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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Legal Record, Act to Incorporate a Company to be called 'The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway Company', 20 Jan 1853
... and Hobsons Bay Railway Company'...melbourne & hobsons bay railway company... to be called 'The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway company' ": 20... 'The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway Company' Victorian Parliamentary ...Victorian Parliamentary Act "to Incorporate a Company to be called 'The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway company' ": 20 January 1853, 16pp photocopy of ActPortions pertaining to reserves marked outtransport - railways, parks and gardens, melbourne & hobsons bay railway company, melbourne & hobsons bay united railway company -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Bible, P A MAY, Hobsons Bay Lodge 365, 28 Feb 1934
... Bible, P A MAY, Hobsons Bay Lodge 365...Bible belonging to P. A. MAY, Hobsons Bay Lodge 365...Hobsons Bay Lodge No 365 P A May initiated 25.10.33... Street) Port Melbourne melbourne Bible, P A MAY, Hobsons Bay ...Bible belonging to P. A. MAY, Hobsons Bay Lodge 365Hobsons Bay Lodge No 365 P A May initiated 25.10.33 Passed 24.1.34 Raised 28.2.34societies clubs unions and other organisations, william thomas may, percy allan may, d w turnbull -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Legal Record, Act to authorise The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway Company to sell their undertaking and property and to vest the same in the Board of Land and Works for other purposes, 20 Jan 1853
... Act to authorise The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway...melbourne & hobsons bay railway company... and Hobsons Bay Railway Company to sell their undertaking and property...Legal Record Act to authorise The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay ...Victorian Parliamentary Act "to authorise The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway Company to sell their undertaking and property and to vest the same in the Board of Land and Works for other purposes" 14 November 1878: 13pp photocopy of Acttransport - railways, parks and gardens, melbourne & hobsons bay railway company, melbourne & hobsons bay united railway company -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Photocopy, Memo from Victorian Railways detailing history of The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway, Mar 1945
... of The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway...melbourne & hobsons bay railway company... of the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway Company: 2 pp, March 1945... of The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway Document Photocopy of Victorian ...Photocopy of Victorian Railways memo detailing history of the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay Railway Company: 2 pp, March 1945transport - railways, melbourne & hobsons bay railway company, melbourne & hobsons bay united railway company -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Booklet, Pat Grainger, Railway Rockeries -Tales of the Melbourne & Hobsons Bay Railway Reserves, Port Melbourne, 2003
... Railway Rockeries -Tales of the Melbourne & Hobsons Bay...melbourne & hobsons bay railway company...'Railway Rockeries -Tales of the Melbourne & Hobsons Bay... of the Melbourne & Hobsons Bay Railway Reserves, Port Melbourne 'Railway ...Launched in August 2003 at the Hotel Albion overlooking the Reserves, this project was assisted by the City of Port Phillip Cultural Programs Board through its cultural Development fund, and by the City of Port Phillip Community Grants Scheme'Railway Rockeries -Tales of the Melbourne & Hobsons Bay Railway Reserves, Port Melbourne', a 16 page booklet produced as the first of an A5 series on Port Melbourne's public placestransport - railways, melbourne & hobsons bay railway company -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - 4 Hobsons Bay Parade, Port Melbourne, Mar 2005
... 4 Hobsons Bay Parade, Port Melbourne...hobsons bay parade... resident or taken for real estate sale purposes. Hobsons Bay... Street) Port Melbourne melbourne 4 Hobsons Bay Parade, Port ...Photographic images of properties in Port Melbourne. Image may have been taken by a PMHPS member or scanned from a past resident or taken for real estate sale purposes. Hobsons Bay Parade Number 4 March 2005built environment - domestic, hobsons bay parade -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Print - Print, Steamship "Great Britain" in Hobsons Bay, S Francis Smitheran, 1852
