GSV Webcasts

Number of Webcasts = 14

Presenter: Claudia Hull

Claudia Hull talks about her ancestors the Holmes family who were successful shipbuilders and shipwrights in County…

Date Published: 25 Mar 2023 @ 1:35 am
Duration: 10 minutes

Presenter: Colleen Arulappu

This presentation explores the lives of five Royal Navy Surgeon/Superindents charged with the onboard welfare of…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:46 am
Duration: 39 minutes
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Presenter: Meg Bate

This talk outlines the development of the early colonial ports of the western district of Victoria. The sources of…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:46 am
Duration: 22 minutes
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Presenter: Meg Bate

The presentation discusses the development of intra-colonial shipping between the ports in Tasmania and outward to…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:46 am
Duration: 18 minutes
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Presenter: Peter Prideaux

Dr Prideaux discusses the onboard conditions of passengers travelling in close confinement to Australia in the 19th…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:45 am
Duration: 47 minutes
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Presenter: Lynda Collier

This talk explores the lives of a group of London needlewomen who migrated to Melbourne in 1850 under the auspices…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:45 am
Duration: 51 minutes
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Presenter: Jenny Scammell

Jenny discusses the 19th century shipwrecks on the coastline of Victoria through the lens of three vessels, the…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:44 am
Duration: 63 minutes

Presenter: John Wroe

John Wroe describes the conditions onboard the immigrant vessels travelling to Victoria. He discusses the length of…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:29 am
Duration: 27 minutes
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Presenter: Liz Rushen

In this presentation Liz Rushen describes the life of John Marshall, an extremely active emigration agent, who…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:24 am
Duration: 26 minutes
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Presenter: Stephen Hawke

Stephen Hawke examines the factors that contributed to the emigration of many people from the south-west of England…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:24 am
Duration: 18 minutes
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Presenter: Claire Johnson

Claire Johnson describes the records available to assist you to research your ancestor’s voyage to Australia.

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:23 am
Duration: 51 minutes
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Presenter: Carmel McEvey, Claire Dunlop, Graham Thorley, Paul Harris

Carmel McEvey introduces the topic before Claire Dunlop's talk on ship newspapers. Graham Thorley gives an account…

Date Published: 28 Feb 2023 @ 6:22 am
Duration: 52 minutes
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