Have no knowledge of any ships to Warrnambool direct, but at least four went direct to Belfast/Port Fairy (including "Chance" in 1857). Many more went to Portland. Apart from Geelong and Melbourne, in my family two groups who ended up in Hamilton came via Adelaide. > >

Hi Folks, Marten Syme's "Shipping Arrivals and Departures Victorian Ports 1798-1855 (2 vols) have separate sections for Warrnambool. The majority of ships in this section came from Port Fairy, Portland or Melbourne and if you look the size are quite small. I can vaguely remember reading about passengers from O/S disembarking from larger ships to then sailing by smaller ones to these smaller ports in between. If you follow some of them back you'll find that a lot originated in Adelaide, Melbourne or Sydney so highly likely that these major ports were their initial landing site before transferring to small intercoastal vessels for Warrnambool etc. Regards .......... Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Mason" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-West] Immigration direct to Warrnambool > Have no knowledge of any ships to Warrnambool direct, but at least > four went direct to Belfast/Port Fairy (including "Chance" in 1857). > Many more went to Portland. Apart from Geelong and Melbourne, > in my family two groups who ended up in Hamilton came via Adelaide. > > > >