Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870–1885Auckland University Press, 01 հոկ, 2013 թ. - 240 էջ Drawing upon more than 80 personal diaries and journals of those on board, this resource explores the rich experience and the trials and tribulations of hopeful Anglo-Celtic pilgrims headed to Australia and New Zealand aboard migrant ships in the late 19th century. From daily routines to matters of food, health, religion, crime, and mutiny, this history unearths the humor, scandal, and personal triumph that defined the nautical pilgrimage of hundreds. |
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... Worsley on the Dunloe was one of many making the trip because they had tuberculosis and their doctors told them the sea air would do them the world of good.20 Then there were those who were running away – women fleeing their husbands, a ...
... Worsley on the Dunloe was one of many making the trip because they had tuberculosis and their doctors told them the sea air would do them the world of good.20 Then there were those who were running away – women fleeing their husbands, a ...
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... Worsley described how he and his family spent a whole afternoon making their second-class cabin on the Dunloe as comfortable as possible. They unpacked their bedding and other necessities and even banged nails and hooks into the ...
... Worsley described how he and his family spent a whole afternoon making their second-class cabin on the Dunloe as comfortable as possible. They unpacked their bedding and other necessities and even banged nails and hooks into the ...
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... Worsley family, were so anxious that they were unable to sleep.56 The answer could come at any time of the day or night. It depended not on a precise schedule of departures and arrivals, but on the tides and the winds. And it was ...
... Worsley family, were so anxious that they were unable to sleep.56 The answer could come at any time of the day or night. It depended not on a precise schedule of departures and arrivals, but on the tides and the winds. And it was ...
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... Worsley described how on the Dunloe everyone set out in splendid spirits. In fact they enjoyed a good dinner on the first day at sea. But the wind grew stronger and the sea a little rougher and everyone got a good soaking. Before long ...
... Worsley described how on the Dunloe everyone set out in splendid spirits. In fact they enjoyed a good dinner on the first day at sea. But the wind grew stronger and the sea a little rougher and everyone got a good soaking. Before long ...
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... Worsley's diary; Sarah Morgan to Scimitar RC; Commissioners' report on Wild Duck 1873; Vogel to Agent-General, 29 Jun. 1874, AJHR, 1874, D-1A, p. 3; Daily Southern Cross, 5 Mar. 1875, 25 Mar. 1876. 21 James Fox, 31 Dec. 1873, 1 Jan ...
... Worsley's diary; Sarah Morgan to Scimitar RC; Commissioners' report on Wild Duck 1873; Vogel to Agent-General, 29 Jun. 1874, AJHR, 1874, D-1A, p. 3; Daily Southern Cross, 5 Mar. 1875, 25 Mar. 1876. 21 James Fox, 31 Dec. 1873, 1 Jan ...
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Enemies easily made | |
Disorder crime and punishment | |
Mutinies and Hyde Park meetings | |
The virgins cage | |
Birth death and the doctor | |
Land fever | |
So here ends my journey | |
Bibliography | |
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Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870-1885 David Hastings Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2013 |
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