Ship of death : the tragedy of the 'Emigrant' : the voyage, the quarantine, the aftermath / Jane Smith.

Smith, Jane, author

Carindale : Indepedent Ink, 2019.

379 pages ; 24 cm.

Foreward / Kerry O'Brien - - Author's note - - Special note - - Part 1: Our parting sorrow - - Arriving at a gateway to a better life - - The 'remarkably fine and very fast sailing ship' - - Part 2: The pathless deep - - Australia bound - - The surgeon-superintendent - - The long journey - - Part 3: A better country - - Land: the prize 'almost grasped' - - The tide of illness - - Part 4: O'er sperate paths - - Moving on: life, death and change - - The fates of the immigrants - - The lasting tragedy - - Epilogue - - Cast of characters - - Appendixes - - Acknowledgements - - Endnotes - - Index.

Impeccably researched and poignantly told, Ship of Death, unfurls the sage of 276 poor British emigrants sailing away from Plymouth on the ship Emigrant in April 1850, seeking a better life in Australia. The book details the hardships experienced on the voyage, including typhus raging through the ship, quarantine on arrival in Moreton Bay and the aftermath of the ordeal. This book reveals the human stories of some of the key players in the drama - their backgrounds, their suffering, and their fates - and in doing so, brings to life a remarkable journey common to many of Australia's early white settlers.

9780648650300 (pbk)

994.02

English

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