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BERMONDSEY The Bermondsey arrived at
Sydney on 7 December 1848. Like the Castle Eden it was an immigrant
ship, but smaller at 507 tons. The 1848 voyage of the Bermondsey is
unusual in that it put in at Twofold Bay (Eden) and discharged some of its
immigrants there, the remainder being discharged at Sydney.Note
1 I have been able to locate a shipping list for the 1848
voyage (refer
http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.asp?Page=NRS5316/4_4786/Bermondsey_7%20Dec%201848/4_478600142.jpg&No=4
) and it clearly shows the following lacemaker family. [The information
enclosed in square brackets [] has been obtained from
Note 2: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10089099?selectedversion=NBD25249348 Note 3: see http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Derby_St_Werburgh,_Derbyshire for further information Note 4: State Library of Victoria, Call Number 6636. The original manuscript is available for reference. Note 5: An article on steam tugs operating on the Thames appears in Tulle, #117, November 2012 however the Fairy, a steam packet rather than a tug, is not mentioned.
The Diary of Joseph Tivey Joseph Tivey, the 14-year old son of lacemaker, Samuel Tivey, kept a diary during his voyage to Australia aboard the Bermondsey in 1848. I believe it is the first diary, journal or log of any of our lacemaker families that has come to light. The exercises at the back of the volume are his school lessons taught by his mother. The family disembarked from the Bermondsey at Eden and overlanded to Monaro in a bullock wagon. Joseph later ran away from home and went to the Victorian goldfields. Amongst his descendants are his son, General Edwin Tivey (1866-1947). The original diary is held by the State Library of VictoriaNOTE 4(see above). This version was published in Tulle, February 2011. I have used Joseph’s original spelling, punctuation and expression in this copy of his record. This account of the voyage to South Australia is written by Joseph Tivey, a passenger in the Ship called the Bermondsey which started from Deptford on Wendsey August 23rd 1848 at ½ past four Oclock she was toed down the Thames by the Steam Packet the FairyNOTE 5 ABOVE and a merry crew we are dancing and singing. There is 200 of us to say there is so many of us I never saw such good regulation in my life. The beds are buettiful she is 600 tons Burthen. There are fowls and pigs on Board. We stopt at Gravesend all Night. Thursday August 24th at Anchor all day at Gravesend. Friday August
25th still being at Anchor at Gravesend nothing of particular account.
Saturday August 26th we heaved Anchor at 3 Oclock in the Morning and we are
going at a good rate. Stopt at Deal for the Night. Sunday August 27th
tremendous rough winds but we were tacking about all day but did not sail
three miles. Monday August 28th. Nothing remarkable to day. Tuesday August
29th heaved Anchor at four Oclock and are sailing buetiful between Dover and
Calais. Wensday August 30 th still sailing along the Kentish Coast. We have
been out of sight of Land Once to day but came in sight again about 4 Oclock
and past Brighton at ½ past 6 Oclock, we are sailing delightfully to night.
Thursday August 31st we have been sailing fast all night, there are but 15
English on board they are all Scotch. I have heard of sunrise at Sea I have
seen it this Morning it is Grande we have been Sailing fast all night we
Sailed about 100 Miles to Night. Friday September 1st we have taken our Last
Farewell of Old England we left it at 5 Oclock this Morning we shall not see
Land again for a Long time. We are sailing slowly. September 2nd. This
morning we entered the Western Ocean and are going at a good rate we have
seen neither Land nor Birds this day or two. We are sailing at a good pace
to Night. Sunday September 3rd. We are sailing at a extra good pace to day.
