As part of assessment task 3, I have created a table of the whaling voyages of William SMITH prior to 1877. Have also included the sources. As you can see, I am having trouble filling in the gaps of his earliest voyages.

I couldn’t find crew agreements for the blank spaces in the chart, so will need to check further sources from the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau based at Australian National University in Canberra.

 

On board ship	Left ship	Ship	Role on board	Captain	Source
		Venus			MB2/33/1/403 1856-1878
		Offley			MB2/33/1/301 1856-1879
		Grecian/Frances/Friends??			MB2/33/1/170 1857-1864
	25 Jan 1858	Calypso	Seaman	McFARLANE	MB 2/33/1/54 1856-1863
		Prince Regent			MB2/33/1/333
		Flying Childers			MB2/33/1/146
	Mar 1860	Maid of Erin	2nd mate	REYNOLDS	MB 2/33/1/250
15 Mar 1860	16 Feb 1861	Waterwitch	Seaman		MB 2/33/1/417
23 Feb 1861	Apr 1862	Highlander	2nd mate	Henry EDMONDS	MB2/33/1/194
24 May 1862		Southern Cross	3rd mate	William MANSFIELD	MB 2/33/1/374
5 Jan 1864	28 Dec 1866	Maid of Erin	2nd mate	Henry EDMONDS	MB 2/33/1/250
28 Dec 1866	31 Jan 1868	Maid of Erin	Chief mate	William GAFFEN	MB 2/33/1/250
16 Oct 1868	Apr 1870	Maid of Erin	Chief mate	Thomas SHELTON	MB 2/33/1/250
9 Apr 1870	12 Dec 1870	Maid of Erin	Master	William SMITH	MB 2/33/1/250
2 Jan 1871	26 Oct 1871	Maid of Erin	Master	William SMITH	MB 2/33/1/250
	May 1873	Maid of Erin	Master	William SMITH	MB 2/33/1/250
15 Jul 1873	1874	Othello	Chief Mate	Edward COPPING	MB 2/33/1/310
2 Nov 1874	6 Jun 1876	Othello	Chief mate	Edward COPPING	MB 2/33/1/310
16 Jun 1876	Sep 1877	Flying Childers	Chief mate		MB2/33/1/146

 Readers: Do you think including a table like this should be acceptable for the scholarly writing of our task 3?