Gibb, thanks for this info. It is strange, but I believe we've found more information on chanties on the Australian end of the "SF to Sydney" connection than we have on the California end. I haven't gone back over everything here to check this for sure, but it is my impression. It is also my impression that the Australian information is usually located on voyages other than from California. We do know that gold diggers were leaving California and heading to the new gold fields in Australia. And we know that there was developing commerce between California and Australia. But no information on chanties from that direction.