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CHAMPION

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Ship Details

Rig

Western Australia Government schooner

Built

1830

Built In

New Shoreham, Sussex

Tonnage

115

Dimensions

75'0" x 18'10" x 11'7"

Demise

1835: reg. London. 1836: Robert Kerr & John bogle (Kerr, Alexander & Co.), reg. Hobart Town. 1836 Nov.: Sold to the Government of Western Australia. Register closed.

VoyagesView Full List

27 December 1848 ➜ 17 January 1849

CHAMPION
Swan River
Port Adelaide

1850 ➜ 23 March 1850

CHAMPION
Swan River
Port Adelaide

1849 ➜ 10 September 1849

CHAMPION
Fremantle
Port Adelaide

1848 ➜ 23 September 1848

CHAMPION
Swan River
Port Adelaide

1848

CHAMPION
Swan River
Geraldton, WA

Description

Purchased from trade

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Reference

Memoranda regarding schooner 1836 - 52

Location

Battye Library, copy HS/435
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Reference

Diary of Champion expedition 1840

Location

JS Battye Library of West Australian History Exploration diary 3
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Reference

Owen papers, including Lieutenant Helpman letters

Location

British Museum of Natural History
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Reference

Journal, 1851, by BF Helpman

Location

State Library, Victoria
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Reference

Letters, 1851-56 by Edmund F DuCane regarding Governor's expedition to Champion Bay, February 1952, may be relevant

Location

Australian Joint Copying Project M reel 835

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