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Australian Ports
Correspondence: The Adelaide, Glenelg and Holdfast Bay ports are generally
one and the same place. Glenelg (near Adelaide) is the name given to the
town built on Holdfast Bay. Earlier immigrant ships anchored in Holdfast
Bay landing their passengers at what was later to become Glenelg (the new
colony was proclaimed under "the old gum tree" in 1836). Passengers and
their wares would then make their way to Adelaide and envions. By 1839
ships were also using Port Adelaide (called Port Misery) to land their cargo
and passengers.
Peter C D Cathery, Melbourne, Australia March 14, 1999
Additional Corresp. Port Jackson and Sydney are one and the same.
Botany Bay, south of Port Jackson was the first anchorage of the first
fleeton 20 Jan 1788. Thereafter the settlement was made on the shores
of Sydney Cove at Port Jackson . I don't know when Sydney was named. but
it was very early after settlement (by 1792) even though both terms
continued to be used. I think the 2 terms were used interchangeably
depending on whether the ship's master referred to the Bay or the Settlement,
as JS CUMPSTON's book Shipping Arrivals & Departures Sydney 1788-1825 uses
the term "launched at Sydney" on 24 Jul 1792. Also, Moreton Bay is the Port of
Brisbane, Queensland.
Kay Williams at Pearl Beach, NSW Australia 2256 March 11, 2000
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