... Print, Steamship "Great Britain" in Hobsons Bay... "Great Britain" in Hobsons Bay on her first Australian voyage..." in Hobsons Bay Print Print of painting by Francis Smitheran ...Print of painting by Francis Smitheran of the Steamship "Great Britain" in Hobsons Bay on her first Australian voyage. 1852piers and wharves, transport - shipping, s francis smitheran, great britain -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Italian training sailing ship, Amerigo Vespucci, leaving Hobsons Bay, Mary Lyden, 16 Apr 2003
... Hobsons Bay... Vespucci leaving Hobsons Bay 16 April 2003..., Amerigo Vespucci, leaving Hobsons Bay Photograph Colour ...Colour photographs of Italian sail training ship Amerigo Vespucci leaving Hobsons Bay 16 April 2003transport - shipping, piers and wharves - station pier, amerigo vespucci -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Proposed improvements to Hobsons Bay, Melbourne Harbor Trust, The Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners - General p`lan shewing proposed harbor improvements 1915, 1915
... Proposed improvements to Hobsons Bay, Melbourne Harbor...MHT plan of proposed improvements to Hobson's Bay and areas... MHT plan of proposed improvements to Hobson's Bay and areas ...MHT plan of proposed improvements to Hobson's Bay and areas surrounding and bordering the Yarra. The proposals include piers into the bay near the river and on the north side of the Yarra River.melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, hobson's bay, town planning - proposals shelved -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Postcard - Yachts on Hobsons Bay, 1880 - 1952
... Yachts on Hobsons Bay... Melbourne. Hand tinted postcard - Yachts on Hobson's bay... Street) Port Melbourne melbourne Yachts on Hobsons Bay Postcard ...Collected by Alison Kelly when she was caretaking the Missions to Seamen Building 1987-90.One of four postcards of various locations in Port Melbourne. Hand tinted postcard - Yachts on Hobson's bay. In a 'window' with curtains either side and the words "Sunny Victoria" as a heading.piers and wharves - railway pier, piers and wharves - princes pier, parks and gardens -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Proposed bridge under Hobsons Bay railway at Clarendon Street, Emerald Hill, 1854 - 1884
... Proposed bridge under Hobsons Bay railway at Clarendon...Plan of proposed bridge under Hobson's Bay Railway... of proposed bridge under Hobson's Bay Railway at Clarendon Street ...Plan of proposed bridge under Hobson's Bay Railway at Clarendon Street, Emerald Hill, affecting Sandridge railway and Sandridge Road. Flood level re Sandridge line is shown.transport - railways, flood, emerald hill, town planning -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - CD-ROM, Shipping Intelligence Hobsons Bay, Charles Lewis, 2013
... CD-ROM, Shipping Intelligence Hobsons Bay...two CDs- Shipping Intelligence Hobsons Bay. Excel files... Hobsons Bay Document two CDs- Shipping Intelligence Hobsons Bay ...Produced by Charles Lewistwo CDs- Shipping Intelligence Hobsons Bay. Excel files by Charles Lewis RHSV. .01 - Preamble and explanatory notes Table 1 - Ships 1871. Alphabetical. Table 2 Ships 1871. .02 Table 1 Passengers listed by ship. Table 2 Notable passengerstransport - shipping, hobson's bay, charles lewis -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Under Port Melbourne Railway, Hobsons Bay Main Sewer, "Melbourne water supply", 1890s
... Under Port Melbourne Railway, Hobsons Bay Main Sewer... Railway, Hobsons Bay Main Sewer, Section No 3. This view..., Hobsons Bay Main Sewer Photograph "Melbourne water supply" Three ...Three black and white images taken from: "Melbourne water supply - sewerage schemes" Special edition of the "Building, engineering and mining journal" The operations of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. (.03) Plate XXXI. Under Port Melbourne Railway, Hobsons Bay Main Sewer, Section No 3. This view was taken in compressed air, and shows shield doors in background with men placing extra htdraulic power in position. This view also shows the method of constructing with concrete blocks and iron centreing on which to build the upper portion of the sewer.engineering - board of works, built environment - civic, mmbw, sewer, melbourne and metropolitan board of works -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian D Clark, The Yalukit-willam : the First People of Hobsons Bay, 2011
... The Yalukit-willam : the First People of Hobsons Bay... People of Hobsons Bay maps, colour illustrations Ian D Clark ...maps, colour illustrations -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, From Hamburg to Hobsons Bay, 1999
