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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1852

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The Schooner Favorite

Empire · Saturday 17 July 1852 · page 2

The following letters were published in the Government Gazette of Yesterday;- Her Majesty's Ship Calliope, Sydney. 8th July, 1852…

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Schooner Favorite. (From Yesterday's Government Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 July 1852 · page 4

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, 15th July, 1852.— His Excellency the Governor-General directs the publication, for general information, of the following communication from Captain Sir J. Everard Home, Bart., of…

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Excursion on Board the Steamer Yarra Yarra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 July 1852 · page 2

THE whole of the arrangements for placing this fine steam-ship on the berth between Sydney and Victoria having been completed, the Directors of the Australasian Steam…

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Excursion on Board the Steamer Yarra Yarra

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 31 July 1852 · page 204

The whole of the arrangements for placing this fine steam-ship on the berth between Sydney and Victoria having been completed, the Directors of the Australasian, Steam…

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Excursion on Board the Steamer Yarra Yarra

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 August 1852 · page 9

The whole of the arrangements for placing this fine steamship on the berth between Sydney and Victoria, having been completed, the Directors of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company…

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The P. and O. Co[?]s Steamer Chusan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 August 1852 · page 2

This fine vessel is now on her first trip; she was originally intended to run between Hongkong and Shanghai. She is built of iron,and is barque rigg[?]. Her burthen is 750 tons, and she is propelled by a screw driven by an…

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Home Affairs. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, 15Th May, 1852, Per Steamer Chusan

Empire · Thursday 5 August 1852 · page 4

The commencement of steam communication between the mother country and the Australian Colonies, is an event which we have been long looking for, and which will…

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The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamer Chusan

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 7 August 1852 · page 213

This fine vessel is now on her first trip; she was originally intended to run between Hongkong and Shanghai. She is built of iron, and is barque rigged. Her burthen is 750 tons, and she is propelled by a screw driven by an…

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For India and Europe. Per Mail Steamer Chusan

Empire · Tuesday 31 August 1852 · page 2

THE occasion of the departure of the first steamer with the English mails has suggested to us the preparation of the following articles, with a desire to give as…

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Miscellaneous Extracts. the Steamer Great Britain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 September 1852 · page 3

THE steam-ship Great Britain, to be despatched from Liverpool to New York direct, early in April, is built of iron, and is 3500 tons measurement, and of extraordinary strength and…

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Home Affairs. [From Our Own Correspondent.] London, 2Nd June, 1852. Per Mail Steamer "Australian."

Empire · Friday 10 September 1852 · page 3

Since my last letter of 14th May, by the Chusan steamer, very little of interest has transpired either in the political or commercial world. The Derby Ministry is…

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For the Cape and Europe. [?]Er R.m. Steamer "Australian." Summary

Empire · Saturday 18 September 1852 · page 1

The following Summary will put our English friends in possession of the general State of Affairs in New South Wales, since the sailing of the Chusan for India,…

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Wreck of the Steamer Conside

Empire · Thursday 23 September 1852 · page 2

We have been favoured by Mr. D. H. Young, one of the firm to whom the screw steamer Conside was consigned, with the following particulars relative to the wreck of that vessel. On Thursday morning,…

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Wreck of the Steamer Conside. (From the Melbourne Argus.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 September 1852 · page 2

We have been favoured by Mr. D. H. Young, one of the first to whom the screw-steamer Conside was consigned, with the following particulars relative to the wreck of that vessel. On Thursday morning, Mr. Young…

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Wreck of the Steamer Conside

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 25 September 1852 · page 270

We have been favoured by Mr. D. H. Young, one of the firm to whom the screw-steamer Conside was consigned, with the following particulars relative to the wreck of that vessel. On Thursday morning, Mr. Young…

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Victoria. Wreck of the Steamer Conside

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 25 September 1852 · page 5

We have been favoured by Mr. D. H. Young, one of the firm to whom the sorew-steamer Conside was consigned, with the following particulars relative to the wreck of that vessel, On Thursday morning Mr. Young proceeded with Captain Ferguson,…

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Disastrous Wrecks at the Port Phillip Heads

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 25 September 1852 · page 3

Intelligence arrived in Melbourne yesterday morning of the wreck of the serew-steamer Conside, from Sydney, and also of a schooner, name unknown, upon Point Lonsdale, at the…

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[Advertisement.] to Captain J. K. FRE[?]ER. On board steamer Waratah, October, 8, 1852

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 October 1852 · page 6

DEAR SIR,—We, the undersigned cabin passengers per Waratah, from Melbourne to Sydney, beg to express our warmest thanks for your polite attention to the promotion of our comfort during this and, to many of us,…

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London, August [?], 1852. Per P. and O. Co.'s Steamer "Formosa."

Empire · Saturday 23 October 1852 · page 4

The Wool Sales are concluded to-day. The quantity sold is 55,466 bales Colonial, 1809 East Indian, and 2588 Foreign. The prices as compared with the May…

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Arrival of the P. & O. Co.'s Steamer Formosa. News to the 7Th August. [Portion of our English News appeared in our Second Edition of yesterday.]

Empire · Saturday 23 October 1852 · page 3

THE P. & O. Company's steam ship Formosa, from Southampton, August 7th, arrived this morning about 10 o'clock. We are indebted to her agent, Henry…

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