MS 2569
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Public Record Office, London
- Title
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Guide to Ships' log books
- Date Range
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1861-1900
- Collection Number
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MS 2569
- Extent
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0.9 metres (folio)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Log books for 27 voyages from England and Scotland to Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa and Hong Kong, 1861-1875. There are also 54 'Agreements and accounts of crews', 1862-1900 for separate voyages to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand and elsewhere.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available for reference.
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Ships' log books, National Library of Australia, MS 2569, [series number, item number]'.
Provenance
The log books in this collection were originally held in the records of the Registrar-General of Shipping in the Public Record Office in London. In about 1970 it was decided to retain only a sample of the holdings of log books. The collection was split between various institutions, with the largest collection going to the University of Newfoundland. A sample of log books of Australian interest was selected for the National Library by Alan Villiers in 1971.
Item Descriptions
Series 1. Official log books
Albert William (Liverpool - Adelaide), 1867-1868 (Item 1)
Asterope (London - New Zealand), 1866-1867 (Item 2)
Black Eagle (Glasgow - Auckland), 1861-1863 (Item 3)
Capiolani (London - Brisbane), 1874-1875 (Item 4)
Commodore Perry (Liverpool - Melbourne), 1861-1863 (Item 5)
Comus(Newcastle, U.K. - Sydney), 1865-1866 (Item 6)
Dilbhur (London - Bombay), 1865-1866 (Item 7)
Hope (Liverpool - Melbourne), 1863-1864 (Item 8)
Ida Zeigler (London - Auckland), 1862-1863 (Item 9)
Indian Empire (Glasgow - Lyttelton, N.Z.), 1865-1866 (Item 10)
Indus (London - Hobart), 1865-1866 (Item 11)
Murray (London - Adelaide), 1865-1869 (Item 12)
Nelson (Glasgow - New Zealand), 1863-1864 (Item 13)
Polmaise (London - Sydney), 1862-1863 (Item 14)
Royal Charlie (London - Auckland), 1862-1863 (Item 15)
Royal Oak (Liverpool - Australia), 1865-1866 (Item 16)
Siam (London - Auckland), 1865-1866 (Item 17)
Sir William Eyre (Glasgow - Cape Town), 1862-1864 (Item 18)
Tamana (Glasgow - New Zealand), 1867 (Item 19)
Tientsin (London - Port Jackson (Sydney)), 1866 (Item 20)
Toowoomba (London - Brisbane), 1872-1874 (Item 21)
True Briton (London - Port Phillip), 1866 (Item 22)
Victoria (London - New Zealand), 1861-1863 (Item 23)
Violet (London - Hong Kong), 1861-1863 (Item 24)
Walmer Castle (London - Melbourne), 1869-1870 (Item 25)
Yorkshire (London - Melbourne), 1866-1867 (Item 26)
Ziba (London - Sydney), 1867-1868 (Item 27)
Series 2. Agrements and accounts of crews
Alcestis (London - Port Natal), 1889-1890 (Item 28)
Altcar (London - Sydney), 1882 (Item 29)
Alumbagh(London - Auckland), 1875-1876 (Item 30)
Apelles (London - Canterbury), 1874-1876 (Item 31)
Arethusa (London - Cape Town), 1880-1881 (Item 32)
Berean (London - Launceston), 1889-1890 (Item 33)
Braemar (Glasgow - Brisbane), 1888-1890 (Item 34)
Bridgetown (London - Chefoo), 1874-1877 (Item 35)
Bridgetown (Swatow - Bangkok), 1876 (Item 36)
Bridgetown (Hong Kong - Liverpool), 1877 (Item 37)
City of Adelaide (London - Adelaide), 1873-1874 (Item 38)
Clodian (London - Queenstown), 1875-1876 (Item 39)
Cochin (London - Adelaide), 1888-1890 (Item 40)
Collingrove (London - Adelaide), 1889-1890 (Item 41)
Colombo (Antwerp - Normanton), 1889-1890 (Item 42)
Derwent (London - Sydney), 1899-1900 (Item 43)
Duke of Athole (London - Wellington), 1878-1880 (Item 44)
Dunkeld (London - Sydney), 1876 (Item 45)
Firth of Stronsa (Glasgow - London), 1889-1890 (Item 46)
Flower of Yarrow (London - Fremantle), 1873 (Item 47)
Gateside (London - Adelaide), 1880-1881 (Item 48)
Glendower (London - Adelaide), 1882-1883 (Item 49)
Grecian (Liverpool - Sydney), 1888-1890 (Item 50)
Harriet McGregor (London - Hobart), 1889-1890 (Item 51)
Hawarden Castle (London - Port Phillip), 1877-1879 (Item 52)
Jane Porter (London - Adelaide), 1882-1883 (Item 54)
Lady Jocelyn (London - Canterbury), 1879-1880 (Item 55)
Loch Fyne (Glasgow - Sydney), 1879-1880 (Item 56)
Loch Ken (London - Wellington), 1879 (Item 57)
Mary Blundell (Liverpool - Adelaide), 1877-1879 (Item 58)
North America (London - Melbourne), 1883-1884 (Item 59)
Pak Wan (London - Adelaide), 1875-1876 (Item 60)
Pekina(London - Adelaide), 1879-1880 (Item 61)
Rangitiki (London - Canterbury), 1875-1876 (Item 62)
Red Riding Hood (London - Brisbane), 1876-1877 (Item 63)
Rialto (London - Sydney), 1883-1884 (Item 64)
Rimutako (London - Canterbury), 1889-1890 (Item 65)
River Nith (London - Melbourne), 1882-1884 (Item 66)
Rosedale (Hull - Sydney), 1881-1882 (Item 67)
Sarah Grice (London - Melbourne), 1879-1880 (Item 68)
Soukar (London - Canterbury), 1879-1880 (Item 69)
Thomas (New York - Sydney), 1883-1884 (Item 70)
Thomas Stephens (London - Melbourne), 1881 (Item 71)
Trevelyan (London - Adelaide), 1875-1876 (Item 72)
Valetta (Sonom - Brisbane), 1865-1866 (Item 73)
Vanguard (London - Brisbane), 1884-1885 (Item 74)
Vanguard (Hamburg - River Tyne), 1888-1890 (Item 75)
Wandering Chief (London - Cardiff), 1879-1880 (Item 76)
William D. Seed (Newport - Newcastle, N.S.W.), 1882-1883 (Item 77)
Windward (London - Hobart), 1882-1883 (Item 78)
Series 3. Accounts of crews of foreign going ships
China (Southampton - Gibraltar), 1867 (Item 79)
Lanarkshire (London - Melbourne), 1865-1866 (Item 80)
Stornoway (London - Sydney), 1862-1863 (Item 81)