... From Hamburg to Hobsons Bay... Mitcham melbourne Document Document From Hamburg to Hobsons Bay ...List of passengers on the ship 'Emmy', which left Germany on 5 September 1849 for Port Phillip and arrived on 19 December 1849.List of passengers on the ship 'Emmy', which left Germany on 5 September 1849 for Port Phillip and arrived on 19 December 1849.List of passengers on the ship 'Emmy', which left Germany on 5 September 1849 for Port Phillip and arrived on 19 December 1849.germans in australia, "emmy" -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, The Port of Melbourne Railway, 30 Jun 1878
... melbourne & hobsons bay railway company...Melbourne & Hobsons Bay United Railway Company listing..., occupation and salary transport - railways melbourne & hobsons bay ...Melbourne & Hobsons Bay United Railway Company listing of all personnel at the time Victoria took it over; shows date of employment, occupation and salarytransport - railways, melbourne & hobsons bay railway company, melbourne & hobsons bay united railway company, employees -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Photograph
... hobsons bay...Black And White Photograph of Loch Etive - Hobsons Bay... of Loch Etive - Hobsons Bay 1896 (Has Been Mounted On Cardboard ...Black And White Photograph of Loch Etive - Hobsons Bay 1896 (Has Been Mounted On Cardboard) flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, photograph, loch etive, hobsons bay -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - PMHPS Meeting, Town and Railway Piers, Peter Fisher, 28 Mar 2016
... Hobsons Bay Railway... Piers and issues with the Hobsons bay Railway Duration 01.17.01... between Town and Railway Piers and issues with the Hobsons bay ...Peter Fisher discusses competition between Town and Railway Piers and issues with the Hobsons bay Railway Duration 01.17.01 (includes meeting preliminaries) PMHPS meeting 28.03.2016piers and wharves - town pier, piers and wharves - railway pier, transport - railways, peter fisher, hobsons bay railway -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book - History, Shipping Arrivals and Departures Vol 2 1846-1855
... Print "View of Hobson's Bay by Captain Thomas Robertson... Ports {Colour Print of Hobsons Bay} Volume 2 1846 - 1855 Marten... Print "View of Hobson's Bay by Captain Thomas Robertson ...Dust Jacke Hardback: Blue background, white Print, Colour Print "View of Hobson's Bay by Captain Thomas RobertsonA Roebuck Book Shipping Arrivals and Departures Victorian Ports {Colour Print of Hobsons Bay} Volume 2 1846 - 1855 Marten A. Syme -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 2012 Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne -You must remember this, Sep 2011
... Hobsons Bay... remember this. Cover photo is Dugga BEAZLEY in net boat on Hobsons... on Hobsons Bay c1991 All following years calendars also recorded ...Researched, written and designed by member Pat GRAINGER as a fundraiser for PMH&PS. 2012 PMHPS calendar ; Historic Port Melbourne - You must remember this. Cover photo is Dugga BEAZLEY in net boat on Hobsons Bay c1991 All following years calendars also recorded against cat no 1864piers and wharves - town pier, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - princes pier, arts and entertainment - film/cinema, workers, police, law, transport, sandridge lagoon, religion - wesleyan methodist church, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps, leonard george 'dugga' beazley, hobsons bay, ps weeroona, hoyts theatre ltd, eclipse picture theatre, port melbourne citizens brass band, centenary bridge, martin coghlan, john mcclusky, port melbourne yacht club, pmyc, port melbourne town hall, ps hygeia -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Domestic object - Mug, 150 years of railway and pier, c. 2004
... melbourne & hobsons bay railways... with gold rim. Front pic of 1st loco and "Melb & Hobson's Bay... & Hobson's Bay Railways / Australia's First Steam Hauled 'Passenger ...Purchased from Aust Railway Historical Society (VIC) members who spoke at PMH&PS meeting 27-09-2004..01 - Mug celebrating 150 years of railway & pier. White with gold rim. Front pic of 1st loco and "Melb & Hobson's Bay Railways / Australia's First Steam Hauled 'Passenger Train". On back M&HB and a RHS logo. On bottom of mug: "Designed & Decorated in Australia by CR Hose Glassware Pty Ltd. Glass & Ceramic Decorators est 1949. Made in Australia.transport - railways, australian railway historical society (victorian division inc.), melbourne & hobsons bay railways -
Williamstown Botanic Gardens- Hobsons Bay City Council
Postcard - Willliamstown Botanic Gardens
