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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1831

9 stories in Sydney's papers

First Steamer in New South Wales

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1831 · page 3

On Saturday last, the inhabitants of Sydney had the extreme gratification of seeing, for the first time, a steam-vessel floating in their harbour, having arrived…

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Shipping Intelligence. From Newcastle, yesterday, the schooner Adm ral Gifford

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1831 · page 2

REMAINING IN THE HARBOUR. SHIPS.—H. M. S. Comet; Elizabeth, Albion, Australian, Lady Harewood, Nelson, Kains, Hashmy, York, Jane, Red Rover, Waterloo, Eamont, and Louisa…

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The "Surprise" Steamer

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 2 June 1831 · page 3

THIS beautiful little vessel, the first Australian steamer, performed her first trip to Parramatta yesterday. It having been announced by public advertisement…

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The "Surprise" Steamer

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1831 · page 2

IN our last we reported the particulars of the first starting of the first steam-vessel in New South Wales; we must now relate what happened to her after…

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First Australian Steamer[?]

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1831 · page 2

Yesterday was a proud day for Australia—a day that ought to be placed high in the calendar of her improvements—a day to which her sons and her daughters,…

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Loss of the Frolic Steamer. (From the Bristol Gazette.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 4 August 1831 · page 4

We have the melancholy task this week of recording the loss of the above packet, on her passage from Haverfordwest to this port, on Wednesday night, when every soul on board…

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Original Correspondence. the Colonial-built Steamer. To the Editor of the Sydney Gazette[?]

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1831 · page 3

SIR, I have remarked that you endeavour to give to the public every information you can possibly pick up that will in any way…

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Wreck of the "America."

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1831 · page 2

The Governor Philip, which arrived on Saturday last, from Moreton Bay and Port Macquarie, has brought up the crew of the ship America, bound from Hobart…

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Shipping Intelligence. DEPARTURE. For New Zealand, on Tuesday last, the schooner Currency Lass. Remaining in the Harbour

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 22 December 1831 · page 2

SHIPS—Elizabeth, Nimrod, Prince Regent, Elizabeth, Jane, Funchal, Vittoria, Nereus, Surry, Lotus, Cape Packet, Margaret, Asia, Jane, Elizabeth,, Bussorah Merchant, and Strathfieldsvy…

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