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From: David Collyer <>
Subject: Re: Travel to Australia 1889 / 1890
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 03:09:01 +1000
In-Reply-To: <000001c25716$144294c0$7b27c2cb@briley6>


>G'day Brian,
>Can anybody tell me approximately how long a journey from IOW to Sydney
>would have taken in 1889? My grandparents apparently went there for their
>honeymoon and my fathers eldest brother was born in NSW in 1890.

It all depends on whether they went by sail or steam. Sailing ships would
still have taken the average 3 months, whereas steam ships got it down to
around 7 or 8 weeks I believe
David in Ballarat

>TIA
>Brian in West Oz


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