Writing about her experiences onboard the migrant ship Tartar, Janet Millett stated that whenever the ship encountered really bad weather her husband would go to the married persons’ quarters where he would look after the women and children, presumably to reassure...
John Skinner Prout (1805-1876) was an artist who came to Australia in the 1840s. He described his voyage out to Australia in an article in The Illustrated London News, with sketches of life on board ship. Emigrants to the Swan River Colony...
When Thomas Sinclair brought his family to Western Australia on the Tartar in 1863 he kept a diary of the voyage. The original is in the Esperance Museum and a copy is also held in the Shetland Museum. It is a fascinating...
Mary Sinclair’s brother Henry also came out on the Tartar with the Sinclair family. Henry was 14 years younger than Mary and while she was married with a family, he was still single when they left Shetland. He was later to marry...
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