Resource Index

notes on individual people

Mary Phillips/Stevens - convict (thanks to Barbara Torley)
The Ships of Johnny Jones

newspaper articles

Dreadful Shipwreck (Sydney Gazette, 13 November 1823) - article detailing the wreck of the George, on 7 October 1822, as it sailed from Quebec, and the necessary cannibalism that followed.
John Dix's letter (Sydney Gazette, 4 December 1823) - letter to the paper from Capt. John Dix outlining the circumstances of the loss of the schooner Cossack at Hokianga, NZ, on 27 April, 1823.
Rambler (Sydney Gazette, 29 April 1824) - article detailing the death of Captain Powell & 4 Rambler crew members at Vavaoo (in Tonga) on 3 April, 1824.
The evil shadow of war (Christchurch Press, 24 April 1999) - discussion of shell shock and five NZ soldiers court-martialled in WW1
Executed Canty soldiers cleared (Christchurch Press, 11 April 2000) - pardoning of five NZ soldiers court-martialled in WW1

shipping information

I am currently transcribing shipping news and claims notices and hope to put my lists of passengers & ship movements up as & when they are finished.

books

These are not available online but can be referenced on request

Victorian & Edwardian Sydney from old photographs selected by Eric Russell; pub 1975
Rakiura by Basil Howard; pub 1940 (thanks to Peter Armstrong)
South Island Explored by Hall-Jones (thanks to Peter Armstrong)
Stuart Island Explored by Hall-Jones (thanks to Peter Armstrong)
The South Explored: an illustrated history of New Zealand's Deep South by John Hall-Jones; pub 1979
The Foveaux Whaling Yarns of Yankee Jack by Rhys Richards (thanks to Peter Armstrong)
John Jones of Otago; whaler, coloniser, shipowner, merchant by Alfred Eccles & A.H. Reed; pub 1949
Time & Tide by Georgina Ellis; pub 1999
Letters from the Bay of Islands; the story of Marianne Williams edited by Caroline Fitzgerald; pub 2004


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Resource Index notes on individual people Mary Phillips/Stevens - convict (thanks to Barbara Torley) The Ships of Johnny Jones newspaper articles Dreadful Shipwreck (Sydney Gazette, 13 November 1823) - article detailing the wreck of the George, on 7 October 1822, as it sailed from Quebec, and the necessary cannibalism that followed. John Dix's letter (Sydney Gazette, 4 December 1823) - letter to the paper from Capt. John Dix outlining the circumstances of the loss of the schooner Cossack at Hokianga, NZ, on 27 April, 1823. Rambler (Sydney Gazette, 29 April 1824) - article detailing the death of Captain Powell & 4 Rambler crew members at Vavaoo (in Tonga) on 3 April, 1824. The evil shadow of war (Christchurch Press, 24 April 1999) - discussion of shell shock and five NZ soldiers court-martialled in WW1 Executed Canty soldiers cleared (Christchurch Press, 11 April 2000) - pardoning of five NZ soldiers court-martialled in WW1 shipping information I am currently transcribing shipping news and claims notices and hope to put my lists of passengers & ship movements up as & when they are finished. books These are not available online but can be referenced on request Victorian & Edwardian Sydney from old photographs selected by Eric Russell; pub 1975 Rakiura by Basil Howard; pub 1940 (thanks to Peter Armstrong) South Island Explored by Hall-Jones (thanks to Peter Armstrong) Stuart Island Explored by Hall-Jones (thanks to Peter Armstrong) The South Explored: an illustrated history of New Zealand's Deep South by John Hall-Jones; pub 1979 The Foveaux Whaling Yarns of Yankee Jack by Rhys Richards (thanks to Peter Armstrong) John Jones of Otago; whaler, coloniser, shipowner, merchant by Alfred Eccles & A.H. Reed; pub 1949 Time & Tide by Georgina Ellis; pub 1999 Letters from the Bay of Islands; the story of Marianne Williams edited by Caroline Fitzgerald; pub 2004