Issue :	June
Date :	2009
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WEB SITE VISITORS WRITE:
Rosemary Dixon-Smith finds this gem:
Household Words (1850-1859)
Cape Sketches, Household Words: A Weekly Journal (no. 33) November 9, 1850 Written by a South African farmer, this essay dispenses information about the natural conditions and economics of farming in the Cape colony.

TRANSCRIPTIONS & GENERAL SHIPPING LISTS:
Transcribed by Anne Clarkson - this item has now been added:
Marriages performed by the resident magistrate of King Williams Town, 1916-1923 (Western Cape Archives) 1/KWT 8/2/1/6.

NATAL PASSENGER LISTS:
Rosemary Dixon-Smith informs us of the following:
Sidelight on the Waratah
Among the passengers who embarked on the Waratah at Melbourne were Mr Ernest B Page and his wife, Ada. Page himself was also known by his stage name, Professor Bonner, and toured New Zealand as a hypnotist in 1906/7 with Wombell's (or Wombwell's) Circus - see advertisement.
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URL OF INTEREST:
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http://www.library.yale.edu/~mpowell/victorianper.html

BRICK WALL and MISSING PERSONS:
A reminder to check these pages from time to time in case you are able to help other researchers.

SS WARATAH: Missing - Without Trace

July 1909
South African Waters
by Sue Patterson

The Waratah, on her second voyage out to Australia, left London on 27 April 1909. Commanding her was Captain Josiah Edward Ilbery, Commodore of the Blue Anchor Line, who with his many years of nautical experience had an excellent reputation for never having experienced an accident, or any other major incident at sea. Ilbery was extremely popular with his passengers and a distinguished figure in uniform with his manicured white beard and had been described by the press as, ‘every inch a Commander’.

On berthing in Sydney she loaded her Australian cargo and provisioned for the return trip to London. Embarking her new passengers, she departed from Sydney’s Central Wharf, Millers Point, at noon on Saturday 26 June; Port Melbourne Railway Pier, Melbourne, 4pm Thursday 1 July and from Ocean Steamers Wharf, Port Adelaide, Wednesday 7 July 1909, to then put to sea for the Indian Ocean crossing to Durban, South Africa and the ill-fated passage down the coast to Cape Town.

Winter had come to the Southern Hemisphere and storms at sea were now commonplace for the Waratah and she passed through much heavy weather on her voyage to Durban, causing some of the passengers to become disturbed by the way in which the ship pitched and concerns were voiced that the Waratah was top-heavy and unstable.

The Waratah safely put into Durban on Sunday, 25 July 1909, disembarking some of her Australian passengers that were not continuing on to London and offloading some of her Australian cargo. She replenished her coal bunkers, took on additional cargo and embarked her new passengers and on Monday, 26 July 1909, at 8pm the Waratah left the port of Durban, South Africa, for London via Cape Town.

The Waratah’s last communication by signal lamp as she overtook a cargo ship on the Transkei Coast off Cape Hermes, was with the Master of the Clan Macintyre on 27 July 1909 at about 6.30am, from Latitude 31.36 degrees South, Longitude 29.58 degrees East .......... and within the next 24 hours disappeared without trace!

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the disappearance of the SS Waratah and all onboard. It is an appropriate time to revisit the tragedy and acknowledge the strong historical links between Australia, the UK and South Africa.

In conjunction with the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum in Melbourne, a wreath laying ceremony will be held in the waters off Port Philip on 27 July this year.

Let us pay our respects to this fine ship, her Captain, crew and passengers by keeping the memory alive of these unfortunate men, women and children by passing this unique and tragic maritime history to future generations.

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