Sources

Personal accounts

Hay, William Edward. Correspondence, testimonials, etc. 1849-1877. Hay family: Papers (MS-Papers-3779-2/1), Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

Keir, Thomas. Journal. Micro-MS-0837, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

Rose, Henry. Memoirs. MS-Papers-1184. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.

Schofield, Henry. Diary of Voyage from England on the Mermaid and Early Life in New Zealand. Arch 0209/1, Christchurch City Libraries Archives Collection, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Ship records

Official Log Book. Mermaid 6024, 1863-64 voyage. Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s NL, Canada.

Account of Crew of Foreign-Going Ship. Mermaid 6024, 1863-64 voyage. Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s NL, Canada.

Passenger lists

New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists 1839-1973, FamilySearch (familysearch.org).

Family History – Passenger Lists, Christchurch City Libraries (christchurchcitylibraries.com).

Websites

‘British and Irish immigration 1840-1914‘, NZ History (nzhistory.govt.nz).

Crew List Index Project (CLIP)

‘Fleet list for Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co. Ltd’, The Ships List (shipslist.com).

‘History of immigration’, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand (teara.govt.nz).

‘Migration’ (reasearch guide), Archives New Zealand (archives.govt.nz).

Books

Clements, Christine. Migration to New Zealand: a guide for family history researchers. 2nd edition. Unlock the Past (St Agnes, SA: 2016).

Groves, James M. The Echunga Diaries: London to New Zealand by Sailing Ship, 1862. Preston Lake Consulting (Gormley, Ontario: 2003).

Hastings, David. Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870-1885. Auckland University Press (Auckland: 2006).

Macdonald, Charlotte. A Woman of Good Character: Single Women as Immigrant Settlers in Nineteenth-century New Zealand. Bridget Williams Books (Wellington: 1990)

Phillips, Jock & Hearn, David. Settlers: New Zealand immigrants from England, Ireland & Scotland 1800-1945. Auckland University Press (Auckland: 2008).

Stade, Karen. Driven by the Wind – the memoir of Captain Henry Rose. River Press (Picton: 2019).

Wills, Simon. Voyages from the Past: A History of Passengers at Sea. Pen & Sword History (Barnsley: 2014).