Marco Polo Modify Page Content Ship Details Rig Ship of Black Ball Line Built 1851 Built In Canada Tonnage 1625 VoyagesView Full List 6 February 1859 Marco Polo Liverpool Melbourne 7 June 1857 Marco Polo Liverpool Melbourne 4 April 1855 ➜ 24 June 1855 Marco Polo Liverpool Melbourne 22 July 1854 ➜ 22 October 1854 Marco Polo Liverpool Melbourne 8 November 1853 ➜ 30 January 1854 Marco Polo Liverpool Melbourne Description Originally built as a Clipper Ship in 1851, then converted to an Immigrant ship in 1852; Media Upload Media Sources Reference Brief accounts of some voyages in Arthur Hamilton Clark - The Clipper Ship Era (USA 1910) Reference Basil Lubbock - Colonial Clippers (United Kingdom 1948) Reference Diary by Edwin Bird, passenger Location National Library of Australia, Canberra MS 6064 and copy, Latrobe Library, Melbourne, MS10861 Reference Diary by William C Greenhalgh, passenger Location Merseyside County Museum, England Reference Diary of William C Greenhalgh published in Michael K Stammers - The Passage Makers: The history of the Black Ball Line of Australian packets 1852 - 1871 (United Kingdom 1978) Reference Extract of diary by William Greenhalgh published in Dog Watch, No. 33, Journal, Shiplovers' Society, Victoria Reference Ship's newsletter - Marco Polo Chronicle, edited by Dr I Gillespie Location National Library of Australia, Canberra MS6137 and copy, Latrobe Library, Melbourne Reference Ship's weekly journal - Marco Polo Chronicle, 29/07/1854 - 16/09/1854, edited by F Robinson Location National Library of Australia, Canberra MS 6174 and Latrobe Library, Melbourne MS299/5b Reference Diary of voyage home, written 1915 by JJ Bond Location Australian Joint Copying Project M 724 Reference Diary by JR Elsey, Surgeon (desig), North Australia Expedition Location National Library of Australia, Canberra MS 25 c/3 Reference Diary by Mrs Sarah Allingham Location copy Latrobe Library, Melbourne MS 9409 Reference Account by James Cooper Stewart Location Latrobe Library, Melbourne Box 3173/5, MS 12425 Reference Diary by Mrs W Graham Location Copy, Latrobe Library, Melbourne MS 10438 Reference Log of Logs, Vol 3 Location South Australian Maritime Museum Author Ian Nicholson Your Stories Your name * E-mail * Post your story * Submit Leave this field blank Share this Page Share this ship with your friends and followers online.
Reference Brief accounts of some voyages in Arthur Hamilton Clark - The Clipper Ship Era (USA 1910)
Reference Diary by Edwin Bird, passenger Location National Library of Australia, Canberra MS 6064 and copy, Latrobe Library, Melbourne, MS10861
Reference Diary of William C Greenhalgh published in Michael K Stammers - The Passage Makers: The history of the Black Ball Line of Australian packets 1852 - 1871 (United Kingdom 1978)
Reference Extract of diary by William Greenhalgh published in Dog Watch, No. 33, Journal, Shiplovers' Society, Victoria
Reference Ship's newsletter - Marco Polo Chronicle, edited by Dr I Gillespie Location National Library of Australia, Canberra MS6137 and copy, Latrobe Library, Melbourne
Reference Ship's weekly journal - Marco Polo Chronicle, 29/07/1854 - 16/09/1854, edited by F Robinson Location National Library of Australia, Canberra MS 6174 and Latrobe Library, Melbourne MS299/5b
Reference Diary of voyage home, written 1915 by JJ Bond Location Australian Joint Copying Project M 724
Reference Diary by JR Elsey, Surgeon (desig), North Australia Expedition Location National Library of Australia, Canberra MS 25 c/3
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