The Wreck of the Bokhara
New is to hand to the effect that 92 bodies have been recovered from the wreck of the Bokhara on the Pescadores, The wreck is lying in…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893
25 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
The Queensland Kanaka Traffic a melbourne Argus Representative —On— a Recruiting Schooner. No. 1. Finding a Vessel
Commissioned by the proprietors of The Argus to secretly investigate the present system of recruiting South Sea islanders for the Queensland sugar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Kanaka Traffic. Melbourne Argus Representative —On— a Recruiting Schooner. No. I. Over the Coral Sea
The Helena started in gallant style to cross the Coral Sea, and, despite periods of calm weather, accomplished the voyage in ten days. Duties of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Kanaka Traffic. a Melbourne Argus Representative —On— a Recruiting Schooner. No. Iii. Attempting to Recruit
Meanwhile the recruiter (Mr. Mulhern) had displayed on the stern-sheets of his boat a tempting array of calico, axes, cutlery, belts, pipes, tobacco, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Kanaka Traffic. a Melbourne Argus REPRESENTATIVE —on— a Recruiting Schooner. No. Iv. a Timid Return Accommodated
Amongst our passengers was an elderly bushman named Baliabooloo, whose "passage" was on the weather side of the island a long way north…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Kanaka Traffic. a Melbourne argus Representative on a Recruiting Schooner. No. Iv. the Engagement
When taken on board, the new chum was taken into the cabin. Supposing that the strange surroundings made him timid, the Government agent and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Kanaka Traffic. a Melbourne Argus REPRESENTATIVE on a Recruiting Schooner. No. Vi. a Promise Kept
When the decks were being washed at the customary time on Friday morning (August 19) one of our lynx-eyed boat's crew interrupted the work with a cry of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Kanaka Traffic. a Melbourne Argus Representative —On— a Recruiting Schooner. No. Vii. Disaster
Thursday morning proved eventful. Light airs were blowing from the land, offering an opportunity of putting to sea. At 6 a.m. the windlass was clanks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Kanaka Traffic. a Melbourne Argus Representative—on—a Recruiting Schooner. No. Viii. Other Interesting Cases
The boats were summoned to the bench again in the afternoon. It was a day of rain, but between showers and business smoke had been detected, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Kanaka Traffic. a Melbourne Argus Representative on a Recruiting Schooner. No. Ix. Wanted, the Life of a Queenslander
Soon after our arrival at Atta overtures were made to Muldo by a bush tribe to decoy one of our boats up the the river. Two sons of the chief of this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Kanaka Traffic. a Melbourne Argus Representative —On— a Recruiting Schooner. No. X. Death of a Recruit
From Uru to Atta there was an unusually large number on our sick list. Half the crew were down with fever, but mixtures, specially prepared in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Kanaka Traffic. a Melbourne Argus Representative on a Recruiting Schooner. No. Xi at Kwa
On Thursday (October 6) and Friday the Helena lay in a snug harbor, charted as Kwa, about half-way down the coast. It was an inlet like the mouth of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland "Kanaka Traffic. a Melbourne Argus Representative —On— a Recruiting Schooner. No. Xii. the Anglican Mission
The vessel found at the trader's station in Florida was the Sydney-owned brigantine Borough-belle (Captain Williams), trading for copra, and from her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Kanaka Traffic. a Melbourne Argus Representative —On— a Recruiting Schooner. No. Xiii. a Sunday Ashore
Next (Sunday) morning the voice of song rose from the hold, nob, as usual, in barbaric "sing-sing," but in Christian hymns and chants. The Florida boys…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Stranded Ketch White Cloud
Further particulars to and with reference to the stranding of the ketch White Cloud at Broulee, on the South Coast, show that vessel was bound…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Kanaka Traffic. a Melbourne Argus Representative on a Recruiting Schooner, No. Xiv. Summary of Results
Of the 90 recruits we brought from the Solomons, 63 were engaged for the first time, and 27 or 30 per cent, had had previous experiences of sugar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Kanaka Traffic. a Melbourne Argus Representative —On— a Recruiting Schooner. No. Xv. a Character Sketch
Brought by my duties into close and daily contact with the boys, I had soon to acknowledge that though some of them were savages in reality, there was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overloading a Steamer
At the Water Police Court, Sydney, on Friday, Charles Phillipson, master of the steamer Hilda, was charged with a breach of the Navigation Act, by allowing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Kanaka Traffic. a Melbourne Argus Representative —On— a Recruiting Schooner. No. Xvi. Concluding Notes. the Ineligibility of Women
It has been frequently urged against the Queensland system of island labor that in the importation of kanakas a due proportion of the sexes is ignored,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Wreckers
A wrack or a flood is a harvest time for that class of people whose ideas of meum and tuum are of a very elastic nature. The Freeman's Journal tells…
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