... hobsons-bay-city-council..., Hobsons-Bay-City-Council, Jubilee-fountain, fountain drinking...Williamstown Botanic Gardens- Hobsons Bay City Council Cnr ...The original postcards in this series (2013.002 to 2013.018) were generously loaned to Williamstown Botanic Gardens by a private collector for copying. The fountain is located on the southern side of the ornamental lake and was erected to celebrate the jubilee of the municipality (17 March 1906). Controversy surrounded the commission for the design and construction of the fountain, as it was originally assigned to a contractor in Carlton. Williamstown residents insisted the fountain be designed and constructed locally, and on December 1906 the fountain was tendered by local firm Bliss and Sons and opened for public use in 1906. The fountain features a symmetrical plan, consisting of fur granite columns supporting a granite canopy and is fully operational following restoration work in 2013. The idea for the fountain came from an elderly resident of Williamstown who suggested the council follow the example of Ballarat’s gardens with its many statues and monuments. The postcards are evidence of the interest the gardens held as a subject for postcard publishers. The text and images provide a snapshot into fashions, social interests and concerns of the time. The professionally produced images provide a pictorial history of Gardens including changing planting styles, various structures and features of the Gardens eg the aviary, cannons, the fountain, the second Curator’s Lodge and gates. The images offer an opportunity to compare garden vistas with the present day. The significance of the fountain is its reflection of how Williamstown people felt for their Gardens and the importance placed on investing in locally operated business. It was noted in the Brief Jottings column of the Williamstown Chronicle, February 24 1906, the fountain is a “We favor the erection of the jubilee fountain in the Giffard-street (Williamstown Botanic) Gardens. Ornaments of that kind there will make that beauty spot even more attractive.” Sepia scene of a fountain situated on paths bordered with rocks. The fountain in on a plinth with a plaque. The fountain features a symmetrical plan, consisting of four granite columns supporting a granite canopy. High stumps of trees are just behind the fountain with larger trees in the background to the right and left of the image.Postcard, Gardens, Post-Card, Williamstown-Botanic-Gardens, Hobsons-Bay-City-Council, Jubilee-fountain, fountain drinking-fountain, granite, Bliss-and-Sons, Madeleypostcard, gardens, post-card, williamstown-botanic-gardens, hobsons-bay-city-council, jubilee-fountain, fountain drinking-fountain, granite, bliss-and-sons, madeley -
Williamstown Botanic Gardens- Hobsons Bay City Council
Oral History_Williamstown Botanic Gardens_Michael Wilkins, 06/10/2014
... hobsons bay city council... of Hobsons Bay City Council he transferred from the Gardens to other...Williamstown Botanic Gardens- Hobsons Bay City Council Cnr ...The interview is one of a series recorded in 2013-2014 to document memories and experiences of the Williamstown Botanic GardensA primary source of information on memories of the Gardens and witness to changes in the Gardens over those years. CD and transcript of interview with Michael Wilkins. Michael first worked in the Gardens for the Municipality of Williamstown in 1987. He was there for eleven years. A few years after the amalgamation of Williamstown and Altona into the City of Hobsons Bay City Council he transferred from the Gardens to other sites within the City. He returned to the Gardens in 2006. Michael recalls people with whom he worked and horticultural practices over those years. michael wilkins, barry heath, bob anderson, 1987, shelley wood, ian mcleod, john wilson, mary malhallchek, glasshouse, maarten hulzebosch, ransome mower, buffalo lawn, parker reserve, trench digging, 2006, bird cage, palms, williamstown botanic gardens, hobsons bay city council -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Image, Williamstown, on the western side of Hobson's Bay, c1951
... Williamstown, on the western side of Hobson's Bay... side of Hobson's Bay Williamstown, on the western side ...Sir Henry Barkly was the Governor of Victoria from 12 December 1856 until 09 September 1963.Williamstown, on the western side of Hobson's Bayvictoria, hobson's bay, williamstown, port -
Williamstown Botanic Gardens- Hobsons Bay City Council
Photographs - Williamstown Botanic Gardens, 1936
