I think the master's name was Junge. Warren Warren wrote: > Many of the shipping accounts were reported in newspapers. Most of you will > know about the national newspapers archives online at > [1]http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home > Following is an account of the La Rochelle's arrival 7 August 1863. Amongst > the passengers were my great grandfather, his sister and her husband. > The Courier (Brisbane, Qld.), Monday 10 August 1863, page 2 > LA ROCHELLE. > The ship La Rochelle, 527 tons, arrived in Brisbane on Friday, the 7th > instant, after a very excellent run of 8l days from Hamburg, she having > sailed from that place on the > l8th of May (??). She is under the command of Captain E. Jungo, who, we may > mention, was her master on her previous visit to this port. On this occasion > she brings 444 German immigrants > to our shores. They are under the medical charge of Dr. Geiger. On board > this vessel, as on board the Alster, there has been but little sickness > during the passage, with no contagious > or infectious disease. There were six deaths of infants, who died of > maladies incidental to child hood. Three of the deaths were from > convulsions, two from atrophy, or wasting away, with one from > consumption. There were no births. In the saloon there is only one passenger > -Mrs. Amelie Dietrich. La Rochelle brings 40 rams, of the celebrated > Negretti breed, consigned to Mr. Tam, > of South Brisbane, and 2500 fire-bricks as ballast. Mr. T. C. Heusslcr is > the Brisbane agent for both the Alster and La Rochelle. Dr. Hobbs, the > health officer, visited and inspected the above > vessels on Saturday last, and has found the passengers in a perfectly > healthy state, he passed the ships with clean bills of health. The > immigrants will therefore be brought up to town as > soon as arrangements can be made for their conveyance to Brisbane. > Mrs Dietrich was employed by the ships owners to gather samples of > Queensland flora and fauna to take back to a museum in Hamburg. > -------------------------------------------------------------- Ovi Mail: Making email access easy http://mail.ovi.com