Retrospective journal covering voyages in Isabella Blythe, Castle Lachlan, Helen Stewart, Stag and Windsor, 1841-1854

 
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Item Volume 1
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237pp. + index. Weynton commenced writing this volume in 1851 and it is based on his original journals (including Volume II below for the period 1852-1854). In the years 1841-1854 Weynton visited Australia five times. The Australian sections are as follows.

pp. 77-94 Stag London-Melbourne-London October 1847-August 1848

pp. 82-87 Stay in Melbourne January-April 1848

pp. 95-126 Stag London-Melbourne-Sydney-London October 1848-October 1849

pp.102-12 Stay in Melbourne February-April 1849

pp.116-19 Stay in Sydney May-July 1849

pp.152-98 Windsor London-Sydney-London February 1851-March 1852

pp.171-73 Stay in Sydney May-June 1851

pp.199-223 Windsor London-Melbourne-Sydney-London July 1852-May 1853

p.207 Stay in Melbourne October 1852

pp.207-10 Stay in Sydney October 1852-January 1853

pp.224-37 Windsor London-Sydney July 1853-February 1854

pp.233-36 Stay in Sydney November 1853- January 1854

The volume contains 71 watercolour sketches by Weynton, ranging from 6 full-page sketches of ships to coastal profiles and small paintings of people and fish. There are coastal profiles of Torres Strait Islands and sketches of Port Phillip Heads and Sydney Heads.

There are also eight issues of a manuscript ship's newspaper, Windsor Review, August-September 1852. The illustrations appear to have been done by Weynton.

At the end of the volume, in addition to an index, are lists of the crew and cabin passengers on the voyages of the Windsor.

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