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    The Edwin Fox Ship and Visitor Centre
    Dunbar Wharf
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    The last convicts came to Oz, into WA, a bloody long time ago.
    If that ship is still around she must be like the Ark!!!!!
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    The last convict ship to Australia, was Western Australia 1868 I believe, so in W.A at least there are some close relatives of said convicts.
    A badge of honour these days.
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    Hi Fred.
    The oldest ship I can say I sailed on if only from Sydney Heads to Piermont was the James Craig, a memory I still cherish.
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    Hi Des,
    I too sailed on the "old " James Criag, she was in Newcastle a while back, years fly by these days, we sailed out the Heads past Nobbys and into
    Stockton Bight and back into Lee Wharf #5 I think for afternoon tab nabs.
    Really enjoyed it, especially seeing I was a guest of some one who had paid for the ticket.
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    Hi Fred.
    You may have read my post awhile ago about steering the Bounty from the Heads to Peirmont one of my best experiences ever, so I was on both ships.
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