Historical information
The Brasseys visited Australia in winter 1887. Lady Annie Brassey mentions the Williamstown and Port Melbourne Sailors' Rest and Seamen's meeting.
See p. 292 (18 June 1887)
Significance
Lady Brassey and her husband Lord Thomas Brassey donated the proceeds of the Sunbeam visitation in Williamstown to the Sailor's Rest (£63). They also presented the Port Melbourne Sailors' Rest with a cheque of £50 as a contribution to the new building fund.
Lady Brassey died of malaria at the end of their voyage and was buried at sea.
Lord Brassey also donated £10 every year to the Seamen's Mission.
Lady Brassey was remembered during the opening of the new building in Port Melbourne in February 1889.
A portrait of her was dedicated in November the same year.
The collection of photo albums is held in the Huntington Library in California. The lists describing each album are attached in the media.
Lord Brassey came back in Victoria on the Sunbeam to become the new Governor in 1895.
Physical description
PDF copy with illustrations
Publication type
non-fiction
Subjects
References
- NEWS OF THE DAY. Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Monday 27 June 1887, page 4
- VICTORIAN SEAMEN'S MISSION. Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Friday 29 November 1889, page 6: médication of Lady Brassey's portrait
- Lady Brassey Photography Collection at the Huntington Library California 7 albums about their stay in Australia
- Doings of the Sunbeam: Photographs of a Victorian Voyage, Annie Brassey, Curated by Sarah French Few photos from inside the yacht
- The Adventurous Seafaring Women of the Age of Sail, in Their Own Words Article mentions Annie Brassey
- ‘Our home on the ocean’: Lady Brassey and the voyages of the Sunbeam, 1874–1887"
