Samuel Plimsoll sails to quarantine
Diaries from two voyages to Sydney aboard the famous Scottish clipper, Samuel Plimsoll. It was a perilous time to be at sea. Disease and fever spread through the ship. Both journeys ended prematurely at Sydney's North Head quarantine station.
ABC Rewind · Australian Broadcasting Corporation
May 3, 202228m 35s
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Show Notes
Diaries from two voyages to Sydney aboard the famous Scottish clipper, Samuel Plimsoll.
It was a perilous time to be at sea. Disease and fever spread through the ship.
Both journeys ended prematurely at Sydney's North Head quarantine station.