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Article : 1,342 wordsSir,--I have been most interested in the references to the Marco Polo, in which vessel my father. Hyman Levinson, came to Melbourne in 1854. ...
Article : 127 wordsSir,--I have noticed mention of the ship Chance. My grandfather, John Hamilton, was a passenger on that boat, and I have in my possession a ...
Article : 76 wordsSir,--It would be or interest to hear something about the ship my father came out in in the year 1852, Mariana or Marian (Mary Ann). A two weeks ...
Article : 69 wordsSir,--I think it was the Lady Chance which arrived at Port Phillip in August, 1852. My grandfather, my father and his ...
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Article : 160 wordsA little more than a century ago an alert, stoutly-built young man, with slight whiskers and chestnut colored hair and dressed in the dandified way ...
Article : 966 wordsSir.--The vessel Alert left Melbourne wharf Saturday, 23rd December, 1893, and encountered boisterous weather on the coast. A terrific south wind was ...
Article : 179 wordsSir,--It afforded my people and me great pleasure to read of the ship Monteagle. mentioned by your correspondent T. Wheat (Armadale). Our grandmother ...
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Article : 93 wordsSir,--I wonder if any render interested in Ships of the Past has heard of the Swiftsure? My mother, who was then aged 19, came in her to Australia in the ...
Article : 48 wordsSir,-- I understood "Pelagios" referred to a ship Tasmania which, as I thought arrived in Port Phillip in 1843. My knowledge of early shipping is confined to ...
Article : 192 wordsSir,--I have not noticed any reference to the Manless, which came to Melbourne, leaving Liverpool early in October, 1841, and arriving here in February, ...
Article : 93 wordsSir,--"Interested" (Clifton Hill) was asking in your paper last month, under the columns on Early Ship, about a vessel which came to Portland, and among ...
Article : 83 wordsSir,--I would be very thankful if any render could slate the year in which the ship Darling Downs left London. I think it was either in 1881 or 1882. I was a ...
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Article : 73 wordsSir,--I have been following your old-time shipping news with interest. We would lie pleased to know if any of your well-informed writers have any ...
Article : 97 wordsSir,--I have not yet seen an account of the sailing vessel King of Algeria, which arrived in Melbourne. 1862, with my mother, father und five children. My ...
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Article : 475 wordsSir.--The very interesting columns of your Saturday's issue calling to memory the suiting ships of years past have not so far mentioned the Psyche, which is ...
Article : 68 wordsSir,--I was interested in a letter which appeared in your columns referring to a voyage from England to Australia in the sailing shin Boanerges. My ...
Article : 252 wordsSir,-In your issue of 16th inst., under the heading Duke of Argyle, Mr. Edward Becherva[?]se refers to Captain Prentice, who at one time commanded that ...
Article : 178 wordsSir,--My mother came to Australia in the Fitz James. The captain's name was Kidder, and he had with him his young wife. They were six months on ...
Article : 151 wordsSir,--I have rend with deep interest the numerous letters appearing in your paper re the history of the old sailing ships. Perhaps some of your readers ...
Article : 82 wordsSir,--It was interesting to learn from the letter of Mr. Edward Bechervaise in "The Age" of 16th inst. that he was well acquainted with both Captain Prentice ...
Article : 242 wordsSir,--So far I have not noticed the name of the sailing ship Queen of Nations. I think she left Plymouth in 1372. My mother, two brothers, two ...
Article : 103 wordsSir.--In 1858 I can hero with my parents on the Queen of the Seas, having spent my tenth birthday on board. We were seventeen weeks and five days ...
Article : 188 wordsSir.--Your correspondent in a recent issue stated that the Lady Jocelyn caught fire on her outward trip to New Zealand, but I think he is wrong, as the Plako ...
Article : 219 wordsSir.--I wonder if any of the old pioneers remember having as shipmates about the years 1855-60, Andrew Wilson, his wife and two or three of a family, ...
Article : 71 wordsSir,--In reference to Mr. Stuart Dove's letter, also Mr, Edward Bechcrvaise's letter about the Duke of Argyle. I shipped in her in Brisbane in 1896. Mr. ...
Article : 302 wordsSir,--I have not noticed any reference to the Arabia, a sailing ship which left Plymouth in 1854 Tor Australia. This was the ship in which my father arrived in ...
Article : 67 wordsSir,--Any tidings from one or your readers would lie much appreciated regarding an old sailing vessel named Salacia or Salescia, which arrived in ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Sat 30 Jun 1934, Page 6
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