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'''''Friends''''' was a 339 |
'''''Friends''''' was a 339-ton merchant ship and [[convict]] ship that transported convicts to Australia. She plied the Caribbean trade routes. |
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Under the command of James Ralph, ''Friends'' left England on |
Under the command of James Ralph, ''Friends'' left England on 21 January 1811 with 100 female convicts. She sailed via [[Rio de Janeiro]] and arrived at [[Port Jackson]] on 10 October. ''Friends'' left Port Jackson on 2 December bound for England.<ref name="ATCJ">{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71247621 |title=Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure |date=3 January 1891 |newspaper=Australian Town and Country Journal|page=16 |accessdate=18 June 2012}}</ref> |
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The ''Friends'' and the 101 convict women who travelled on the ship are the subject of "The Girl Who Stole Stockings", a well-referenced factual account of the voyage itself and how the ''Friends'' women fared in New South Wales in the "open prison" system of the Macquarie era. The book was published in Australia in October 2015. |
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==Notes== |
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==References== |
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* Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787-1868, Sydney, 1974. ISBN |
* Bateson, Charles, ''The Convict Ships, 1787-1868'', Sydney, 1974. {{ISBN|0-85174-195-9}} |
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* www.friendsconvictship.com |
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* <nowiki>Hardie, Elsbeth, The Girl Who Stole Stockings, ATOM, Melbourne, 2015 ISBN 978-1-876467-24-X</nowiki> |
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Friends was a 339-ton merchant ship and convict ship that transported convicts to Australia. She plied the Caribbean trade routes.
Under the command of James Ralph, Friends left England on 21 January 1811 with 100 female convicts. She sailed via Rio de Janeiro and arrived at Port Jackson on 10 October. Friends left Port Jackson on 2 December bound for England.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Arrival of Vessels at Port Jackson, and their Departure". Australian Town and Country Journal. 3 January 1891. p. 16. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
References
[edit]- Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787-1868, Sydney, 1974. ISBN 0-85174-195-9