Our next stop while we were in Dunedin was a visit to the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum. It is a fabulous museum with lots of interesting things to see. We could have spent a whole day there, but were limited on time.
I am glad that our stateroom on the cruise ship we were sailing on was a bit more up-market than the passengers on the early sailing ships had to endure.
This display is an accurate recreation of the steerage quarters of an immigrant sailing ship bound for Otago. Having said that though I think the accommodation shown in this picture must have been quite luxurious compared to the conditions the convicts had to endure while travelling to Australia around the same time.
Fantastic image beautifully captured full of interest and detail Babs, I would suspect the real accommodation was not as clean or bright as this, My sister sailed Steerage (£10 POM) to Australia on the SS Canberra in 1963 don't think it was like this, LOL:)
Yes, that would have been sheer luxury. I did a tour of a ship in Perth called the Duyfken which was one of the first Dutch ships to chart Australia. It was fascinating, but I'm glad I didn't have to travel on it.
@karlow75 Thanks Kane. I have been on the Duyfken too when it came to Nelson Bay and also on the replica of the HM Bark Endeavour too. I think I prefer our stateroom on the Diamond Princess though.
