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From: Corinne Thompson <>
Subject: Loss of a piece of our history
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:39:00 +1100
In-Reply-To: <000301c62bbd$42669430$0100000a@fwcly936x2ii2b>


Am so sorry to hear this, Julie, you must be feeling devastated after all
you have done.

Kindest Regards ...... Corinne in Melbourne, Victoria.





> Some of you will be aware that a while back before leaving to live in WA for
> 2 years, I was involved with a group who were avidly seeking the salvation
> of a vital piece of South Australia's history - the clipper ship City of
> Adelaide.
>
>
>
> Today, for those who don't get the Advertiser, I am saddened to report that
> our long battle has been lost. For over 5 years we fought to try and have
> her brought out here from Scotland to be restored. In 2002, a member of the
> group went to Scotland and petitioned all of those concerned including the
> Duke of Edinburgh. In 2003 a travel mogul in England commissioned a study to
> see if it was viable for the ship to be restored without losing any of her
> historical integrity. Today, it is reported in the Advertiser that the
> battle is over.
>
>
>
> So, the City Of Adelaide, the last surviving complete Clipper ship in the
> world, purpose built for the emigration trade to South Australia in 1864,
> that made 23 trips to this country, bringing many of your ancestors (there
> are now an estimated 1.1 million descendants of her passengers in Australia
> today), will be smashed into little pieces, because a bunch of bureaucrats
> wanted to take 5 years to fight over dollars and argue about which country
> had the better claim to it.
>
>
>
> If any of you out there want information on this ship - write to me off list
> - I have copies of every document that exists regarding this ship- complete
> passenger lists, stories about the voyages from passenger's diaries, and
> heaps of other information. The website that was up and working until the
> end of last year, was all my work. I am happy to share the history of this
> wonderful old ship with anyone who wants it. Don't be confused though -
> there were several ships of this name. I am talking about the City of
> Adelaide, built at Sunderland in 1864 and which made voyages to Adelaide
> between 1864 and 1886.
>
>
>
> Since the battle has been lost, I am going to put the stuff back up on my
> website again - it will take a while though - there are 300 pages of
> information!
>
>
>
> We still hold a little hope, though - perhaps a small piece of the grand old
> lady can come home to Adelaide.
>
>
>
>
>
> Julie Stokes
>
> List owner AUS-SAGEN


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