... Hobsons-Bay-City-Council...Williamstown Botanic Gardens- Hobsons Bay City Council Cnr ...Ernest Anderson (head gardener) and Harry (gardener) worked at Williamstown Botanic Gardens. The Anderson family lived in the curators lodge on the grounds in the 1930s. Horses were used at the gardens until the 1960s when the council bought a truck. Mr Biggs drove as Mr Anderson did not have a licence. He rode his bike to the Town Hall every Friday to put in the time sheets. The collection is the only known photos of the Gardens working horses and demonstrates Edwardian Municipal gardening techniques that continued into the 1960s. They are photographic evidence of the planting styles, species choices and structures. Details inscribed on the reverse of some of the photos confirm names of staff at this time. Photo 13 (m) m: Only known photo of Ernest Anderson to be held by the Gardens2013.001.a-l is a collection of 12 small format photographs from the Anderson family album dated from 1917-1936 plus one large image of donor's wedding c1953. Ernest Anderson (head gardener) and Harry (gardener) worked at Williamstown Botanic Gardens. The Anderson family lived in the curators lodge on the grounds in the 1930s. Photo 1 (a) Sepia photo of young girl (Chic Anderson) on horse with no saddle. Two men, with hands on hips, standing alongside wearing hats. All are on a small hill (a compost heap) with a shrub on the left of the image. Photo 2 (b) Young girl and horse standing on the top of a small hill (compost heap). Girl has short hair and is wearing a jumper, skirt and long socks. Horse has no saddle and has its head down as if to eat. Photo 3 (c) Horse and foal standing in a fenced enclosure. Part of yard is paved. Horse has a white blaze and white feet. Foal has white blaze and white legs and is looking up at the horse. Photo 4 (d) Horse pulling a mower. Two men standing with mower. One is holding mower, the other the reins of the horse. Both men are wearing hats, with one wearing a vest. Horse has hessian wrapping on his hooves. Photo 5 (e) Horse and man. Horse has a rope bridle. Man holding bridle and is dressed in trousers, shirt, cardigan and hat. They are in front of a hedge and closed timber gate. Tall palm is in background. Horse is side on to the camera. Photo 6 (f) Man and horse standing in front of hedge and open timber gate. Palms in background. Man wearing trousers, shirt, vest, tie, hat. Trousers look to be tucked into boots. He is looking at the horse. The horse is facing the camera. Photo 7 (g) Three horses looking over a picket fence. All with a white blaze. There is a timber wall with a window to the right of the photograph. A man’s arm holding something is seen on the right of the photo. Photo 8 (h) Large palm tree, understorey of shrubs with two palms in the background. Photo 9 (i) Scene of the Gardens. Path dividing at a conifer tree. Woman in long skirt and hat looking up at the conifer. Different varieties of palm trees with understorey of shrubs. Photo 10 (j) Garden bed of Dahlias surrounded by a wire fence. Palms and other trees in background. Photo 11 (k) Avenue of tall palm trees with under storey of shrubs. Photo has angles cut at top corners and two large crease marks at the bottom right hand corner. Photo 12 (l) Set of cast iron gates – double carriage gates with single pedestrian gates on either side and supported by four cast iron posts with ornamental finials on top. Photo 13 (m) Ernest Anderson and daughter Chic prior to her wedding. Ernest is holding his gloves in his left hand and Chic’s hand with his right. Palms trees in the background. Photo 1 (a) 'Ern & Harry / May 8th 1936' Photo 2 (b) ‘Jack aged 36 / Chic 5 years / (unclear) 1936’ Photo 3 (c) ‘foal born in / back shed’ Photo 4 (d) ‘The Olde Firm / Jack Ernie Harry / 1917’ Photo 6 (f ) ‘Before the / council provided / a truck all / work was done / with the horses’ Photo 7 (g) ‘our work horses’ Photo 9 (i) ‘Panoramic view of Gardens / looking South from Lodge / Wms Town Botanical Gardens / 15-10-17’ Photo 12 (l) ‘Gates Public Gardens’hobsons-bay-city-council, curator, lodge, horse, transport, dahlia, compost, anderson, williamstown, botanic, gardens, williamstown-botanic-gardens, hobsons-bay, hobsons, edwardian, gardening, 1936, 1917, -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Article - National Trust News, David Maloney, The Port Melbourne Railway, Feb 1990
... melbourne & hobsons bay railway company... & hobsons bay railway company melbourne & hobsons bay united railway ...Photocopy of National Trust News illustrated article 'The Port Melbourne Railway' by David Maloneytransport - railways, melbourne & hobsons bay railway company, melbourne & hobsons bay united railway company, david maloney -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Map - Chart, Hobson's Bay, river and navigational aids, 1839 - 1843
... Map (Chart) of Hobson's Bay, River and Navigational Aids... Street) Port Melbourne melbourne Chart, Hobson's Bay, river ...Map (Chart) of Hobson's Bay, River and Navigational Aids 1839. (Latrobe Library). in photographic form.melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, hobson's bay -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Newspaper, Genevieve FORDE, Gateway to Victoria -150 years of history at Sandridge, Emerald Hill and St Kilda come alive, 22 Nov 1984
