Summary
Passenger contract ticket for the 'Carpentaria', leaving from Liverpool for Melbourne on 1 May 1854 for sum of 18 pounds. Ticket issued to 31 year old August Kleiner, by Frackleton's American Emigration Office, Liverpool.
The 1,460 ton square-rigged ship 'Carpentaria' arrived in Hobsons Bay on 1 August 1854 carrying 542 second and third-class passengers, after a passage of 79 days. This was the day after the arrival of the more famous clipper ship the 'Lightning', on her maiden voyage from Liverpool.
Physical Description
Blue paper ticket with black print and inscribed in black ink with pencil notes of room accomodation. Torn along left hand edge.
Significance
The emigration ticket of passage provides a rare documentary record of 19th century emigration to Australia.
More Information
-
Collecting Areas
Home & Community, Transport, Migration & Cultural Diversity, Public Life & Institutions
-
Acquisition Information
Purchase
-
Issued To
-
Issued By
Frackleton's American Emigration Office, Liverpool, England, Great Britain, 1854
-
Ship Depicted
-
Inscriptions
In pencil: Room 36 - Berth 4 Printed: No. 78/FRACKELTON'S AMERICAN EMIGRATION OFFICE,/126, WATERLOO ROAD, LIVERPOOL./PASSENGER'S CONTRACT TICKET.
-
Classification
-
Category
-
Discipline
-
Type of item
-
Overall Dimensions
19.6 cm (Length), 16.4 cm (Width)
-
Dimensions
195 mm (Length), 162 mm (Width)
Measurement From Conservation.
-
Keywords
Immigration, Migration & Settlement, Shipboard Travel, Clipper Ships, Tickets