Monday September 4th. Sailing Moderately. Tuesday September 5th in the
Morning the sea was very calm till about 10 Oclock and the wind rose and the
Sea was very Boisterous the remainder part of the Day. We sailed very fast
all the Day. Wensday September 6th. Sailed Slow all the Day. Thursday
September 7th. Sailed Slow all the Day. Friday September 8th. Sailing very
Slow all the Day. Saturday September 9th the Sea being very calm we Sailed
very Slow all the Day. Sunday September 10th to day there has been several
Porpioses and a Shark 12 feet long. Sailing Slowly all the Day. Monday
September 11th Sailing faster to day. Tuesday September 12th. In sight of
the Island of Madeira from 7 Oclock-A.M. till 4 Oclock P.M. There is a
Buetiful Bresse to Day we are sailing Delightfully to Day. Wensday September
13th. A strong wind and Sailing very fast all day and night. There has been
several large fishes caught to day merely by a strong hook and a piece of
white rag fastened to the hook and a Strong rope. They were cooked and were
very good not much unlike Salmon. Thursday September 14th. Sailing faster to
Day. Friday Septem 15th. Sailing at a good pace to day. Saturday Septem
16th. We Overtook a Vessel that had been six weeks coming from London bound
for Port Adelaide. She is a very Slow Sailing Vessel. We soon got past her.
Sunday September 17th. The Wind is very rough to day and a heavey Sea
Sailing About 10 miles an hour and raining all day. Monday September 18th.
Sailing at a middleing rate to day. Tuesday September 19th. In the Afternoon
we saw 2 large Whales both together twas a buetiful sight to see them
spirting the water into the air. Sailing Slowly today. Wensday September
20th. Sailing rather faster to day. In sight of one of the Cape de verd
Islands. Thursday September 21st Sailing at a good pace to day. Friday
September 22nd. Sailing at a good pace to day. Saturday September 23rd.
Sailing Slowly to day. Sunday September 24th. Sailing Slowly in the Morning
but in the afternoon there was heavey rain and sailing faster. Monday Sepr
25th. Sailing at a good pace to day. Tuesday Sepr 26th to day there has been
a many large Porpises playing about the head of the Vessell. Wensday Sepr
27th. Sailing at a good pace to day. Thursday Sepr 28th. The Same. Friday
Sepr 29th. The Same.Saturday Sepr 30th the Same. Sunday October 1st. Sailing
Slowly to day. Monday October 2nd. There has been a many large porpises near
the head of the Vessell the Mate struck two of them in the Back with the
harpoon one of them very bad when the last was struck they all disapered.
Tuesday October 3rd. This Morning a little girl died at 5 Oclock and was
buried at 12 Oclock on the day. Sailing at a good pace to day. Wensday
October 4th. Another little girl died at 7 Oclock in the Morning and was
buried at 4 Oclock in the Afternoon at night there was a many large Grampus
near the Vessell. Sailing rather Slower to day. Thursday October 5th.
Sailing at a good pace to day. Friday October 6th. To day we have crossed
the Line. To night there have been a good deal of Merryment with throughing
water as it is a general custum at crossing the Line. We carried it on from
about ½ past 7 till 10 Oclock almost all were wet to their Skin both Men and
Women it was all done on Deck. Satury October 7 th. Sailing at a good pace
to day. Sunday October 8th. The Same. Monday October 9th The Same. Tuesday
October 10th The Same. Wensday Octr 11th The Same. Thursday Octr 12th. Rough
winds and rather Squally. Friday Oct 13th Rough winds and very Squally.
Saturday Octr 14th Sailing Slowly to day. Sunday Octr 15th. Sailing at a
good pace to day. Monday Octr 16 The Same. Tuesday October 17 The Same.
Wensday October 18 The Same. Thursd Octr 19th The Same. Friday Octr 20
Sailing at a very good pace to day. About 6 Oclock P.M. There was a heavy
Puff of wind which sent the Vessell upon her beam ends but she was soon
recovered again. Saturday Octr 21st. We have now got into the Cape. Weather
it is very rough and heavey Sea the wavesalmost every 2 or 3 minutes coming
over the bulwarks on to the Deck. This Morning we came in sight of a Ship
but the Wind being so rough we could not speak to them. Sunday Octr 22 To
day there are many Cape pigeons and Cape hens flying about some of them are
all black and some are black and white, the latter are very pretty. Monday
Octr 23 About 9 Oclock A.M. The Vessell struck on a sand bank which shaked
the Ship very bad and it caused a curious sensation throughout the Ship, but
as she was going at a good pace it did not stop her.Tuesday Oct 24th.
