Embarkation<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The journey to New Zealand began for most migrants with an overland trip to the English ports of London or Plymouth, or to Greenock docks near Glasgow. If ships were not ready to leave, passengers had to wait for up to a fortnight, often without enough money for decent board and lodging. In the 1870s, government barracks at Plymouth and Blackwall accommodated people waiting to board.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
At London, the loaded ships were towed by steam tug to Gravesend, where cabin passengers boarded. They escaped the usual crowding, pushing and confusion on the dockside. On the day of sailing, carpenters could be still putting up partitions and bunks \u2013 temporary fittings in space used for cargo on the return voyage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Feelings on departure<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Passengers embarked knowing they were leaving their native land and often their loved ones, perhaps never to return. An 1841 emigrant recorded that no one was in a talkative humour as they took \u2018a last long aching gaze\u2019 at their native shore, but noted later that \u2018the hope of the future\u2019 drove regret away.\u00a01<\/sup>\u00a0Women often recorded the pain of parting. One wrote in 1865 that she felt \u2018dreary and lonely and unhappy\u2019 and could do nothing but cry.\u00a02<\/sup>\u00a0After a month at sea in 1869, a woman migrant took out \u2018likenesses\u2019 of her family, read their letters, and had a good cry.\u00a03<\/sup>\u00a0But in 1858 a woman who felt inclined to join other women crying, asked herself what there was to cry about and set about tidying her bunk.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Diversions and entertainment<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Boredom on the long voyage was relieved by such novel sights as dolphins, flying fish, albatrosses and whales. For cabin passengers at least, books, chess and cards helped pass the time. Quoits, a game using plaited rings of rope, was played on deck. Entertainments ranged from simple debates to the performance of plays. Concerts were popular, and newspapers were produced on several ships.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The monotony was also relieved by passing ships. People waved handkerchiefs, and letters were sometimes passed to home-bound vessels \u2013 the ships would heave to and people would row small boats back and forth. In the Southern Ocean encounters with other ships were rare.Sights at sea<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n During their travels, passengers saw strange and wonderful things. In the Southern Ocean in 1843 a passenger \u2018saw a sunset of such glorious beauty as to be well nigh worth coming thus far to look at\u2019.\u00a04<\/sup>\u00a0Watching flying fish \u2018afforded infinite amusement\u2019, one diarist noted.\u00a05<\/sup>\u00a0On an 1881 voyage, the single women from steerage were brought up onto the poop deck (where they were not normally allowed) to view the phenomenon of phosphorescence on the waves.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Fights aboard<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Close confinement often led to quarrelling and \u2018cabin fever\u2019. In one account of the\u00a0Lord Auckland<\/em>\u2019s 1842 voyage, a \u2018regular row\u2019 involving sailors and emigrants, \u2018all fighting together, and shouting, cursing, swearing and screaming in a general mass\u2019, erupted when the sweetheart of a hysterical woman attacked the surgeon.\u00a06<\/sup>\u00a0In another report, the \u2018great national dislike between Scandinavians and Germans\u2019 on board the\u00a0Friedeberg<\/em>\u00a0(1873) led to endless \u2018petty squabbles\u2019.\u00a07<\/sup><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Fire and shipwreck<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Shipwreck or fire was a threat on every voyage. Possibly the worst disaster occurred when the\u00a0Cospatrick<\/em>\u00a0caught fire and sank in 1874, causing the loss of 470 people. Some dramatic voyages ended happily. On 1 January 1874 the\u00a0Surat<\/em>\u00a0ran ashore on the Catlins coast. The ship was a write-off, but all 268 passengers were rescued and taken to Dunedin by steamer. In another incident in 1878, the\u00a0Piako<\/em>\u00a0began to burn in the Atlantic. Its passengers were transferred to a passing ship and taken to Pernambuco in Brazil, where the fire was extinguished and the ship repaired.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Landing<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Anticipation mounted as voyages neared their end, and the immigrants would be on deck before daybreak to watch for the first sign of their new home. Vessels that arrived carrying disease were quarantined. At quarantine stations, passengers and bedding were disinfected. In a few sad cases, deaths in quarantine cut short the new lives for which immigrants had hoped. The journey to New Zealand began for most migrants with an overland trip to the English ports of London or Plymouth, or to Greenock docks near Glasgow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":55,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stc_notifier_status":"","_stc_notifier_sent_time":"","_stc_notifier_request":false,"_stc_notifier_prevent":false,"_stc_subscriber_keywords":"","_stc_subscriber_search_areas":"","nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\r\n Embarkation<\/p>\r\n\r\n The journey to New Zealand began for most migrants with an overland trip to the English ports of London or Plymouth, or to Greenock docks near Glasgow. If ships were not ready to leave, passengers had to wait for up to a fortnight, often without enough money for decent board and lodging. In the 1870s, government barracks at Plymouth and Blackwall accommodated people waiting to board.