HARPLEY
The HARPLEY was built on the River Tamar, in Tasmania, in 1847 and was a ship of 547 tons,
She was owned by J Raven and sailed from Hobart Town on Thursday, 29th April,
1847 reaching England on February 8th, 1848.
Here she was given a very thorough inspection by the Surveyor for Lloyds of
London,
as she was classed as Al for ten years (reported in a Launceston newspaper 26th
August, 1848).
There are mixed reports (see below) of life on the ship...............
The HARPLEY with Captain Thomas Buckland departed Deptford, London on May
12th 1848, bearing a second group of Lacemakers.
"The poop of the ship was transformed into a haberdasher's shop from which
everything necessary was gratuitously
and unsparingly supplied to those who were in need."
In 1848 the French lacemaking
factories were all closed and the English owners went home to Nottingham
and the English in Calais fell further and further into destitution. The "Papers
Relative to Emigration" reported that,
thanks to Lord Ashley's intervention, there was quite a favourable response from
the Colonial Office, and in due time
the English lacemakers from Calais joined other English workers on board the
HARPLEY bound for South Australia.
for more info. see Australian Society of the Lacemakers of Calais
Sample of the lacework from the voyage is still 'in the families possession'.
The HARPLEY 1849 - DIARIES -
See -
http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1849HarpleyDiaries.htm
The HARPLEY Hoax -
See -
http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1851Harpley-Fowell.htm
The HARPLEY 1848 - PASSENGER LIST -
provided by The South Australian REGISTER
newspaper, Rosemary Oram (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/Harpley.html)
Some of my ancestors - arrived in 1848 - Harpley jnr. being born on the voyage.
DAVIS John (b.1802), wife and 4 children (listed separately)
DAVIS Elizabeth nee BOOT (b. to Thomas and Elizabeth)
DAVIS John (b.1839)
DAVIS Mary Anne (b.1843)
DAVIS Richard (b.1841)
DAVIS unknown (Harpley) - b.1848