Acadia 1850 - Ship Tree

Date: 30 Sep 1849 to 22 Jan 1850
Location: Fremantle, Western Australia
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Arrivals to Western Australia

(This ship has also been spelt Arcadia in some early papers, and BDoWAs - (1850, January 30). - ) ^[1] European News per Acadia.
The papers are full of the Queen's visit to Ireland.

Annual Survey for Acadia, 15th August 1849

THE INQUIRER. Occulta vitia inquirere Wednesday, January 16, 1850.
(1850, January 16). Inquirer (Perth, WA : 1840 - 1855), p. 2. Retrieved August 5, 2023

The attention of the Government ought to be directed towards the improvement of our gaols, for it stands to reason that if they cannot secure the few delinquents at present under their control, they will be far less able to confine those accomplished hands who may hereafter swell the list of criminals of this colony, and of whom an experimental squad is daily expected in the Arcadia.

THE INQUIRER. Occulta vitia inquirer "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1850. (1850, January 23). Inquirer (Perth, WA : 1840 - 1855), p. 2. Retrieved August 15, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65739214

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/718181 Page 2.

FRIDAY, January 25,1850 ^[2]
The Acadia arrived from England on Tuesday afternoon, having left Gravesend on the 30th September. This vessel is not the convict ship, and when those worthies are to arrive appears quite uncertain; as His Excellency being absent the despatches remain unopened; private letters, so far as we can ascertain, with one exception contain no allusion to them; the letter we refer to asserts that they were to be sent in H. M. S. Hercules, which vessel was afterwards to proceed to Moulmein for a cargo of timber for the Admiralty; if this vessel spoken of is the naval store-ship and transport of that name this must be incorrect, as in the Weekly Messenger, of September 23, we find her incidentally mentioned as embarking troops for the Mediterranean.

Cape of Good Hope. ^[3]
The Acadia touched at the Cape, from which place we have journals of December 13 and 20. The Neptune was lying there with her cargo of convicts, among whom was Mr. Mitchell, the Governor having by proclamation announced his determination not to land them, in compliance with the wishes of the settlers; it was reported that positive orders had been received from the Home Government to land the cargo, but at the same time promising that no more should be sent; another report says that they were to be sent on here.

Western Australia Eighty Years Ago (1930,) ^[4]
The Arcadia arrived from England during the week having left Gravesend on September 30. Since the news had been received that Western Australia had been constituted a penal settlement, the colonists had watched anxiously for the arrival of the first batch of convicts. They did not appear on this boat . . . . .
. . . The only arrival during the week was the Arcadia mentioned above, which brought the following passengers to Western Australia:-Mr. and Mrs. E. Hamersley and six children: Messrs. Du Bowley and Hall. Mrs. and Miss Glover, Miss Chester, Messrs. Toovey, Crondron and Connolly, together with Mr. and Mrs. Edwardes, who had come from the Cape.

Local Intelligence. (1850, February 6). Inquirer (Perth, WA : 1840 - 1855), p. 1 (SUPPLEMENT TO "THE INQUIRER."). Retrieved August 5, 2023

The crew of the Acadia struck work on Saturday, in consequence of being refused a glass of grog when the ship was cleared of her inward cargo. We believe they have since resumed their duties . . .

[[Shipping Intelligence. (1850, February 15). The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News (WA : 1848 - 1864), p. 2. Retrieved August 20, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3171321

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Sources

1. ↑ European News per "Acadia." (1850, January 30). Inquirer (Perth, WA : 1840 - 1855), p. 1 (Supplement Extra. to "THE INQUIRER."). Retrieved August 14, 2023
2. ↑ The Independent Journal. (1850, January 25). The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News (WA : 1848 - 1864), p. 2. Retrieved August 14, 2023
3. ↑ Cape of Good Hope. (1850, January 25). The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News (WA : 1848 - 1864), p. 3. Retrieved August 15, 2023
4. ↑ Western Australia Eighty Years Ago (1930, January 26). Sunday Times
   (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), p. 1 (First Section). Retrieved August 5, 2023