Year
1852
Description
The British government awarded a mail service to the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company (ARMSNC, later ARM) from England to Sydney, Melbourne and Albany. Their ship ‘Australian’ (built 1852) arrived in Albany on 20th August. Mail was delivered from Albany to Perth by pack horses, taking 6 days. The company had various problems and the mail service was cancelled. The ‘Australian’ was sold in 1857 to the East India Co.
P&O were to take over the service in January 1853, but they started sooner...
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