well there you are. not everything you are told is true. he was certainly responsible for my lot i mean why call the kid born on board, john dunmore lang craig, craig is last name. of course we had estril and other strange ones too. thank you for that. i will find that under misinformation corrected...the file is overflowing. your aunty mary had 22 children was the first. she had 12 but i am sure it seemed like 20 to visitors. robyn shaw. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susie Zada" <szada@zades.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 7:05 AM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] The Larpent > Hi Robyn, > > Lang brought out three shiploads of immigrants to Victoria and three > shiploads to Queensland, plus there were 26 dispatched on the Duke of > Portland which sailed to Sydney in 1850 - that's the closest I could find to > anything mentioning "Portland" !!! His emigration scheme was only first > mooted in 1845. > > In 1837, "he (Lang) was able to pursuade the British Government to despatch > some 4,000 Scots in 18 ships to New South Wales." - this was part of the > Highland and Island Emigration Scheme, not Lang's emigration scheme. > > I presume this was when your family came out? Sorry - can't help any more > on those voyages. > > The ships Lang was responsible for ......... > Larpent, Travancore and Clifton to Vic > Fortitude, Chaseley and Lima to Queensland > > He also landed "22 young men" in Sydney - they were to train for the > ministry - they were on the Duke of Portland in 1850. > > Hope that helps ....... Susie Z > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robyn Shaw" <mrshaw@bigpond.com> > To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 9:17 AM > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] The Larpent > > > > just as an aside, on of my rellies was born on board. he was called john > > dunmore. guess who HE was named after. i thought lang only had fortitude > > and portland. > > our lot came in portland. 1837 i think from memory. > > seems he rounded up the good presbyterians to populate our country and not > > his catholic irish. apparently he bought up blocks of land, and then > resold > > them to the immigrants. anyone can correct me on anything.... > > must have been a visionary. just before his time. > > robyn shaw. toowoomba. > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong and District web site : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/ >