... of 'Sandridge from Hobson's Bay on the front cover.... lithograph of 'Sandridge from Hobson's Bay on the front cover ...This 18 page Liftout Souvenir from The Emerald Hill and Sandridge Times marks the 150 Anniversary of arrival of the first white settlers in Victoria. They were the Henty Brothers from Tasmania who settled around Portland. Although the first white settlers did not arrive in the area of Sandridge, Emerald Hill and St Kilda until 1835 these are the areas covered in this publication. 18 Page souvenir newspaper with large brown lithograph of 'Sandridge from Hobson's Bay on the front cover.sandridge, emerald hill, st kilda, emerald hill and sandridge times, kitchen, polly woodside, wilbraham liardet -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Booklet - Manual, Sailing directions for Port Phillip, in the colony of Victoria including the ports of Melbourne and Geelong, 1854
... hobsons bay..., registering 26,785 tons, in Hobson’s Bay alone. The crews on arrival..., registering 26,785 tons, in Hobson’s Bay alone. The crews on arrival ...Captain Charles Ferguson was born in Scotland in 1813. He was the Master of the "Rajah" from 1838 to 1850 on voyages from England to Australia and vice versa. He became the First Chief Harbour Master for the port of Melbourne in 1852 after being the first Harbour Master and Water Police Officer in Geelong for 12 months. On the 5th of April 1841, the Rajah sailed with James Donovan M.D. as Surgeon Superintendent, and the Rajah sailed from Woolwich with 180 female convicts. The Rajah arrived on the 19th of July in Hobart, with 179 females (one died during the voyage) and 10 children. Miss Kezia Elizabeth Hayter was the matron on board. On page 28 of the "Sailing directions for Port Phillip, in the colony of Victoria including the ports of Melbourne and Geelong", a mention is made of the Mariner's Hospital and Floating Church soon to be established. There were discussions to built the hospital in Williamstown but instead the Government decided to build it in Melbourne. The Harbour Master and a commiittee decided to use the water police hulk, Emily, left unsold in 1856, to create a floating church: the Bethel was open in July 1857 with Reverend Kerr Johnston as Chaplain. Latrobe wrote a letter to Captain Cole in 1869, a few months after learning his death : "To Captain George Ward Cole † [from a draft in another’s hand] Clapham House, Lewes, Sussex, January 28th, 1869. My dear Captain Cole, Last mail will have taken out the sad intelligence of the death of our excellent old friend, Captain Ferguson. This will have been a terrible blow to his children and to his friends in the colony, who may have held reason to expect his early return to his home, with a not unreasonable prospect of ultimate restoration to health and activity. In the course of last October I went up to town with one of my children, mainly with the purpose of finding my way to Pinner, where he and Mrs. Ferguson were staying with an intimate friend. I found him in excellent health and spirits, and enjoying the prospect of a speeding resumption of the service to which he had devoted his best days, and upon the furtherance of which his entire energy was still directed. A week or two later Captain and Mrs. Ferguson went to Dover for change of air, and being still under the impression received from the advisers by whom they had been guided during their residence at a hydropathic establishment at Matlock, felt encouraged to plan almost immediate return to the colony by the Jerusalem early in December. However, certain misgivings in the mind of a medical gentleman, then in England, under whose care Captain Ferguson had at one time placed himself in Williamtown, led them to consider it judicious before departure to take the advice of some surgeon of eminence in London. Accordingly they came up to town at the close of November. The first London practitioners they consulted shook their heads, and advised consultation with Sir Wm. Ferguson. The result was that amputation, without loss of time, was pronounced necessary. The rest is soon told. He received the painful intelligence with calmness and full resignation to God's will, and underwent the operation at King's College Hospital with exemplary firmness and Courage on the 28th of November. Perfect success seemingly attended it, and there seemed, humanly speaking, to be every prospect of a prompt cure and early convalescence; everything seemed in his favour. A few days later, however, all was clouded by symptoms of hospital fever (pyoe æm ia). This resisted all control, and finally carried him off on the 27th of December, just one month after the operation. He had lived a Christian life, and his death was the peaceful and resigned death of a Christian. It was a melancholy satisfaction to me to be able to join a few friends in following his remains to their resting place in one of the outlying London cemeteries on the last day of the year. You know