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PAGE The Power of Gold 1
Steerage Conditions in 1844 3
Discovery of Gold in Australia 5
Melbourne and its Shipping in 1851-2 6
First Gold Cargoes Home 10
Great Rush to the Gold Regions in 1852 11
Maury's Improvements on Old Route to the Colonies 13
Early Fast Passages Outward 14
Liverpool Shipowners in the Australian Trade 22
James Baines, of the Black Ball Line 23
Captain James Nicol Forbes 29
Most Notable Clippers of 1853 41
Best Outward Passages for 1853-4, Anchorage to Anchorage 52
Extraordinary 24-hour Runs 57
Best Outward Passages--Liverpool to Melbourne, 1854-5 90
Best Homeward Passages, 1855-6 103
Best Outward Passages, 1855-6, Liverpool to Melbourne 104
America Sells her Clippers to Great Britain 113
Notes on the Later American-built Passenger Ships 114
Black Ballers in the Queensland Emigrant Trade 115
After Life and End of the Liverpool Emigrant Clippers 116
Some Famous Coal Hulks 120
The Carriers of the Golden Fleece 122
The Aberdeen White Star Line 129
Wood and Composite Ships of the Aberdeen White Star Fleet 131
Captain Mark Breach's First Encounter with his Owner 136
The Fate of the Early White Star Clippers 138
Duthie's Ships 140
Passages of Aberdeen Ships to Sydney, 1872-3 142
The South Australian Trade 143
The Orient Line 146
The Orient Composite Clippers 154
Messrs. Devitt & Moore 176
Mr. T. B. Walker 180
Walker's Clipper Barques 181
Captain John Wyrill 185
Introduction of Iron in Shipbuilding 195
The Builders of the Iron Wool Clippers 202
Messrs. Aitken & Lilburn, and the Loch Line of Glasgow 208
First Six Ships of the Loch Line 219
King's Island--A Death Trap for Ships 224
Brassey Cadet Training Scheme 232
Passages to Australia in 1874 257
Passages to Australia in 1875 271
Passages to Australia in 1876 282
Passages to Australia in 1877 287
Passages to Australia in 1878 295
Passages to Australia in 1879 296
Passages to Australia in 1880 297
Passages under 80 days to Sydney in 1881 300
Passages to Australia in 1881 301
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