Convict ship which brought George MONDAY to Port Phillip, Victoria. It departed from Spithead on 24^th April 1803, arriving on 9^th October 1803. She carried 307 male convicts of which 8 died on the 168 day voyage.

Captain Dan Woodriff RN.

Convict ship which brought Aaron PRICE from Portsmouth to NSW, arriving 15^th March 1824. 140 men were carried on the 190 day journey. Considered a fast ship she had done England – NSW in 99 days, however on this voyage she sprang a leak after leaving Tenerife, and went to Rio for repairs. It was thought that she was lucky to make it to Rio as the leak necessitated continuous pumping. The repair took 2 months. Only one died, and that was from an accident on board.

Captain Magnus Johnson.

Convict ship which brought Elizabeth SMITH to NSW in 1790. Lady Juliana was part of the Second Fleet. She weighed 401 tons and departed Plymouth on 23^rd July 1789 with 226 female convicts. The voyage took a mammoth 309 days and 5 died before arriving in NSW on 3^rd June 1790.

Convict ship which brought Margaret HOLMES to NSW. An old vessel, she was built in France in 1772, she weighed 298 tons. She embarked 150 female prisoners in England on February 16 1791, arriving in Port Jackson 143 days later on July 9. There were 9 deaths, this was due to the fact she only made one stop for fresh provisions.

Capt. Mark Munro.

Convict ship which brought Samuel FREE to NSW. A 320 ton vessel, she left Plymouth on March 27 1791 and arrived in Port Jackson 147 days later on 21 August. 5 died.

Capt. John Nicol

418 ton Convict ship which brought William SMITH to NSW. She embarked 259 prisoners on 19^th January 1790. 73 were to die on the 160 day trip, which arrived in Port Jackson on 28 June. The reason for the high death rate was put down to an attempted mutiny early in the voyage. Subsequently the convicts were closely confined and given limited access to the deck. A plot to seize the ship was formed, but the mutineers were betrayed by Samuel Burt, a convict. The plotters were flogged and the more dangerous of them stapled to the deck.

Capt. John Marshall.

418 ton convict ship which brought Ann Carey, a convict and Private Theophilus Fewtrell, a soldier to Sydney. She departed on January 19 1790, and arrived on June 28 1791. 502 convicts were embarked, and 158 died. The highest mortality rate in the history of transportation to Australia. The prisoners were treated with savage brutality on board. They were starved, heavily ironed and refused access to the deck. There was an enquiry into the treatment of the convicts, but the Capt., First Mate and the contractors escaped prosecution.

Capt. Donald Trail.

430 ton, three masted ship which carried up to 200 immigrants from UK to NZ. James and Betsy WILLS, and their six children sailed from Plymouth on 2 November 1841, and arrived in New Plymouth on 23 February 1842.

George HAMILTON arrived in Wellington from Liverpool on this 1050 ton ship in 15^th May 1857. It carried 405 passengers.

Captain Ross

WINCHESTER

Immigrant ship which brought Thomas and Evangaline EPPLETT to NZ in 1874. Thomas and Evangaline embarked at Gravesend on May 2^nd and arrived in Napier on 26^th July. The Winchester was a blackball frigate on the London to Calcutta run. Built in 1862 at Sunderland by G Marshall, she flew the Marshall flag. She was 198ft by 36ft wide and weighed 1157 tons.

PHOBE DUNBAR

704 ton ship which brought James and Helen GORRIE to NZ. Departing London 4^th July and arriving in Port Chalmers on 24^th October 1850.

Captain Forbes Michie

OBAN BAY

1200 ton ship which brought William (Scotty) KIRK from Glasgow to Townsville. It departed on 30^th March 1883, arriving 19^th July 1883.

Captain Peacock

CLAUD HAMILTON

Steamship on the trans-Tasman trade route which brought John Thomas BACKHOUSE and family, to Wellington from Melbourne sometime before 1866.