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Thomas Harrison (ship)
''Thomas Harrison'' was a barque, used to transport free settlers and convicts from Ireland and England to Australia and New Zealand from 1835 to 1842. Construction Built in Sunderland in 1834 by J.M.Gales, ''Thomas Harrison'' was a barque of 355–6 tons. Operational history The ship is recorded as having transported three free settlers to Tasmania from London and Liverpool to Hobart, arriving on 1 February 1835. It was registered in London in 1836 as convict transport, but its only known sailing as a convict ship was from Cork, Ireland, on 19 February 1836. After 111 days of travel, it arrived at Port Jackson on 9 June 1836, with 112 female convicts, 29 children, and 11 free women who were wives of prisons, with their 24 children. The master on that journey was Thomas O. Harrison of Cork, and the ship's surgeon Henry Gordon Brock, who also sailed on other convict ships. The women came from cities and counties throughout Ireland. Five people died on the trip as a consequence o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barque
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel with three or more mast (sailing), masts having the fore- and mainmasts Square rig, rigged square and only the mizzen (the aftmost mast) Fore-and-aft rig, rigged fore and aft. Sometimes, the mizzen is only partly fore-and-aft rigged, bearing a square-rigged sail above. Etymology The word "barque" entered English via the French term, which in turn came from the Latin language, Latin ''barca'' by way of Occitan language, Occitan, Catalan language, Catalan, Spanish, or Italian. The Latin ''barca'' may stem from Celtic language, Celtic ''barc'' (per Rudolf Thurneysen, Thurneysen) or Greek ''baris'' (per Friedrich Christian Diez, Diez), a term for an Egyptian boat. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'', however, considers the latter improbable. The word ''barc'' appears to have come from Celtic languages. The form adopted by English, perhaps from Irish language, Irish, was "bark", while that adopted by Latin as ''barca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Phillip
Port Phillip (Kulin languages, Kulin: ''Narm-Narm'') or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped bay#Types, enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The bay opens into the Bass Strait via a short, narrow channel (geography), channel known as The Rip, and is completely surrounded by suburbs and localities (Australia), localities of Victoria's two largest cities — metropolitan Greater Melbourne in the bay's main eastern portion north of the Mornington Peninsula, and the city of Greater Geelong in the much smaller western portion (known as the Corio Bay) north of the Bellarine Peninsula. Geographically, the bay covers and the shore stretches roughly , with the volume of water around . Most of the bay is navigable, although it is extremely shallow for its size — the deepest portion is only and half the bay is shallower than . Its waters and coast are home to Pinniped, seals, whales, dolphins, corals and many kinds of seabirds and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Sail Merchant Ships
Age or AGE may refer to: Time and its effects * Age, the amount of time someone or something has been alive or has existed ** East Asian age reckoning, an Asian system of marking age starting at 1 * Ageing or aging, the process of becoming older ** Senescence, the gradual deterioration of biological function with age ** Human development (biology) * Periodization, the process of categorizing the past into discrete named blocks of time ** Ages of Man, the stages of human existence on the Earth according to Greek mythology and its subsequent Roman interpretation **Prehistoric age Places * AGE, the IATA airport code for Wangerooge Airfield, in Lower Saxony, Germany People * Åge, a given name * Aage, a given name * Agenore Incrocci, an Italian screenwriter Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * ''Ages'', worlds in the ''Myst'' video game series Music * "Age" (song), a song by Jim and Ingrid Croce Periodicals * ''Age'' (journal), a scientific journal on ageing, now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1834 Ships
Events January–March * January – The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is chartered in Wilmington, North Carolina. * January 1 – Zollverein (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states. * January 3 – The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City. * February 13 – Robert Owen organizes the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union in the United Kingdom. * March 6 – York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto. * March 11 – The United States Survey of the Coast is transferred to the Department of the Navy. * March 14 – John Herschel discovers the open cluster of stars now known as NGC 3603, observing from the Cape of Good Hope. * March 28 – Andrew Jackson is censured by the United States Congress (expunged in 1837). April–June * April 10 – The LaLaurie mansion in New Orleans burns, and Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie flees to France. * April 14 – The Whig Party is officially named by United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barques
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts having the fore- and mainmasts rigged square and only the mizzen (the aftmost mast) rigged fore and aft. Sometimes, the mizzen is only partly fore-and-aft rigged, bearing a square-rigged sail above. Etymology The word "barque" entered English via the French term, which in turn came from the Latin ''barca'' by way of Occitan, Catalan, Spanish, or Italian. The Latin ''barca'' may stem from Celtic ''barc'' (per Thurneysen) or Greek ''baris'' (per Diez), a term for an Egyptian boat. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'', however, considers the latter improbable. The word ''barc'' appears to have come from Celtic languages. The form adopted by English, perhaps from Irish, was "bark", while that adopted by Latin as ''barca'' very early, which gave rise to the French ''barge'' and ''barque''. In Latin, Spanish, and Italian, the term ''barca'' refers to a small boat, not a full-sized ship. French influenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ships
