The Resource Hell ship : the true story of the plague ship Ticonderoga, one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian history, Michael Veitch
Hell ship : the true story of the plague ship Ticonderoga, one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian history, Michael Veitch
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- Summary
- For 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 emigrantsmostly 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 threemonth 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 goldboom 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 260 pages. 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781760630843
- Label
- Hell ship : the true story of the plague ship Ticonderoga, one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian history
- Title
- Hell ship
- Title remainder
- the true story of the plague ship Ticonderoga, one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian history
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Veitch
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- For 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 emigrantsmostly 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 threemonth 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 goldboom 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1962-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Veitch, Michael
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- facsimiles
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Ticonderoga (Clipper ship)
- Ocean travel
- Immigrants
- Typhus fever
- Australia
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Hell ship : the true story of the plague ship Ticonderoga, one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian history, Michael Veitch
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2295062
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 260 pages. 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781760630843
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), portraits, facsimiles
- Label
- Hell ship : the true story of the plague ship Ticonderoga, one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian history, Michael Veitch
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2295062
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 260 pages. 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781760630843
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), portraits, facsimiles
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