On Board with the Bishop
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Acquisition number:
1409
Catalogue number:
embk0096
File name:
BK0096
File location:
Bookcase An account of Charles Perry's voyage to Port Phillip on 'The Stag'. Charles Perry, first bishop of Melbourne, arrived in Melbourne in 1847, with his wife, Frances, and 80 other passengers including a number of clergymen hand-picked to assist him in his ministry. Author Tim Gatehouse has followed the story of journey out and the lives of some of the passengers on the ship. Some of the names relevant to East Melbourne are Rev Hussey Burgh Macartney, first dean of St Paul's; Henry Handfield, vicar at St Peter's and Samuel Blomefield, curate at St Peter's.
Item type:
Book
Number of pages:
42
Date of publication or creation:
2017
Publisher:
Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
ISBN:
9780648009207
Copyright owner:
Anglican Diocese of Melbourne