Hi Sue, And here they are. Ship positions were transmitted by cable at this date, so were known within a few hours, unlike in the 1840s or whenever, when it took weeks or even months for the arrival or position of a ship to be reported, normally by another ship coming the other way! Assuming that the voyage took place in 1889 alone, and did not run over into other years, this is a succession of cuttings that give a good idea of Jumna's route, position, and timing earlier during that year. The Standard, 1 January 1889: "Queensland and Torres Straits. The Queensland Royal Mail Line Steamers, carrying the Queensland Mails, leave London for Brisbane, calling at Thursday Island, Cooktown, Townsville, Bowen, Mackay, and Rockhampton. Steamer: Jumna. Tons: 5179. Commander: W. A. Burkitt. Date of Sailing: 9th Jan. (also the Dacca, 3638 tons, Capt. J. Stone, sailing 5th Feb.) These Steamers are fitted with all the latest improvements, electric lighted throughout, and present a favourable opportunity for Saloon Passengers proceeding to the Colony. For freight and passage apply to Gray, Dawes, and Co., 15, Austinfriars; or Gellatly, Hankey, Sewell, and Co., 100 Leadenhall-street, London." The Standard, 11 January 1889: Gravesend, Jan. 10. Queensland Line steamer Jumna has left for Brisbane. The Standard, 12 January 1889: St. Catherine's Point, Jan. 11. Queensland Line steamer Jumna, for Brisbane, has passed. The Standard, 15 January 1889: Lisbon, Jan. 14. Queensland steamer Jumna, for Brisbane, has passed. The Glasgow Herald, 19 January 1889: Malta, Jan. 18. Steamer Jumna, London, for Brisbane, has passed here. The Standard, 21 January 1889: Malta, Jan. 18. Queensland steamer Jumna, for Brisbane, has left. The Morning Post, 23 January 1889: Suez Canal (Port Said), Jan. 21. The Queensland Line Jumna, from London for Brisbane, left. This gives you a good idea of the style of the reports. I will abbreviate the remainder, unless they are particularly significant. Sometimes reports are contradictory, but the date can be that of the report itself rather than the event. Jan. 23rd: Left Suez. Jan. 28th: Arrived Aden. Feb. 5th or 6th: Arrived Colombo evening. Feb. 13th: Left Batavia. Feb. 21st: Passed Thursday Island. Feb.24th: Arrived Cooktown. March 2nd: Arrived Rockhampton. March 5th: Arrived Brisbane. March 12th: Left Brisbane for London. Let me know if this trip is not that which your relative took, if it was later in the year. Kind regards, PK ________________________________ From: Sue Church <sue_church@hotmail.co.uk> To: klein84@btinternet.com Sent: Tuesday, 28 June, 2011 22:44:41 Subject: RE: [MAR] NEWBIE HERE Hi PK Wow thanks for your quick response, I am impressed, was just about to call it a night. The ship was the SS Jumna, 3377tons the ship's Captain was Birkill, Surgeon Supt was Dr. Marshall & ship's Matron was Mrs Lymons. Saloon 10: Steerage (what ever that is) 52. Have just been going through the journal and have so far found the following route, not sure if it's right: London, Bay of Biscay, Cape St Vincent, Malta, Port Said, Suez Canal, Aden, Indian Ocean, Island of Ceylon, Batavia Thursday Island, Brisbane. I shall have to check the Trove Australian Newspapers site tomorrow, have to get off to bed, work in the morning :( Is this any help? Regards Sue ________________________________ Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:32:26 +0100 From: klein84@btinternet.com Subject: Re: [MAR] NEWBIE HERE To: sue_church@hotmail.co.uk CC: Mariners-L@rootsweb.com Hi Sue, Let me know the name of the ship, and the name of the captain (if mentioned), and we should find that some information about her progress on her passage will have been reported in the 19th century newspapers of the time. I can check these for you. The other website is the Trove Australian Newspapers site, which is free, and this should report her arrival at that end, if you have not already tried that one. Regards, PK ________________________________ From: Sue Church <sue_church@hotmail.co.uk> To: Mariners RootsWeb <mariners@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, 28 June, 2011 22:16:24 Subject: [MAR] NEWBIE HERE Hi List Newbie here, so be gentle with me. This is not a side of my research I've explored before, so bare with me. I have a journal for a relative who sailed from London to Brisbane in 1889. It has a lot of information on it, but parts are rather lacking in information. Can anyone suggest a possible site or link where I could find out more about the journey, I'm trying to plot the route they took, using the journal. I'm not sure if this is possible, but I'm giving it a go. Any help or suggestions, would be much appreciated. RegardsSue ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message