{"id":4854,"date":"2022-04-08T15:17:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T05:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bassstraitmaritimecentre.com.au\/?p=4854"},"modified":"2022-09-23T09:43:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T23:43:10","slug":"the-burgess-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bassstraitmaritimecentre.com.au\/history\/the-burgess-family\/","title":{"rendered":"The Burgess Family"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Burgess family is one of Tasmania\u2019s best-known seafaring families.\u00a0 Richard Burgess, a Devonshire seafarer, came to the colonies in the early 1800s and set up trading between Tasmania and Port Jackson, NSW. They built and crewed on some 150 vessels with such evocative names as Water Lily, Waterwitch, Welcome Home, Good Intent, Morning Light and Dawn of Hope<\/em>, as well as Mary Burgess, Ada Burgess<\/em> and Julie Burgess<\/em>, named for family members. The family were eventually to operate on virtually every type of vessel, including cutters, ketches, schooners, brigantines, paddle-steamers, screw-steamers and yachts in the role of owner, master, or crew.<\/p>\n