1864

Passengers and 366 migrants on-board; said to be the largest ship to enter Lyttleton Harbor to that date; brief note of voyage & outline of the sorry history of the ship in WhiteWings, vol1, by Sir henry Brett, (Auck, 1924, reprinted 1976); ship's newspaper, "British Empire Gazette", no. 1-9, 2Jul - 27Aug 1864, as listed in vol1 and held by ML Sydney, evidently refers to this NZ voyage; Embarkation Order for voyage; Diary of Joseph Mort Wheeler, Canterbury Museum manuscripts Dep't, Christchurch, NZ, (copy);