About this Site
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This site is following the Brig Tranby on it's voyage, from the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, in England, to the recently founded Swan River Colony during late 1829 and into 1830.
It is particularly concerned with two of the ship's young passengers: Richard Rowland and Elizabeth Johnson.
It [is] was updated on a daily basis to enable the reader to reflect on the conditions existing on-board the Tranby, exactly 190 years ago. The intent is to be informative as well as entertaining. The main source is a day-to-day Diary and a ship's log maintained by Mr. George I. Johnson Junior.
For those emigrants who were able to read and write, it was a common practice to keep a diary or journal of the voyage. For most migrants the journey to Australia was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and keeping a diary was a way of recording this important event. It is fortunate that we have access to this Diary.
It is not intended to create this web site as a stand alone, definitive historical record, i.e. displaying dense text blocks complete with infinite cross references. We will however, report on the significant events, important to our Tranby Folk, as they simultaneously occur on the; Ship; in the new Colony; and simultaneously back 'home' in England.
This site draws on the hard work and previous historical research undertaken by others, and their hard work is acknowledged as a whole.
The main resources used during the voyage are located on the 'Contact' page.
* Be sure to check out your areas of interest, from the 'ON THIS DAY' drop down, in the Menu bar above.
It is particularly concerned with two of the ship's young passengers: Richard Rowland and Elizabeth Johnson.
It [is] was updated on a daily basis to enable the reader to reflect on the conditions existing on-board the Tranby, exactly 190 years ago. The intent is to be informative as well as entertaining. The main source is a day-to-day Diary and a ship's log maintained by Mr. George I. Johnson Junior.
For those emigrants who were able to read and write, it was a common practice to keep a diary or journal of the voyage. For most migrants the journey to Australia was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and keeping a diary was a way of recording this important event. It is fortunate that we have access to this Diary.
It is not intended to create this web site as a stand alone, definitive historical record, i.e. displaying dense text blocks complete with infinite cross references. We will however, report on the significant events, important to our Tranby Folk, as they simultaneously occur on the; Ship; in the new Colony; and simultaneously back 'home' in England.
This site draws on the hard work and previous historical research undertaken by others, and their hard work is acknowledged as a whole.
The main resources used during the voyage are located on the 'Contact' page.
* Be sure to check out your areas of interest, from the 'ON THIS DAY' drop down, in the Menu bar above.
NEW: As the Voyage progresses, details of our individual Passenger's lives 'After arrival in Fremantle' are slowly being added to the site. These details are available by clicking the individual passenger's Name on the Tranby Passengers list.
A Brief Observation:
Today, each of us can fly from London to Perth in less than 24 hours, generally including one sleep in a comfortable seat.
[See the example flight path mapped to the right]
This 1829/1830 voyage, that our intrepid young travellers are undertaking, will take five months, sailing via Cape Town in South Africa. They will experience; births; deaths; and marriages along the way plus many unexpected events; storms; suspected pirates; becalming, and other unexplained events.
Hopefully, you will continue to check in regularly and see how they are going.
K.R.
Today, each of us can fly from London to Perth in less than 24 hours, generally including one sleep in a comfortable seat.
[See the example flight path mapped to the right]
This 1829/1830 voyage, that our intrepid young travellers are undertaking, will take five months, sailing via Cape Town in South Africa. They will experience; births; deaths; and marriages along the way plus many unexpected events; storms; suspected pirates; becalming, and other unexplained events.
Hopefully, you will continue to check in regularly and see how they are going.
K.R.
Contact:
If you have questions, updates or suggestions, contact with the author can be made
only via Email at:
[email protected]
only via Email at:
[email protected]