Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships, 1870-1885Drawing 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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First- and second - class passengers , with the officers , occupied cabins arranged around a saloon under the poop deck . Hence the term ' saloon passengers ' . Steerage passengers were one level lower in compartments underneath the ...
First- and second - class passengers , with the officers , occupied cabins arranged around a saloon under the poop deck . Hence the term ' saloon passengers ' . Steerage passengers were one level lower in compartments underneath the ...
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They were strictly not allowed to visit the poop or saloon , except by invitation . The single women were different again . Their compartment was out of bounds to everyone else on the ship and their access to the deck was limited to ...
They were strictly not allowed to visit the poop or saloon , except by invitation . The single women were different again . Their compartment was out of bounds to everyone else on the ship and their access to the deck was limited to ...
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PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF JULIE RAY GREGG AND BRYAN LAWRENCE were usually held in the saloon for the cabin - class passengers . On some ships and with some passengers , the distinctions were blurred . Services would be held in both styles ...
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF JULIE RAY GREGG AND BRYAN LAWRENCE were usually held in the saloon for the cabin - class passengers . On some ships and with some passengers , the distinctions were blurred . Services would be held in both styles ...
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