A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity, and purpose. Ships have supported exploration, trade, warfare, migration, colonization, and science. After the 15th century, new crops that had come from and to the Americas via the European seafarers significantly contributed to world population growth. Ship transport is responsible for the largest portion of world commerce. The word ''ship'' has meant, depending on the era and the context, either just a large vessel or specifically a ship-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts, each of which is square-rigged. As of 2016, there were more than 49,000 merchant ships, totaling almost 1.8 billion dead weight tons. Of these 28% were oil tankers, 43% were bulk carriers, and 13% were cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convict Ships To New South Wales
The use of convict ships to New South Wales began on 18 August 1786, when the decision was made to send a colonisation party of convicts, military, and civilian personnel to Botany Bay. Transportation to the Colony of New South Wales was finally officially abolished on 1 October 1850. This list reflects vessels that transported convicts to New South Wales as currently represented, it does not include transportations to colonies or ports that were once part of New South Wales. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O |
Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), or in te reo Māori, is the public service department of New Zealand charged with issuing passports; administering applications for citizenship and lottery grants; enforcing censorship and gambling laws; registering births, deaths, marriages and civil unions; supplying support services to ministers; and advising the government on a range of relevant policies and issues. Other services provided by the department include a translation service, publication of the ''New Zealand Gazette'' (the official government newspaper), a flag hire service, management of VIP visits to New Zealand, running the Lake Taupō harbourmaster's office (under a special agreement with the local iwi) and the administration of offshore islands. History The Department of Internal Affairs traces its roots back to the Colonial Secretary's Office, which from the time New Zealand became a British colony, in 1840, was responsible for almost all central government duti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Lightband
Martin Lightband (20 January 1832 – 1 August 1914) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand. Early life Born in Worcester, England, on 20 January 1832, he arrived at Nelson in 1842 on the '' Thomas Harrison'' with his parents, Mary Ann and George Wales Lightband. Lightband was 10 years old when he arrived. He lived in Nelson almost his entire life, except for a brief stay in Christchurch. In 1857, his father was part of the group of Nelson settlers eager to set up a newspaper in opposition to the ''Nelson Examiner'' that was influenced in its editorial policy by large landowners. Lightband Sr. travelled to Sydney, obtained a printing press and engaged the printer William Nation to come to Nelson with his family. Consequently, the ''Colonist'' was supportive of members of the Lightband family while the ''Nelson Examiner'' was not. Business interests Lightband worked in his father's tanning business as a tanner. Later he went into partnership with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wales Lightband
George Wales Lightband (1804 – 22 October 1891) was a pioneer settler in Nelson, New Zealand. Biography Lightband was born in Worcester, England, in 1804. He married Mary Ann on 11 June 1824. They received medical advice that his wife would live for just two or three more years if they remained in England and consequently, they emigrated on the '' Thomas Harrison'', which arrived in Nelson on 25 October 1842. Lightband had learned the tannery trade and continued this occupation in New Zealand. He was inventive and pioneered many processing in the leather industry. He was the first person in the colony who produced parchment. He was part of the group of Nelson settlers eager to set up a newspaper in opposition to the ''Nelson Examiner'' that was influenced in its editorial policy by large landowners. Lightband travelled to Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Deans (pioneer)
John Deans (4 May 1820 – 23 June 1854) was, together with his brother William, a pioneer farmer in Canterbury, New Zealand. He was born in Kirkstyle, Riccarton, Scotland. Their Riccarton farm in New Zealand was the first permanent settlement by immigrants on the Canterbury Plains. Deans returned to Scotland in 1852 to marry Jane McIlraith. They returned to New Zealand, where he died from tuberculosis at Riccarton Farm on 23 June 1854, not before he had asked Jane to keep the adjacent Riccarton Bush in perpetuity. The Deans had one son, also called John. The Deans brothers named the Christchurch river Avon after the stream on their grandfather's farm. Deans Cottage, which was built in late 1843 and where Jane and John Deans first lived, is today the oldest building in Canterbury. It is registered by Heritage New Zealand as a Category I structure and features as a museum. Jane Deans had Riccarton House built in 1855/56; a project that her husband wanted to do but that started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appo Hocton
Appo Hocton (c. 1819 – 26 September 1920), with a birth name of Wong Ahpoo Hock Ting or Wong Ah Poo Hock Ting, his Chinese name was 黃鶴庭， was a Chinese-born New Zealand servant, landlord, carter and farmer. Born in about 1819, or as late as 1823, he was the first recorded Chinese emigrant to New Zealand, arriving in Nelson on the '' Thomas Harrison'' on 25 October 1842. Hocton purchased land in Nelson's Washington Valley, where he built eight cottage A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a Cotter (farmer), cotter or ''bordar'') of a small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager ...s, four of which still exist today; they are located at 40 Washington Road, and nearby at 16, 38, and 40 Hastings Street. In 1876 Appo Hocton moved to Dovedale, Tasman onto a 485-acre block of land near Brandy Creek, after clearing the land Appo farmed cattle and sheep. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
