DUCHESS OF ARGYLE - 1842
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Copyright (c)1998-2008 A Whyte, Auckland, New Zealand
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DUCHESS OF ARGYLE, 667 tons, left Glasgow 9 Jun 1842, arrived Auckland, 9 Oct 1842.
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This was the first planned shipment of free UK migrants to Auckland.
In Scotland, high unemployment reigned. The Commissioner of Emigration was sent to Scotland
to recruit two shiploads of families (see Jane Gifford 1842). He chose family groups and
people with trades who might benefit the new colony.
Arriving in Auckland harbour, disembarking via ships boats on Mechanics Bay at low tide, the
boats could not reach the shore. Passengers had to unload their boxes and bundles and carry
them through mud and water to land. They were then crowded into 30 raupo huts along with
passengers off the Jane Gifford which arrived the same day.
Domestic servants acquired jobs almost immediately. Auckland was in the middle of a
depression, and the men had to work at heavy manual labour levelling Auckland roads (Shortland
St) at 1 pound for married men, and 18 shillings for bachelors. Not surprisingly, Auckland
did not capture their hearts.
Only heads of families recorded on the Certificate of Departure, an example of one of the
families is:
Gollan, James b 1807 Glasgow SCT
Gollan, Abigail b 1807 Kilmarnock, SCT
Gollan, Mary b 2 Sep 1831
Gollan, Robert b 27 Mar 1834
Gollan, Helen b 3 Feb 1836
Gollan, Janet b 30 Jan 1838
Gollan, Henry b 30 Apr 1840
more children were born to the Gollan's who later moved to St Helier's:
Gollan, Alex Thomson b 15 Dec 1842
Gollan, Margaret b 4 Sep 1844
Gollan, Elizabeth b 7 Dec 1847
Gollan, Abigail b 1851, died as a young child
FORMAT
last name, first name
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Capt , master;
PASSENGERS AGE MARITAL
STATUS
Adamson, John
Allison, James
Andrew, James
Barr, John
Barr, William
Bell, John
Bradley, John
Brown, Peter
Busby, James
Cameron, Richard
Campbell, David
Caradus, James
Carson, Charles
Carson, John
Chalmers, John
Clare, Samuel
Collins, David
Colwell, John
Cox, James
Crawford, Robert
Fergusson, Peter
Finlay, Thomas
Fraser, Alexander
Gentle, Alexander
Gollan, James
Irvine, Edward
Jameison, Barr
Laurie, Matthew
Leslie, Robert
Levine, Edward
Lochead, James
Miller, James
Millar, William
Moore, James
Muir, Alexander
Muirhead, John
Munro, Daniel
McAlister, Thomas
McCann, Henry
McConochie, John
McCullough, Thomas
McColloch, Thomas
McDermaid, James
McErwing, Isaac
McIntosh, James (snr)
McIntosh, James (jnr)
McIntosh, William
MacKay, Thomas
McKinlay, George
McLiver, Lochlan
McNair, Peter
McPherson, Archibald
Naysmith, Henry
Patterson, John
Patterson, William
Pollock, Alexander
Pollock, James
Rippey, Thomas
Robertson, James
Robertson, John
Scott, John
Sharp, William
Sims, James
Smith, William
Somervell, Henry
Stafford, Nathaniel
Stewart, George
Stewart, John
Taylor, Dougald
Thompson, Dr James
Thorburn, William
Tudehope, Robert
Wallace, Archibald
Watt, James
Wilson, William
Young, David
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RESOURCES:
©(NZ) Department of Internal Affairs File ref: 1845/2092: microfile
no 1.2; Certificate of Final Departure
©McCarthy, Darry., (1978) "The First Fleet of Auckland." Pacer Printing Co
Ltd., Box 13197, Onehunga, Auckland.
Auckland Central City Library (1998): 44-46 Lorne St, Auckland City, New
Zealand, or PO Box 4638, Auckland 1001, New Zealand.
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t r a n s c r i b e d & c o l l a t e d b y
A Whyte, Auckland, New Zealand
7 November 1998
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