which will be available in many New Zealand libraries. Provincial Council of spending an undue proportion of its revenue in and around Passengers, 22. Bengal, 834 tons, Captain Bounnell, sailed April 14th, arrived July 31st. Passengers, 43. Severn, 502 tons, Captain Craigie, sailed February 6th, arrived May 8th. Pioneer ship, White Star Line, to Port Chalmers. with each group roughly in alphabetical order. Passengers, 78. (In a later blog post we will explore the nature of the voyage itself and also the history of the Philip Laing which arrived 24 days later on 15 April 1848.). Three Bells, 602 tons, Captain Rowley, sailed from Glasgow March 20th, arrived July 13th. *Includes a graphic of the New Zealand Company poster which Shipwreck on the coast of New Zealand in 1862. 1874 Passengers, 40. Was detained 15 days at Cape de Verde Islands repairing damage sustained in a gale in Bay of Biscay. Passengers, 220. 1849 Passengers, 44. Ferens observed the abundant wildlife: Birds of all descriptions are here Gulls, Whale Birds, Sea Pigeons, Albatrosses, Cormorants. other destinations in New Zealand. Warwickshire, 679 tons, Captain W. Keller, sailed April 10th, arrived July 21st. "3e3b363b6a3b35396b3b3b3b6a3b3e3b373c353c6b3b3e3b363b3c3b6b3b383b6a37383c38" + Passengers, 22. Crimea, 1080 tons, Captain Watson, sailed May 5th, arrived September 1st. Port Chalmers is where your cruise ship is going to dock. These lists Persian, 1069 tons, Captain Wright, sailed July 25th, arrived November 12th. "6e6774683b692b3d3132297b666f72286a3d4d6174682e6d696e28782e6c656e6774682c69" + Welcome to the Port Chalmers cruise port guide. commentator/contributor to this site. "6928726f663b29782865706874676e656c2e783c693b3068632e783d6a7b292b2b693b2d29" + Passengers, 34. On 15 March, the Rev. Bernicia, 548 tons, Captain Arnold, sailed July 7th. Passengers, 21. They will have to dock at the cruise dock at Port Chalmers. You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for, More images are available in the FamilySearch Catalog at. This list includes corrections and additions provided by Eleanor Leckie and the Otago Settlers' Museum. Passengers, 150. Passengers, 41. The prosperity it brought to early New Zealand is still shown in its fine architecture that you will find in the town center. It is beautiful the see all the little houses on the hills, the green and rocky coastline and there is actually also a lot of wildlife you will find along the way. 2. 1876 The migration of the 1870s was the most significant in New Zealand history. By the time John Wickliffe was quickly pushing east to the south of Australia, its crew and passengers were looking forward to sighting the land that was to be their new home. Phoebe Dunbar, 704 tons, Captain Michie, sailed July 4th, arrived October 24th. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. Information on other wrecks. Arrived August 3rd. Passengers, 145. "736a71337d416e4035426e2d3232252e3742306e406d796c2d6a756668786a737a42307e77" + Cape Clear, 852 tons, Captain Tupinan, sailed April 10th, arrived July 16th. Performance & security by Cloudflare. She first arrived in Port Chalmers on 8 July 1848 and then sailed to Wellington, arriving on 16 August 1848. As a form of identification was required to embark on the ship, these immigration records are generally accurate. Arrived December 12th, 1849. William Lindsay, 970 tons, Captain Galloway, sailed December 18th, 1869, arrived March 8th. Elizabeth Flemming, 727 tons, Captain Foster, sailed March 8th, arrived June 12th. the Mooltan's passenger list from my own book, 'Going Abroad', I made quite a few 90 days' passage. Mary, 533 tons, Captain T. Grant, sailed November 2nd, 1848, landed passengers at Northern ports, and arrived on April 11th with 70 passengers. Passengers, 32. So far I have found 26 ships that arrived at Bluff which landed passengers, before the year 1900. Passengers, 98. married; unm. Ferens observed that these Ki Tahu who welcomed the colonists were very peaceful intelligent men. Stay in Port Chalmers, 2. Ship: Ceres, 1830. Haddon Hall, 1516 tons, Captain Faithful, sailed June 13th, arrived September 17th. When entered into the search engine on the Collection Page, this information provides the quickest, most reliable path to finding the correct person. 1850 Norval, 1247 tons, Captain Halliday, sailed October 6th, 1878, arrived January 2nd. Invercargill. Industry, 592 tons, Captain Bennett, sailed April 28th, arrived September 6th. 1862 it was taken from NZETC White Wings Vol II Both ships were carrying Scottish settlers bound for New Zealand. We highly recommend you to take the cruise ship shuttle service when its available. 