Barque, of Sydney, John Daly, Master, Burthen 305 Tons

Posted on January 13, 2008 by levuka

Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

ADVENTURER
�Barque, of Sydney, JOHN DALY, Master, Burthen 305 Tons
from the Port of ROTUMAH to SYDNEY, New South Wales, 21st Sep. 1876

Surname
Given name
Station
Age
Of what Nation
Status
Comments

DALY JOHN

CAPTAIN

CREW

HARRISON
PETER
MATE
33
BRITISH
CREW

WRIGHT
GEORGE
A. B.
25
BRITISH
CREW

DAWSON
DANIEL
A. B.
34
BRITISH
CREW

CRAWFORD
AMOS
A. B.
25
BRITISH
CREW

CRAWFORD
OLIVER
BOATSWAIN
30
BRITISH
CREW

THOMPSON
C. H.
A. B.
26
BRITISH
CREW

MUNDY
JOHN
A. B.
30
SYDNEY
CREW

13 NATIVE

O. S.

ROTUMAH
CREW

EURY
M.
CAPT.

BRITISH
PASSENGER

GRANT
FRED

PASSENGER
Crew of Brig

BLOOMFIELD
GEORGE

PASSENGER
E. K. Bateson

ANDERSON
CHARLES

PASSENGER
wrecked off

BAKER
WILLIAM

PASSENGER
Rotumah

HICKING
A.

PASSENGER

HALL
J.

PASSENGER

McBRIDE
OWEN

PASSENGER

BAYLEY
ED.

PASSENGER

LOWTHER
WILLIAM

BRITISH
PASSENGER

CHAPMAN
J.
MATE

CREW
Dis. Norfolk Is. 9/9/76

BAHN
H,

CREW
Deserted Egg Is.Mar 76

BERNICA
ANGELO

CREW
All jailed in Levuka

NEAGLE
JAMES

CREW
All jailed in Levuka

DALY [...]

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28th October 1876: Gordon pardons all hill tribes, wars in Viti Levu: adopts “Fiji for the Fijians policy”, bans land-sales

Posted on October 7, 2007 by levuka

28th October 1876: Sir Arthur Gordon issues a proclamation pardoning all hill tribes, bringing to an end all the wars in Viti Levu. Adopting a Fiji for the Fijians policy, Gordon prohibited further sales of land, although it could be leased. This policy has been continued, hardly modified, to this day, and some 83 percent [...]

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1876: Anglican Church service at Levuka, a congregation of planters and short-term Solomons indentured labour

Posted on September 30, 2007 by levuka

Miss Gordon-Cumming, who was with the first Governor of Fiji, Sir Arthur Gordon (afterwards Lord Stanmore), says in her letters: “At present our parson, Mr. Floyd, is in New Zealand (1876), so all the Governor’s staff take it in turns to [officiate, two in the morning and two in the evening. They appear in surplices [...]

Filed under: 1876, Anglican, Blackbirders, Cannabalism, Church, Indentured Labour, Missionaries, Planters | No Comments »

Sir Arthur Gordon’s pardon ends all wars in Viti Levu

Posted on September 30, 2007 by levuka

1876: Sir Arthur Gordon issues a proclamation pardoning all hill tribes, bringing to an end all the wars in Viti Levu.

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