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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 11, 1899
Page
6
Two shipmates on the Celtic King, Barr and Trenoweth, bond as strangers with no kin aboard. Barr, a Melbourne manager, explains the voyage and the continent’s vast potential while sketching a future of settlement and opportunity in Australia.
The narrative recounts Trenoweth and Barr aboard the Celtic King heading from Cornwall toward Australia. Barr, a skilled but impractical mentor, guides Trenoweth’s dreams of mining wealth in Victoria Tasmania and New Zealand while reflecting on past Burke and Wille expedition fates. They arrive June 16, 1872 at Port Melbourne, with Trenoweth meeting Barr near Essendon and writing to loved ones in Cove.
Trenoweth reads an appeal in Bendigo for four men to join William Grey in a prospecting expedition to northern South Australia. Grey, a seasoned miner, seeks capable companions with own kits and £100 each, to search beyond settled districts where silver copper and tin may lie, despite harsh dangers and rugged travel ahead.
Fragmentary excerpt from a narrative voice describing colonial life, voyage asks, and a reflective poem about homeland. The text blends dialogue about an expedition and a lyrical meditation on place, heritage, and longing, mentioning Dum ebuach high and Duncheach or Dur torvil. NEIL MUNRO appears as author.
The piece recalls Moses James Nobbs the last stayer in the old English mail coach service remembered at Paddington. He recounts early railways, the 176 mile London Exeter mail run in 16 hours 20 minutes, the penny post era, daily loads of letters, and dangers of storms and highwaymen alongside the pride of old coach work.
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