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For more than a century and a half, a grim tale has passed down through Michael Veitch's family: A better life, they believed, awaited them in Australia. Three months later, a ghost ship crept into Port Phillip Bay flying the dreaded yellow flag of contagion.
The Ticonderoga was a handsome clipper ship with a nightmare hidden in its holds. A story almost lost, this is a true moment of Australian maritime folklore.
Travel the themes of family, of grit and of courage. In late , the clipper, Ticonderoga entered Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay after a hellish three-month voyage from Liverpool, her mainly Scots Highland passengers wracked with Typhus.
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Nearly a quarter had perished at sea. Primarily Michael will tell this story as the young surgeon, now older, looking back to this most dramatic chapter of his life.
For me, it's also a love story, both of place and of people. My family were borne of this tragedy.
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It's a voyage of courage and like so many that this country is founded on, we need to hear those stories more. Appeals to all ages; audio-visual component; no major or complicated technical requirements. Focused on original work and vibrant partnerships, this team brings creatives, marketing and production altogether in one company.
Chester Creative produces theatrical work to tour and runs workshops in the areas of arts, digital marketing, change management, storytelling and writing skills. Our workshops can be tailored to suit community groups, school groups, arts and writers festivals. Later memorials have since been erected by the descendants of survivors. After the press furor about sanitary conditions, double-decker ships were no longer used for emigrants, and the restrictions about the numbers of children allowed were reinstated. Michael Veitch wrote the book Hell Ship — The true story of the plague ship Ticonderoga , one of the most calamitous voyages in Australian history in and developed a one-person play from it.
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