OM71-04 William Hamilton Diary, 1903-1905.

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OM71-04 William Hamilton Diary, 1903-1905.

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This is the log book/ diary kept by William Hamilton on the vessels "Canomie", "Ysabel", "Gazelle", "Seestern" and "Kambin" from January 1 1903 to November 14 1905 and contains an account of a massacre in the French Islands and the escape of Trader Peter Hanson (pages 99-106).

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Hamilton, William B.

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William Hamilton was born at Bothwell, Scotland. He emigrated to Queensland with his family in 1861. His father was a businessman in the Bunderberg, operating boats and other enterprises. From the 1870's William Hamilton was operating steamers and by 1882 he was recruiting Melanesian labour. In 1884 he married and by 1887 was a merchant in Eidsvold . From 1894 he operated a charter business for Burns Philp and Co. to Samarai and New Guinea. From 1900 he was engaged in pearling on the Admirality ...