Caroline
One of the busiest vessels to operate off the coast of New Zealand in pre-colonial times, the cutter Caroline, Captain Peter Williams, arrived in Sydney from New Zealand with a cargo of seal skins and flax in January 1829.
On her next return trip she brought 220 seal skins from New Zealand along with 30 tons of potatoes. It was in this year that Peter Williams on Caroline met John Guard on his vessel Waterloo at Chalky Inlet when that ship was on her way to the sealing grounds south of New Zealand. This was an auspicious meeting in early New Zealand European history. Guard's shore station in Tory Channel was probably only marginally ahead of that established by Bunn & Co in Preservation Inlet, which Captain Williams managed. Shore stations were a new concept in the whaling industry and these two boats and their captains were at the forefront.
From 1830, Caroline crisscrossed the Tasman transporting flax, seal skins, and oil between Preservation Station on the south coast of Fiordland and Sydney. The first cargo of oil registered as coming from Preservation station reached Sydney in August 1830. It was during this year that captaincy of Caroline transferred to Captain Farley and the following year Joseph Price formerly of Vittoria joined the cutter's crew to New Zealand.
In April 1832, Caroline arrived at Sydney with news that Weller Bros shore station at Otago had been burned to the ground shortly after its completion. The few regular whalers and traders that worked off the coast of the South Island often made stops around the island's small but growing communities at Cloudy Bay, Otago, Bluff, Stewart Island, and Preservation.
In March 1833, George Bunn purchased Sydney Packet to transport cargo as Caroline was now working in the sealing grounds. Her captain for this work was Anglim and his first sealing expedition was successful, his crew procuring 1000 seal skins. Also on board were two New Zealand Maori women. After leaving Sydney, Anglim sailed Caroline back to the sealing grounds of Auckland Islands. While there the crew was dismayed to find many tons of wreckage from a ship, but were unable to determine the name of the ship or from where she came. The wreckage included cargo of wool, oil, and shipping stores.
In March 1834, Caroline arrived back in Sydney with 350 seal skins and it was at this time that Captain Anglim transferred to Lucy Ann, and Captain Bruce took over as master of Caroline. On her trip back to Sydney in September 1834 Caroline was severely damaged by weather during the crossing.
On her next return trip she brought 220 seal skins from New Zealand along with 30 tons of potatoes. It was in this year that Peter Williams on Caroline met John Guard on his vessel Waterloo at Chalky Inlet when that ship was on her way to the sealing grounds south of New Zealand. This was an auspicious meeting in early New Zealand European history. Guard's shore station in Tory Channel was probably only marginally ahead of that established by Bunn & Co in Preservation Inlet, which Captain Williams managed. Shore stations were a new concept in the whaling industry and these two boats and their captains were at the forefront.
From 1830, Caroline crisscrossed the Tasman transporting flax, seal skins, and oil between Preservation Station on the south coast of Fiordland and Sydney. The first cargo of oil registered as coming from Preservation station reached Sydney in August 1830. It was during this year that captaincy of Caroline transferred to Captain Farley and the following year Joseph Price formerly of Vittoria joined the cutter's crew to New Zealand.
In April 1832, Caroline arrived at Sydney with news that Weller Bros shore station at Otago had been burned to the ground shortly after its completion. The few regular whalers and traders that worked off the coast of the South Island often made stops around the island's small but growing communities at Cloudy Bay, Otago, Bluff, Stewart Island, and Preservation.
In March 1833, George Bunn purchased Sydney Packet to transport cargo as Caroline was now working in the sealing grounds. Her captain for this work was Anglim and his first sealing expedition was successful, his crew procuring 1000 seal skins. Also on board were two New Zealand Maori women. After leaving Sydney, Anglim sailed Caroline back to the sealing grounds of Auckland Islands. While there the crew was dismayed to find many tons of wreckage from a ship, but were unable to determine the name of the ship or from where she came. The wreckage included cargo of wool, oil, and shipping stores.
In March 1834, Caroline arrived back in Sydney with 350 seal skins and it was at this time that Captain Anglim transferred to Lucy Ann, and Captain Bruce took over as master of Caroline. On her trip back to Sydney in September 1834 Caroline was severely damaged by weather during the crossing.