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SECTION 1: | The Log Book (1-31) : |
Copies of Original Pages | Passenger & Crew Lists |
Appreciation | Letters & Directions 1-5 | Port of Entry Registrations |
Reading Material & URLs | Crew/Reports On Crew 6-9 | Land Orders |
Deaths 10-19 | Where to now? |
On Board Events 20-31 |
SECTION 2: | Passenger Status, Age, Occupation, Ship Accommodation |
A List lodged in the Mitchell Library |
These Must be the Real Thing |
on 10 December 1859.
Rev. Fathers Quinn and Dunne. People repeatedly ask �Why are you doing this?� and therein lies a story. Almost to the day in August 2002, 140 years after the �Erin-go-bragh� arrived in Moreton Bay, there was not a great deal of readily available information relating to the ship nor her passengers and crew. Material was out there, yes, but a novice researcher had a great deal of difficulty rounding it up. Trained Librarians were tested during the search, which can never end ... but �herein and herewith� are some clues to help new researchers embarking on their Family History Trail. This is not a book, just data. Because there are many pages of that data to peruse, and it does become tiresome reading it, you may prefer to bookmark this site and pay other visits. I am adding information progressively. There are links to articles on the internet, transcriptions of photocopies of original documents which have lain hidden in folks� filing cabinets for many years and also a Link to a GEDCOM (Genealogical Data Communication) for those who wish to �prove descendancy� from one of a few of the pioneering families who sailed on her to this wonderful new country. Little did they know what lay ahead. The horrors of the voyage, the wretchedness of the untamed hot, dry and desolate Australian countryside and her native inhabitants, would never have occurred to them! They paved the way for our love and enjoyment of -
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