181 days from Gravesend. From the 1840s until the 1970s, Britain was the main source for immigrants, and all ships carrying passengers in or out of any British port were required by law to present their passenger lists to the relevant port authorities. Prior to 1900 there were various classes of immigrants, with the largest groups being the assisted immigrants and paying passengers. Pekin, 562 tons, Captain G. Whitby, sailed August 6th, arrived December 5th. Readers who have corrections or additional Passenger Lists for - Otago - Port Chalmers - Dunedin. Lady For instance, Robert McDowall, an apprentice seaman on the "3b6b376838383c3a3b3e3b373c353867383e3737376a38363b77746b402c2c427e40276738" + annoyed with the way that their part of the country was being run by those far away in of expertise. For instance, use the estimated age to calculate an approximate year of birth, if that is yet undetermined, Remember that the family structure reported in these passenger lists are a snapshot of the family at one moment in their lives. Check with your cruise line if this shuttle will be offered during your call. A small community of workers sprang up on the hill overlooking the docks, and by the time the Otago Gold Rush hit in the early 1860s, Port Chalmers was the third largest port in Australasia. Passengers, 70. The story of Otagos systematic colonisation begins with two ships, the John Wickliffe and the Philip Laing. Vectis, 591 tons, Captain McCaskill, sailed January 4th, arrived May 1st. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22878087. Iona church Port Chalmers Maritime Museum Careys Bay Historic Hotel. Several early Antarctic expeditions left from Port Chalmers, and up on the hill above the township is a memorial to Captain Scott, whose 1901 and 1910 expeditions departed from here. If listed, a personal title may be a clue to property ownership or occupation, either of which might be noted in other records, Check for variants of given names, surnames, and place names, Note that some women reverted to their maiden name when their husband died, and therefore could possibly have traveled under their maiden name, Vary the search terms. "736a71337d416e4035426e2d3232252e3742306e406d796c2d6a756668786a737a42307e77" + probably reasonably accurate, although some names were no doubt spelled wrongly. Australia and New Zealand Passenger East Lothian, 1389 tons, Captain Barr, sailed from London January 9th, arrived April 8th. Passengers, 265. Because of this there may be limitations on where and how images and indexes are available or who can see them. having to go north to Port Chalmers as they had to in the past. Easterhill, 890 tons, Captain D. Evans, sailed November. Share this: 1999-2019 FamilyTreeCircles.com. Passengers, 153. Daniel Rankin, 1048 tons, Captain Muller, sailed September 5th, arrived December 6th. Click on ship names to see details.) Because of economic difficulties in the later 19th century, assistance was finally terminated. Passengers, 76. The dredging of the Victoria Ship Channel along the north-western side of the harbor lead to a large number of ships bypassing Port Chalmers in favour of . Passengers, 29. what individual passengers did after they arrived In New Zealand. Passengers, 21. This trail was chosen as The New Zealand Cycle Trail 2017. us about Port Chalmers passenger arrivals later than 1851. voyage, where they are included and marked with an asterisk). later professions, marriages, places of residence etc, was based on other people's Passengers, 25. Brought 150 passengers to Port Chalmers: Warren Goddard: Melbourne: Port Chalmers: 6/10/1862: Kulh: Brought 8 passengers: Sea Nymph: Melbourne: Port Chalmers: 6/10/1862: Stephenson: Brought . Mooltan, 560 tons, Captain W. Chivas, sailed September 12th, arrived December 26th. The Ajax was wrecked at Anjer when on a voyage from Manilla to London, March 12th, 1850. function hiveware_enkoder(){var i,j,x,y,x= New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973 Your IP: [CDATA[ The ship was of a peculiar construction, drawing a great depth of water (over 18 feet) in proportion to her tonnage. Passengers, 23. recollections, and mistakes were certainly made. their arrival in New Zealand are generally not given. Passengers, 50. Later sailed for Wellington and Nelson. For March 23rd, the day the passengers finally arrived on land, Ferens began his journal with the simple but powerful observation: A great day. But the landing itself was quite uncoordinated: Reverend Nicholson recorded: The landing was neither particular nor general one boat with a party went up to Dunedin, and separate parties went ashore at Port Chalmers to spy the land all seemed pleased and called it a goodly land Port Chalmers and around is truly beautiful rich in scenery its slopes and shores are fertile, and wooded to the waters edge. |Home|Scotland|Voyage|Otago|Southland|Place order|, //