S3E5 Neva - One of the Worst Shipwrecks in Australian History

The Neva was a three-masted barque carrying hundreds of female convicts and their children from Ireland to Port Jackson. In 1835 it stuck the Harbinger Reefs near King Island in the treacherous waters of the Bass Strait. Join me as I recount this tragic story. LINKS Grab a copy of Convict Sydney, the real-life stories of 32 prisoners : Support Convict Australia and receive goodies such as the Convict Australia Newsletter: Join the conversation on our Facebook & Instagram pages: Start your search for your convict ancestors: SOURCES 1835 'MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.', Launceston Advertiser (Tas. : 1829 - 1846) , 2 July, p. 4. , viewed 23 Jan 2022, 1835 'PARTICULARS OF THE WRECK OF THE Prison Ship "NEVA."', The Sydney Monitor (NSW : 1828 - 1838) , 18 July, p. 2. (MORNING), viewed 23 Jan 2022, 1835 'Van Dieman's Land News.', The Colonist (Sydney, NSW : 1835 - 1840) , 23 July, p. 5. , viewed 23 Jan 2022, 1959, ‘The Convict Ships, 1787 – 1868’, by Charles Bateson.,Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Glasgow 1997, ‘Most Perfectly Safe: the convict shipwreck disasters of 1833-42’ by G.A. Mawer, Allen & Unwin ‘View Shipwreck – Neva’, Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database, viewed 18 June 2022, 2013, ‘The Wreck of the Neva’, by K. Todd, Mercier Press THANK YOU Special thanks to Sue Reed, Mark Blakey & Cameron Stops. Music by Ahjay Stelino

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S3E5 Neva - One of the Worst Shipwrecks in Australian History is an episode from Convict Australia by Jennifer Twemlow.

This episode is 00:13:22 long.

This episode was published on Jun 30, 2022.

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