Mrs Ferguson well, and will be prepared to hear me say that her whole conduct and demeanour throughout this period of suspense and bitter trial has been worthy of her high character and steadfast principle. Come what will, and happen what may, I have the fullest conviction that neither the widow nor the children will be forsaken, however doubtful and clouded the future may appear, in consequence of the irreparable loss which, they have sustained. And now, dear Captain Cole, it is possible that you may already have heard all this from other sources, but I have dictated it to you under strong impulse, for I feel assured that there is no member of the community in which you live who will more sincerely deplore the loss of Captain Ferguson on private grounds; at the same time that there is no one who, from long acquaintance with his official character and services, will be in a better position to estimate their real value or the loss which the colony has sustained. The circumstances in which Captain Ferguson's family are left not only demands the utmost display of sympathy and interest on the part of friends, but may call for decided and prompt action; therefore I cannot rest satisfied without discharging what I consider my duty, and seeking to strengthen your hands as far as I may in bringing the character of his long services before the existing colonial authorities. Of his private career previous to his entering the service of the Colonial Government in 1851 nothing need be said. Captain Ferguson was appointed as the Harbour Master at Geelong in April, 1851 – a few months before the separation of the colony from New South Wales. He there did excellent service in a variety of ways calculated to advance the interests of the port, and to introduce www.latrobesociety.org.au 27 order, where, from circumstances, but little order had hitherto prevailed. His was the first appointment of this class in that locality. The separation of the colony from New South Wales took place in the month of July following. Shortly after, the late Captain Bunbury resigned the Harbour Mastership of Port Phillip. Captain Ferguson was at once (February, 1852) appointed to succeed him, and from that time performed all duties of Chief Harbour Master of the colony. The previous year (May 1851) the first gold discoveries in New South Wales had taken place, and in the month of August those of our colony followed. At the time of Captain Ferguson’s taking charge of the Port of Melbourne their influence had begun to be fully felt, and in no department more seriously than in that of the Harbour Master. This is no place for statistical details, but they must bear me out in reminding you of a few facts connected with our late friend’s career. At the time of separation that department comprised only 30 individuals of all ranks, and when he took charge the number was much reduced. There were at that time, according to the returns, no fewer than 54 vessels, registering 26,785 tons, in Hobson’s Bay alone. The crews on arrival numbered 1,235 men. Of this number only 463 remained on board, 500 having deserted, and the rest having been discharged by arrangement or pure necessity. For the first six months after Captain Ferguson’s assumption of office as Harbour Master the duties of Police Magistrate and Chief of the Water Police were superadded, and how much labour they involved may be surmised from the fact that from 1st of April to the 31st July, 1852, four months only, no less than 236 marine cases were brought before the bench at Williamstown - sometimes as many as 30 in a day. A year later (March 1853) the returns show that the number of vessels in the harbour in Hobson’s Bay alone were 91, tonnage 43,754; and passing on to the still later returns of May, 1853, two years after Captain Ferguson’s assumption of office, we find from the records that the number of ships in port had increased to 129; tonnage, 63,292; crew on board on arrival, 2872, and at the date of report, 1628; the amount of desertions at that time having, however, proportionally diminished, in consequence of the abatement of the gold fever, caused by the non-success attendant upon the labours of thousands at the goldfields. The above numbers take no account of the large number of vessels and amount of tonnage lying at the wharves at Melbourne or elsewhere. From these figures alone it may be judged what must have been a struggle in which the Chief Harbour Master was engaged from the very outset to secure order, and answer the innumerable calls on every branch of his department, at the same time that there was for many months an almost complete impossibility of securing subordinate agency, such as boatmen, pilots, and police, at any price. But I may bear witness to the untiring diligence, energy, and self-devotion with which Captain