Portal:Last Mail Run

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The Clipper Age brought the development of a highly skilled set of sailors and craftsmen, and great notoriety for both the ships and crews that sailed them. Clippers were designed for fast voyages and this resonated with the 19th Century’s fascination for speed. Today they still represent some of the fastest oceangoing sailing vessels in the world.

Clippers were instrumental in opening new trade routes. The Great Clipper Races, relating to the transport of Australian wool and Chinese tea to the London markets, are an enduring memory of the importance of the clippers. The only two remaining examples of this important era of clipper design are the ‘City of Adelaide’ (1864) and the ‘Cutty Sark’ (1869). That the ‘City of Adelaide’ and the ‘Cutty Sark’ have survived to this day is a testament to the designers and builders of these composite clippers.

The ‘City of Adelaide’ is also rather unique in that she was designed as a passenger ship – and now represents a vital icon of the making of modern Australia and of the relationship between Britain and the Australian colonies.

The ‘City of Adelaide’ travelled around the world on each of its return journeys carrying a wide range of passengers and cargo. The passengers on board included whole families travelling to South Australia to start a new life. They may have already had relatives in the State. There were businessmen returning to Britain or going back to Australia. Children were born during the voyage and illness overtook others and they were buried at sea.

Now a project is underway to move the ‘City of Adelaide’ from the Scottish slipway where it has stood for the past 20 years and transport her to Port Adelaide in South Australia - representing the world’s last ever voyage of a Victorian era clipper ship.

In a joint Scottish-Australian initiative, we can arrange for a letter or letters to travel on board the clipper and be delivered to an appropriate primary school in South Australia. Your school might want to provide information about your area today and how it was in 1864 when passengers first boarded the ‘City of Adelaide’, bound for South Australia.

If you wish to participate please contact us with an e-mail contact so that we can provide details of the deadline for the receipt of letters, the time-table for the sailing and progress reports during the journey. It might also be possible for some accompanied pupils to witness the departure of the ship from Scotland.

No. Name on Passenger List GEDCOM Name Cabin Class Birth Place UK Residence Aus Residence Voyage(s) Comment
1 Methuen, Matilda Methuen, Matilda First Class (Saloon) Leith, Scotland 1864 travelled to South Australia expressly to marry her cousin Peter Waite.
2 Wilcox, Annie Fuller, Annie Caldicot First Class (Saloon) Eynesbury, Bedfordshire 1864 returned 1873 giving birth to son at sea.
3 Wilcox, Mr. George Wilcox, George First Class (Saloon) St Neots, Huntingdonshire 1864 Businessman returning to Adelaide having first arrived in 1858
4 Humbley, Mr. H. Humbley, Richard Humbley Wells Second Class Cabins Reading Berkshire 1864 Aged 20
5 Price, Mr. C. J. Price, Charles Joseph Second Class Cabins St Luke’s, Middlesex 1864 Aged 21 probably a plasterer
6 Ringwood, Mr. T. W. Ringwood, Frederick William First Class (Saloon) County Westmeath, Ireland 1864 son of Rev Henry Taylor Ringwood M.A., warden of Wilson’s Hospital, a large school founded in 1725 at Multyfarnham, Westmeath
7 Suter, Mr. E Suter, Edward First Class (Saloon) King’s Norton, Birmingham 1864 & wife Fanny
8 Cockburn Campbell, Sir Thomas Cockburn Campbell, Thomas First Class (Saloon) Exeter, Devon 1864 Aged 19 on his way to learn to be a surveyor in Queensland
9 Nason, Dr. Nason, Edward First Class (Saloon) Nuneaton Leamington in Warwickshire 1864 Ship's Doctor
10 Hay, Mr. John Hay, John Second Class Cabins Perth, Scotland 1865
11 Barber, Mr. Barber, William Henry First Class (Saloon) New Kent Road, Surrey Lewisham 1865 Jeweller with five children
12 Todd, Mr. G. G. Todd, Griffith George First Class (Saloon) Greenwich 1867 aged 15 an orphan who had been educated by his uncle in Greenwich
13 Purches, Mr. Purches, John Second Class Cabins Portsea in Hampshire 1867 with 4 children returning from visiting the family
14 Cameron, Niece Mary Ann Cameron, Mary Ann Second Class Cabins Perth Scotland 1867 Same Location as No. 10
15 Brewster, Mr. Brewster, John Second Class Cabins Married Scone, Scotland 1867 & wife Anne Cameron
16 Weld, His Excell F. A. Weld, Sir Frederick Aloysius First Class (Saloon) Chideock Manor, Dorset 1869 Governor of Western Australia with family of 7 and 7 servants.
17 Aitcheson, Mr. Aitcheson, Second Class Cabins Dunbar 1871 & wife and son
18 Miller, Mr. Miller, Melville First Class (Saloon) Leslie in Fifeshire 1871 Draper - wife is Sarah Ferguson
19 Miller, Mrs. Ferguson, Sarah Moffatt First Class (Saloon) Dumfries 1871 Married to above
20 Nancarrow, William Nancarrow, William Steerage Redruth, Cornwall 1873 Assisted Passage - Miner with three children + widowed sister
21 Edwards, Sarah Jane Edwards, Sarah Jane Steerage Redruth, Cornwall 1873 With above but child (See No. 20)
22 Stribling, Alfred Stribling, Alfred Steerage Greenstead, Colchester Bethnel Green 1873 Labourer
23 Atkins, Edward Charles Atkins, Edward Charles Steerage Bromley E London 1873 Labourer
24 Arthur, James Arthur, James Steerage Springburn Glasgow 1874 Blacksmith with family of six children
25 McLauchlan, James McLauchlan, James Steerage Monifieth in Forfarshire 1874 Mechanic
26 Burton, Isabella Burton, Isabella Steerage Abergavenny, Wales 1874 Dressmaker
27 Shields, Robert Shields,Robert Steerage Mochrum, Dumfries & Galloway 1874 and family of seven children
28 Williams, Richard Williams, Richard Steerage Redruth, Cornwall 1874 Copper Miner and family of six children (See no.20)
29 Phillips, Eliza Phillips, Eliza Steerage Megavissey, Cornwall 1874 Semptress
30 Morley, Helena Morley, Helena Steerage Stoke Climsland, Cornwall 1874 Domestic servant. Only 17 when left. Other family members came on different voyages
31 Alston, Capt. Alston, Edward Daniel First Class (Saloon) Great Bromley Essex 1877 Captain
32 Cheadle, Mr. Cheadle, Alfred Stanley First Class (Saloon) Bradford 1880 Wool buyer





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