Sailing at a good pace to day. Wensday Octr 25th The Same. Thursday Octr
26th The Same. Friday Octr 27th The Sea is Calm to day and very little wind
so we are sailing slowly to day. Saturday Octr 28th The Sea being calm a
line was put out at the stern of the Vessell with a hook bated with a piece
of Pork to caught Cape Hens. A bird took the bate and was hauled into
Vessell. It was larger than a full grown goose it was Measured across the
wings and was 6 feet 8 inches it was webfooted and its feathers were very
thick it did not seem at all frighted at being caught when it was hauled up
it was followed up to the Stern by all its other Companions it was killed
and eat and was very good. Sunday Octr 29th. Sailing at agood pace to day.
Monday Oct 30th. The Same. Tuesy Oct 30th. There has been 4 Cape Peigens
caught this Morning the Sea being Calm. We are in sight of 2 Vessells one
ahead of us and one astern the one ahead of us we have been in sight of for
2 or 3 days now and then the Breese has freshened again about 7 Oclock and
are sailing at a good pace still in sight of the Vessells. Wensday November
1st To day there is a very heavy Sea, and have lost sight of both Vessells.
Thursday November 2nd. Sailing at a good pace to day. FridayNover 3 rd
This morning there is a Vessell ahead of us and about 12 Oclock we began to
Signalise her her name is Sarah Ann Wallace from Liverpool and we have been
4 days longer out at Sea than them in the Afternoon we passed her and we
came in sight of another Vessell. Saturday November 4th Very heavey Seato
day and a rough wind. About 6 P.M. Oclock we saw 2 large Whales not many
yards from the Vessell. Sunday November 5th. We are in sight of a Vessell by
the side of us going the same road as us but at night She got Ahead of us
and got out of sight. Monday Novemr 7th Another Child died this Morning and
at Sunset was slung into the deep. Wensday November 8th. Sailing at a good
pace in the Morning but in the Afternoon and night the sea was very Calm.
Thursday November 9th Sailing at a good pace to day. Friday November 10th
Nothing remarkable not till Wensday November 13. To day there has been a
large Albatross caught with a line put out at the stern bated with a piece
of pork it was measured across the wings was 10 feet 6 inch. Thursday
November 16th today there has been 4 large Albatross caught today there has
been 9 large hooks broken the Albatross one that was hauled up very near the
Vessell and it broke the hook and got off and it was so very much fatigued
it sunk in the water and was drowned. Friday November 17th--- Saturday
November 18th--- Sunday Novembr 19--- Monday November 20th to day the Sea is
very Calm and we are not sailing above 2 miles to the hour. Tuesday November
21 the Sea being Calm we are Sailing very Slow. Wensday November 22 The
breeze has freshened up to day and we are sailing very well. Another
Albatross has ben caught this day. Thursday November 23rd . Sailing at a
good pace to day. Friday Novr 24 Sailing at a good pace to day. Saturday
Nover 25th The Same--- Sunday December 4th Another Child died this Morning
and was buried at 4 Oclock. Monday December 5th . To day about 5 Oclockwe
entered the Straits with a fair wind. To day we have had a very heavy Sea
and about 6 Oclock P.M. we had a very heavey Sea gale of Wind and had a
Thunder Storm. The Sea rooling almost Mountains high. Tuesday December 6th
This Morning we were Surraunded by large and Small Islands or Rocks there
were 7 of them. Several of them we passed within about 50 yards it was a
bueitiful sight to see them. About 10 Oclock we lost sight of them and came
in sight of another Island called hog Island lost sight of it about 11
Oclock a very heavy sea to day. Sailing at a good pace to day. Wensday Decr
7 To day we are sailing along the Australian Coast called Long Beach this
morning we saw the Masts of a Ship but lost sight of it again it being a
misty day. Thursday Decr 8th. To day we came in sight of Twofold Bay
Lighthouse about 3 Oclock we entered the Bay at 4 Oclock and a pilot came on
Board and we droped Anchor about 5 Oclock and we were soon surrounded by
small Boats full of men to look at us. Wensday December 14th Landed at Eden
at Twofold Bay. Stoped at Eden all day and Night and started with the
bullock drays for Maneroo (Ed: Monaro) we Travelled 14 Miles and stopt at
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