Admella | Passengers in History

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Admella

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Ship Details

Rig

Inter-colonial screw steamer

Tonnage

392

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Description

Bound for Melbourne - until wrecked near Cape Northumberland, 06/08/1859 with the loss of 89 passengers and crew

Media

Admella

Image: Steamship that carried sails, with a centre funnel

Sources

Reference

Extracts from C Ross's (passenger) notebook.

Location

Royal Historical Society, Victoria MS 000179

Reference

Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Admella (published Melbourne 1859) from accounts by both survivors and rescuers; also references to Adam Lindsay Gordon's involvement

Location

Royal Historical Society, Victoria Box 18/1-6

Reference

Letter 14.8.59 by William Macredie of Melbourne, giving an account of the wreck

Location

Scottish Record Office GD 21/475

Reference

Mudie, Ian - Wreck of the Admella, (published Adelaide, 1966).

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