Source:
Newcastle Chronicle
Details:
Advertisement - Seaweed, wanted from three to five tons of seaweed. Apply to S. Bertles, West Maitland; or Robert Breckenridge, Newcastle
First Name:
Robert and James
Place:
Newcastle and Richmond River
Source:
NSW Government Gazette
Details:
Timber merchants. Insolvency proceedings
Surname:
Breckenridge (Brackenridge)
Details:
Record voyage 100 years ago.....Just a century ago, as an apprentice in the barque Sultan, then lying in London Docks and loading for New South Wales, Robert Breckenridge, whose name became associated with the timber industry at Newcastle, made his first outward voyage. It was one of the fastest passages on record. The vessel came to Sydney discharged and left for Manila and was back in London in 13 months. The young seafarer, gaining his master s ticket, had charge of vessels trading in various seas and had been 12 times around the world when he settled down at Newcastle. His last command before settling on shore was of the brig Diva. He joined James Breckenridge at the Port Stephens sawmill then the best bush mill in the colony. There and at Newcastle the partners built up a lucrative business. An old biographical sketch of his career states that he was married in 1858 by Dr. Dunmore Lang
