Quarantine Sydney 1855 JUNO

[CassT]

Suggest a search of the Trove site,
Cass

[maddys52]

  I know this is a very old thread, but I thought I would add to it. My great grandfather was on the Juno as a very young man, his first ship, and I was brought up knowing a certain amount about this voyage. In the last day or so I have again revisited the subject, and collected some UK newspaper items, including mention of the quarantine. It seems to have been an unhappy ship with a possibly unbalanced captain, and there was a lot of trouble when she returned home.
   Apparently there were leading articles in the Sydney journals which "speak out boldly their opinions upon Captain Fremantle's conduct." I would be interested to read some of them, but I am not sure if they are available to me on-line?
    Regarding the fate of the Juno, renamed Atalanta, and lost with a crew of trainees, great grandfather was of the opinion that she should never have been used as a training ship, as she was difficult to handle. I found a report containing evidence from another former crewman which confirmed this.
   None of this put gr.grandad off the Navy - he served his 20 years!
   

Yes, TotH, there are quite a few articles free to view as Cass says
https://trove.nla.gov.au

eg this one:
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60425557

[maddys52]

Just reading some of the articles, interesting comment that rings true 150 years later:

"And yet, the conduct of the Captain of the Juno towards his officers is but the type of what men in power, of whatever kind, and, particularly, in combination, practice towards anyone whose forbearance they think they can long continue to play upon. They issue their fiat and at once prepare to support it - unjustifiable thought it be, as based on acknowledged falsehoods - heedless of the pain inflicted upon the mind, certainly not less upright than their own, and blind to the fact that so dastardly a deed will, hereafter, inevitably recoil upon themselves - to the glory of the intentionally injured, but to their own indelible dishonour."
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60427226

[Top-of-the-hill]

  Thanks for your replies. I have just spent a couple of hours looking at Trove, though I missed that last one as I set it for 1855-1857, when the ship left for home. I also removed the word Fremantle, as it brought up a lot of false trails! The UK newspapers were quite right about the opinions being expressed in Sydney.
   Apart from that aspect, I was looking for reports of what the ship was doing during those years - I picked up a few bits, mainly arrivals and departures. Now to try and collate it all!

[onevoice]

Hi I though you might enjoythis:

Also appreciate any info on its sailings.

1856 (Jan 18) flapless cover from England to "Lieut GB Headley RN/HM Ship Juno/Sydney ..." on the Australian Station with 2d blue x3 (one with trimmed perfs at base) paying a 3 oz letter rate as per 10 January 1840  Uniform Penny Postage  rate.
  tied by indistinct numeral cancels, 'BRIDLINGTON' (Yorkshire) despatch and Sydney 'SHIP-LETTER/MY 4' arrival b/s , largely very fine strike of the small British 'd1' accountancy h/s in red on face.

Because it was addressed to an officer, the sender was not entitled to the 1d military concession. Carried as a packet letter with the 1d due to NSW (as compared to 3d for private ship letters) shown by the accountancy marking.