<\/p>\r\n\r\n At London, the loaded ships were towed by steam tug to Gravesend, where cabin passengers boarded. They escaped the usual crowding, pushing and confusion on the dockside. On the day of sailing, carpenters could be still putting up partitions and bunks \u2013 temporary fittings in space used for cargo on the return voyage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Feelings on departure<\/p>\r\n\r\n Passengers embarked knowing they were leaving their native land and often their loved ones, perhaps never to return. An 1841 emigrant recorded that no one was in a talkative humour as they took \u2018a last long aching gaze\u2019 at their native shore, but noted later that \u2018the hope of the future\u2019 drove regret away.\u00a01<\/sup>\u00a0Women often recorded the pain of parting. One wrote in 1865 that she felt \u2018dreary and lonely and unhappy\u2019 and could do nothing but cry.\u00a02<\/sup>\u00a0After a month at sea in 1869, a woman migrant took out \u2018likenesses\u2019 of her family, read their letters, and had a good cry.\u00a03<\/sup>\u00a0But in 1858 a woman who felt inclined to join other women crying, asked herself what there was to cry about and set about tidying her bunk.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Diversions and entertainment<\/p>\r\n\r\n Boredom on the long voyage was relieved by such novel sights as dolphins, flying fish, albatrosses and whales. For cabin passengers at least, books, chess and cards helped pass the time. Quoits, a game using plaited rings of rope, was played on deck. Entertainments ranged from simple debates to the performance of plays. Concerts were popular, and newspapers were produced on several ships.<\/p>\r\n\r\n The monotony was also relieved by passing ships. People waved handkerchiefs, and letters were sometimes passed to home-bound vessels \u2013 the ships would heave to and people would row small boats back and forth. In the Southern Ocean encounters with other ships were rare.Sights at sea<\/p>\r\n\r\n During their travels, passengers saw strange and wonderful things. In the Southern Ocean in 1843 a passenger \u2018saw a sunset of such glorious beauty as to be well nigh worth coming thus far to look at\u2019.\u00a04<\/sup>\u00a0Watching flying fish \u2018afforded infinite amusement\u2019, one diarist noted.\u00a05<\/sup>\u00a0On an 1881 voyage, the single women from steerage were brought up onto the poop deck (where they were not normally allowed) to view the phenomenon of phosphorescence on the waves.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Fights aboard<\/p>\r\n\r\n Close confinement often led to quarrelling and \u2018cabin fever\u2019. In one account of the\u00a0Lord Auckland<\/em>\u2019s 1842 voyage, a \u2018regular row\u2019 involving sailors and emigrants, \u2018all fighting together, and shouting, cursing, swearing and screaming in a general mass\u2019, erupted when the sweetheart of a hysterical woman attacked the surgeon.\u00a06<\/sup>\u00a0In another report, the \u2018great national dislike between Scandinavians and Germans\u2019 on board the\u00a0Friedeberg<\/em>\u00a0(1873) led to endless \u2018petty squabbles\u2019.\u00a07<\/sup><\/p>\r\n\r\n Fire and shipwreck<\/p>\r\n\r\n Shipwreck or fire was a threat on every voyage. Possibly the worst disaster occurred when the\u00a0Cospatrick<\/em>\u00a0caught fire and sank in 1874, causing the loss of 470 people. Some dramatic voyages ended happily. On 1 January 1874 the\u00a0Surat<\/em>\u00a0ran ashore on the Catlins coast. The ship was a write-off, but all 268 passengers were rescued and taken to Dunedin by steamer. In another incident in 1878, the\u00a0Piako<\/em>\u00a0began to burn in the Atlantic. Its passengers were transferred to a passing ship and taken to Pernambuco in Brazil, where the fire was extinguished and the ship repaired.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Landing<\/p>\r\n\r\n Anticipation mounted as voyages neared their end, and the immigrants would be on deck before daybreak to watch for the first sign of their new home. Vessels that arrived carrying disease were quarantined. At quarantine stations, passengers and bedding were disinfected. In a few sad cases, deaths in quarantine cut short the new lives for which immigrants had hoped.
Encyclopedia of New Zealand: http:\/\/www.teara.govt.nz\/en\/the-voyage-out\/page-2<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Encyclopedia of New Zealand: http:\/\/www.teara.govt.nz\/en\/the-voyage-out\/page-2<\/p>\r\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","h5ap_radio_sources":[],"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"authors":[],"root_bruce":[854],"tags_bruce":[],"history":[],"media_bruce":[],"history_bruce":[],"families_bruce":[],"eras_bruce":[1021],"class_list":["post-2946","bc_posts","type-bc_posts","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","root_bruce-lawrence-bruce","eras_bruce-1800-1899"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bc_posts\/2946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bc_posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bc_posts"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2946"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bc_posts\/2946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8089,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bc_posts\/2946\/revisions\/8089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"authors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors?post=2946"},{"taxonomy":"root_bruce","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/root_bruce?post=2946"},{"taxonomy":"tags_bruce","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags_bruce?post=2946"},{"taxonomy":"history","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/history?post=2946"},{"taxonomy":"media_bruce","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_bruce?post=2946"},{"taxonomy":"history_bruce","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/history_bruce?post=2946"},{"taxonomy":"families_bruce","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/families_bruce?post=2946"},{"taxonomy":"eras_bruce","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eras_bruce?post=2946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}