At sea with Bishop John Bede Polding: the journals of Lewis Harding : 1835 (Liverpool to Sydney), 1846 (Sydney to London)
The two shipboard journals recorded by Lewis Harding, Bede Polding's fellow passenger in 1835 and 1846, and here published for the first time, present endearing glimpses of Australia's first bishop as well as bringing to light the remarkable but largely unknown diarist. John Bede Polding,...
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Adelaide
ATF Theology
2019
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Missionaries ; Travel
B Diaries B Missionaries Travel B Harding, Lewis (1806-1893) Diaries B Polding, John Bede (1794-1877) Travel B Ocean travel B Catholic Church B Diary B Harding, Lewis ; 1806-1893 B Clergé ; Voyages B Missionnaires ; Voyages B Travel B Polding, John Bede ; 1794-1877 B Catholic Church Bishops (Australia) B Église catholique ; Évêques B Bishops B Clergy Travel B Clergy ; Travel B Australia |
| Summary: | The two shipboard journals recorded by Lewis Harding, Bede Polding's fellow passenger in 1835 and 1846, and here published for the first time, present endearing glimpses of Australia's first bishop as well as bringing to light the remarkable but largely unknown diarist. John Bede Polding, during his more than forty years as a bishop in Australia, tallied a total number of days at sea equivalent to almost four years. In addition to his inaugural voyage in 1835, he sailed to and from Europe four times. The passage of two the voyages to Europe was eastward and around Cape Horn (1840 and 1846); twice the ship sailed across the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea, thence overland to Alexandria and then across the Mediterranean to Naples. The four return voyages to Australia were via the Cape of Good Hope. In addition, he sailed several times to ports within his Province--to Newcastle, Hobart, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Albany and Perth. When in Europe he regularly crisscrossed the Irish Sea and the English Channel. In his old age, in October 1869, he undertook a voyage intending to reach Europe in time for the opening of the Vatican Council at Rome in December. The steamer sailed via Melbourne and Albany into the Indian Ocean, thence into the Red Sea, heading to the Suez Canal, which was due to open in November. However, the Archbishop, sick and exhausted, turned back after reaching Aden, arriving in Sydney on Christmas Eve 1869. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1925872734 |