Hi- You can find a database for Mariners and Ships in Australian waters at the following location, and look for William Evans and the ALICE- http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/index.htm You can also look for further information, searching for the ALICE or William Evans at the Australian digitized newspaper site. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home Regards Rhonda On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 5:54 PM, REGINALD DAVIES <[email protected] > wrote: > I am trying to find out how William Evans born 1830 at Newport, > Pembrokeshire, Wales, a master mariner, become the owner of a piece of land > in the parish of Burrumbees, Victoria, Australia which he bequeathed to the > London > Missionary Society in 1908. Local tradition suggests that he made some > money in gold mining. > > His Board of Trade records show that he was only once possibly involved in > Australian sailing. He sailed as a mate on the Alice of Sydney between 16 > June and 18 November 1853. His application to become a master then showed a > gap in his sailings of nearly 4 years. > > How can I find out if the Alice sailed in Australian waters at this time? > Will crew lists of Sydney registered vessels be held at TNA, Kew? In other > words can I place him in Australia. > > regards > > Reg Davies > http://www.welshmariners.org.uk/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >