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The Inverness Courier informed people about life in the
colonies. Schedules for ships were also published, and ships from Aberdeen
or Dundee would stop at Cromarty on the Black Isle before sailing to
Canada if a sufficient number of passengers sent an early application.
The Hector was one of the first emigrant ships. She sailed from Loch
Broom in 1772 with Highland families on board bound for Pictou, Nova
Scotia.
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can learn more about her voyage here:  . |
The bard John MacLean
settled at Barney's River, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, in 1819:
| 'S i seo
an dùthaich 's a bheil an cruadal
Gun fhios do'n t-sluagh a tha tigh'nn anall.
Gur h-olc a fhuaras oirnn luchd a' bhuairidh
A rinn le'n tuairisgeul ar toirt ann'.
'This is the
country where there is hardship though the people coming across
don't know it. It was evil they brought on us, those enticers,
who contrived through their fairy tales to bring us out here'.
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The ship "Brilliant"
departed from Aberdeen on April 12, 1842, headed for Quebec.
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can learn more about her voyage here: . |
The Hercules sailed
from Campbeltown in 1853, bound for Australia. She had already picked
up passengers from Skye There were 830 passengers on board. During a
voyage to Adelaide of seven months 56 die. According to a doctor on
board the passengers were:
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a very weakly condition...all people of very shabby worn
out constitutions badly suited for a long and wintry voyage'.
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The Georgiana
sailed from Greenock, 13 July 1852. |
