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The Journey
The Journey is a brief account of the fever
ship's voyage. As a response to a labour shortage in Australia, the
'double-decker' clipper was hired to carry emigrants to Australia. It
departed Liverpool on 4 Aug 1852 and crawled into Port Phillip Bay on 5
Nov 1852 flying the yellow flag and carrying the stench of death.
Passengers were quarantined and those who survived arrived into
Melbourne on 22 Dec 1952.
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Passenger List
The passenger list
has been transcribed from the original manifest with due care.
Survivors' details include age, place of origin, occupation,
religion and literacy level. Passengers who died during
the voyage or in quarantine are only listed by name and age.
The latter have now been honoured on a memorial stone located in
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Articles
Whilst much has been
written on the Ticonderoga, the newspaper articles of the day
give the reader a sense of the time, the mood and language.
Special thanks to Lorraine Begg for providing a
transcription of the British Parliamentary Papers (1854)
Correspondence relating to
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Fever Beach
“Fever
Beach” is
an exceptionally detailed account that takes you on a journey
back in time, from the Emigrant Depot at Birkenhead to the
Quarantine Station at Point Nepean and on to the final landing
at Hobson’s Bay.
Mary Kruithoff, the author and a Ticonderoga descendant
herself, is selling copies of the book via her website at
www.qualityinsights.com.au/heritage/books.html.
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Portsea Quarantine Station
The Portsea Quarantine
Station on the Mornington Peninsula in
Victoria, Australia was established in 1852 as a response to the
arrival of the "fever ship", the Ticonderoga.
On Sunday 10
Nov 2002, the Quarantine Station celebrated its 150th
anniversary and a bronze plaque was unveiled commemorating the
occasion. Also a memorial rock dedicated to the
deaths on the voyage and in quarantine was unveiled in the
cemetery.
For further
information on the Quarantine Station, please contact the Point Nepean
Community Trust on
info@pointnepeantrust.org or visit their web site at
http://www.pointnepeantrust.org.
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Descendants' Database
The database and
gallery is a forum for descendants to share information on their
family. The aim is to include 3 generations
per family (the Ticonderoga adults being the first. Details of
parents of passengers, parents of spouses and their immigration
details may also be included in order to make it easier for
anyone seeking their Victorian ancestors but are short on
detail.
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Contacts
If you are
researching a Ticonderoga family and would like your name added to the Descendant contacts,
please email Julie Ruzsicska at
Most contacts listed have
contributed information on their families to the descendants'
database.
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