The Lake Mac Heritage Series was placed to pay homage to the people, places and events that contributed to building and pioneering the Lake Macquarie region. The pick and shovel were chosen in this geoart series to symbolise the hard work the people of Lake Macquarie put forth into the region.
Captain Ernest Snowden Deed
Ernest Snowden Deed, son of Cannon Dr.John George Deed of Warwichkshire England, first went to sea in 1885 at the age of sixteen as an apprentice in the clipper ship, "Parramatta". The first voyage of the young apprentice was to Sydney, arriving on Christmas Day 1885 with general cargo, and returning to London ladened with wool. Early Career Deed served on the "Parramatta" for four years in the Australian wool trade, and at the expiration of his indentures sat for and passed his second mate's certificate of competency. Unable to secure an officer's berth in Britain, he sailed for Australia again as an able seaman in the steamship "New Guinea". It was in this vessel he made his first voyage to Newcastle, unaware of the role this port was to play in his future. Following the "New Guinea" he sailed in a number of other vessels to many parts of the world, including India, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, China and Japan, returning usually to London. ln 1894 he was back in Newcastle as second mate of the "New Guinea", which had by then entered the Australian coastal trade, under the ownership of McIllwraith McEacharn Ltd. By July 1896 he was master of the "New Guinea", when he married Penelope Manague, daughter of a well known Victorian horse breeder. Over the following years he commanded a number of vessels in McIllwraith's fleet, including "Cloncurry", 'Tagliaferro", "Federal" and "Norkoowa".
The puzzle
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*** The LMHS geoart was placed in conjunction with the OzGeoMuster 2018 mega event. The OzGeoMuster 2018 committee would like to thank the following people for their contribution to this series. ahomburg, day1976, sedgwickDave, The Morris, bobbiesgirl, and the_garbageman.***
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