Name/TitleBenjamin Tapner : Pioneer recount of life and time between 1848 - 1854
About this objectA six page stream of consciousness recounted by Benjamin Tapner - an early settler of Victoria. The autobiography begins on September 15th 1848 and goes until 1854. Tapner recounts leaving England on the "Lysander" for Port Phillip (arriving 11 January 1849), ship strikes, going to Geelong, ship fires, the St Peter's Church, returning to England for a short time and then coming back to Port Phillip (through Port Adelaide), celebrations surrounding the opening of the second Princes Bridge, travel to Kangaroo Ground, the Black Thursday fires, the beggining of the gold rush, the vigilante burning of Bently's Hotel, and the Eureka Riots.
Ships mentioned: Lysander, Aden, Martin Luther, MacPherson, Henry, Hero, Diamond, Vesta, Keera, Aphrasia, Wonga Wonga, Black Swan, Thetis, Azores, Constance, Grecian, Panama, Delta,
This is a typed up copy. The original is held in PR T-0001
MakerTapner, Benjamin c. 1832 - 1918
Maker RoleAuthor
Period1850-1860
Subject and Association KeywordsPioneers
Subject and Association KeywordsPioneer life
Subject and Association KeywordsShips
Subject and Association KeywordsGeelong (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsKangaroo Ground (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsEureka Stockade (Ballarat, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsSt Peter's Anglican Church (East Melbourne, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsPort Phillip District (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsPrinces Bridge (Melbourne, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsBlack Thursday (1851)
Object TypeDocument
Object numberMS 001517 (Box 348)
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