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Thread #126347   Message #2810992
Posted By: John Minear
13-Jan-10 - 11:51 AM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Thanks, Lighter. This is what I suspected.

I have a few corrections to make with regard to some dates in the earlier postings. The "Julia Ann" left San Francisco on her first voyage on April 12, 1853, and arrived in Sydney on June 22 for the first time. She then sailed on to Melbourne and returned to Sydney from Melbourne on August 3, 1853. She departed Sydney for San Francisco, on or about August 25, and arrived back in San Francisco on October 12, 1853.

On her third voyage, the "Julia Ann" departed Newcastle for San Francisco on January 17, 1855, with 400 tons of coal.

On her final voyage, the "Julia Ann" departed San Francisco on May 19th, 1855.

It is amazing how much information there is on all of this. Here is a link on newspaper notices for the "Julia Ann" in Australian newspapers:

http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/search?searchTerm=Julia+Ann+barque&textSearchScope=full&startFrom=0