in a Hobart newspaper from May 1856 - 'If this should meet the eye of Arthur Orton, formerly of 69, Wapping, London, by applying on board the "Irene", he will hear of his friends.' - after he had departed for Victoria raises the question of when the correspondence may have ended.

Tichborne claimant

In August 1865 advertisements appeared in Australian newspapers asking for information about the fate of Roger Charles Tichborne (born 1829), who had been on a vessel, Bella, which had disappeared

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