Hell Ship : the true story of the plague ship Ticonderoga, one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian history
Veitch, Michael2018
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Click and Collect for Hell Ship : the true story of the plague ship Ticonderoga, one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian historyFor more than a century and a half, a grim tale has passed down through Michael Veitch's family: the story of the Ticonderoga, a clipper ship that sailed from Liverpool in August 1852, crammed with poor but hopeful emigrants-mostly Scottish victims of the Clearances and the potato famine. A better life, they believed, awaited them in Australia. Three months later, a ghost ship crept into Port Phillip Bay flying the dreaded yellow flag of contagion. On her horrific three-month voyage, deadly typhus had erupted, killing a quarter of Ticonderoga's passengers and leaving many more desperately ill. Sharks, it was said, had followed her passage as the victims were buried at sea. Panic struck Melbourne. Forbidden to dock at the gold-boom town, the ship was directed to a lonely beach on the far tip of the Mornington Peninsula, a place now called Ticonderoga Bay. James William Henry Veitch was the ship's assistant surgeon, on his first appointment at sea. Among the volunteers who helped him tend to the sick and dying was a young woman from the island of Mull, Annie Morrison. What happened between them on that terrible voyage is a testament to human resilience, and to love.
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Sydney, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2018.
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260 pages. 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm.
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First published 2002.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781760630843
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994.02387.54209945
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English
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BRN:
340637
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 994.02 VEI | Onloan - Due: 29 Apr 2024 |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 994.02 VEI | Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 |
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