by pppg | Aug 26, 2025 | Articles From Our Newsletter, Resources, Ships
We stop the press to announce the melancholy intelligence of the loss by fire of the ship India, Captain Hugh Campbell, with emigrants, from Greenock to this port, on the 20th July last. The India sailed on the 4th June last with 198 souls on board,... by pppg | Oct 23, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, Pioneers, Ships
Some members of the Port Phillip Pioneer Group have embarked on a Magical Mystery Tour and are trying to track those people who arrived on the ship Andromache on 26 June 1840 and to give some substance to their memory. The majority of the Bounty passengers are listed... by pppg | Sep 30, 2024 | Ships
Above: The Cape Otway Lighthouse is considered Australia’s most significant lighthouse and is also known as the ‘Beacon of Hope.’ It is perched on towering sea cliffs 90 metres above where Bass Straight and the Southern Ocean collide, along the rugged Australian... by pppg | Jul 28, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Ships, Uncategorized
In her July 2024 talk to the PPPG, Elaine Race discussed he importance of Bass Strait to shipping, starting with those early explorers and cartographers who mapped that portion of the Australian coast at great risk to themselves and crew. The fragility of their... by pppg | Aug 17, 2022 | Ships
By Martin Playne As family historians, we have tended to ignore the role that the sea has played in the history of Port Phillip. Yet, we all have ancestors or even ourselves who have arrived by sea. Our history and prosperity are intimately linked to the sea. The... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Ships
The Ward Chipman on which my ancestor, Robert Dodd, arrived at Port Phillip on 29th December 1841 had a typical merchant ship history travelling to many ports in the world carrying emigrants and various cargoes during her life. She was a three-masted...