In the Geelong Advertiser on Wednesday 29th June 1904 there's a detailed report of the 55th anniversary reunion of the Larpent survivors and descendants. Jennifer >Hello Mary, > >Ian Wynd has written a book on J D Lang's Immigration Scheme - 3 ships to >Vic, 3 to Qld, and some passengers on a ship to NSW. > >Ian had pretty much finished his book before he died last year. It is in >final stages of indexing for publishing this year. It includes what I >believe is the most comprehensive list of passengers for the ships in Lang's >Scheme. > >Sorry - I haven't found any information yet on the Larpent descendants group >but hopefully someone here can help. > >Until the index is complete I can't confirm exactly what's in the book - but >you neglected to mention any name so that didn't help much! > >Regards ......... Susie Z > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mary H" <MaryHolmes@bigpond.com> >To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:29 PM >Subject: [GEELONG] The Larpent > > >> The Larpent was the first ship chartered under a J. D Lang immigration >scheme which arrived in Geelong in 1849. J.D.Lang purchased land in >Australia then returned to England and sold the land in ten and twenty acre >farms with a passage to Australia to these The Larpent passengers. >> >> > > >==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== >Geelong & District Towns and Regions : >http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdtown.htm --