Ferguson grappled with the difficulties of his position, and the seemingly insurmountable obstacles which stood in his way. Ashore and afloat he was always ready, showing the same directness of purpose, intelligence, and forgetfulness of self. He shunned no responsibility, and turned his hand from no work, whether within or beyond the ordinary scope of his duty, which the hard necessity of the times forced the Government to bring under his notice. Already in 1852, when the overflowing of our gaol and stockade rendered the adoption of other methods of restraint absolutely necessary, and addition to the existing buildings could not be thought of, it was Captain Ferguson who first suggested the employment of hulks; and it was with his personal assistance and supervision, and under his unflagging energy, that the three first of these – the Success, the President, and the Sacramento – were purchased, fitted up, and made available for the purpose in view, and the rules and regulations for the employment and safety of the men afloat and ashore prescribed and carried out. He carried the same energy into every branch of his department, and his influence was soon apparent. His subordinates of every class became actuated by his spirit. As time moved on, the range of his duties, both ordinary and extraordinary, increased. In the formation of the quarantine station at the heads, in the management if not the erection of lighthouses, sailing directions, port and wharf regulations, buoys, signal stations, www.latrobesociety.org.au 28 steam dredging &c., he was the main and most active agent. The whole pilot establishment and regulations, men, and vessels, were under his charge; and when I left the colony in May, 1854, the entire range of ports outside Port Phillip Heads from Point Lonsdale to Portland, as well as that of Geelong had felt the influence of his intelligent supervision and care. The entire department of Chief Harbour Master, which I have numbered at the period of separation about thirty individuals, then numbered 230. The character of Captain Ferguson’s unbroken service during the fourteen years which have elapsed since I left the colony must be well known to the Government and the people he has served so long and so faithfully. I confine myself to recalling to mind those earlier, and what must have been the hardest and most difficult, period – none can know how difficult but those who were in that fierce struggle for the maintenance of order under so many disadvantages; and on this subject I have spoken advisedly and with reason, for I may truly say he worked under my own eye. I had sincere regard for the man, and just pride in the qualities of his heart, head, and hand. Whatever mistakes may have been made by the Government of the colony in those hard and difficult times (and I am quite ready to admit that there were many, especially if the past is to be judged by the light of the present), I never have hesitated in believing that, in appointing Captain Ferguson to the office he has so long filled, it was the right man in the right place. I shall be heartily rejoiced to find that the Government and inhabitants of the colony admit that this has been the case, and to learn that they have not forgotten the strong claims of one who has served them so long and so faithfully, and who, removed by God’s providence, so to say, in the maturity of his powers, has left a widow and young family behind him. I have done, I leave you to make use of this communication, or any portion of it, which you may think judicious and called for. There may be among Ferguson’s friends those who may not be sorry to be reminded of facts. By-the-bye, I may mention as a proof how completely Captain Ferguson’s mind was engrossed by devotion to his public duty, that while in Dover, only ten days before the operation, he took an opportunity to drag himself up into the lantern of the S. Foreland Lighthouse, and made a most careful scrutiny of the whole apparatus and arrangement, with a view of the adoption of any hint for the perfection of those under his charge in the colony. And now, goodbye. I trust this will find you in good health, and in comparative vigour. Believe me ever, dear Captain Cole, Yours very truly, C. J. La Trobe"The attempt for a floating church was made as early as 1853 following similar examples in London like the Seamen's Hospital. Captain Ferguson was instrumental in the foundation of the Bethel Church.Digital copies of the 37 pages ; 22 cm.1854, hobsons bay, geelong, melbourne, williamstown, sandridge, mariner's hospital, floating church, seamen's hospital, captain charles ferguson (1813-1868), kezia elizabeth hayter (1818-1885), rajah quilt, prison hulks, water police, harbour master, harbor master, gaols -
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