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Samuel Plimsoll sails to quarantine

May 03, 202229 min
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Episode description

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.

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