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From: "Bruce Johnston" <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Arrival of Charlotte at Port Jackson
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 14:09:40 +1100
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Good one...ten years before the First Fleet arrived!

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18/01/1878
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From: "Martin Willcocks" <>
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Subject: [AUS-CON] Arrival of Charlotte at Port Jackson


> Can anyone tell me the date of arrival of this ship from England at Port
> Jackson, in about 1788? The records I have seen so far mention May 1787
> as the date Richard WILCOCKS was transported on the Charlotte, and a
> recent contact on this list told me he arrived in Port Jackson and died
> soon afterwards, buried on 16 Dec 1788, so my presumption is that the
> ship arrived in the latter part of 1788. Was a year and a half typical
> for such voyages? It seems rather long to me, if the purpose was just
> for transportation.
>
> Regards
> Martin Willcocks
> Taylorsville, UT, USA.
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