# The writer reports landing about 2,000 sheep, and some fifteen horses, at Williamstown in 1839.

> Cite as: PLOT record c/3FYY-SX v1, Letters from Victorian pioneers, being a series of papers on the early occupation of the colony, the aborigines, etc (1853), reported by source

- **Address:** c/3FYY-SX, version 1 of 1 (https://www.plot.eco/c/3FYY-SX)
- **Value:** In Van Diemen's Land we bought about 2,000 sheep, which, after great trouble and delay, we landed at Williamstown without much loss. Many others were not so fortunate, losing half their cargo from stress of weather and close confinement. We also imported from Van Diemen's Land some fifteen horses. (Historical passage)
- **About:** Williamstown
- **Kind:** Reported by source
- **Who said it:** Other
- **Period:** 1853
- **Checked:** Reviewed (step 3 of 4): PLOT checked the claim against its source. This is not independent verification. Checked by a person.
- **Open questions:** None open
- **Source:** Letters from Victorian pioneers, being a series of papers on the early occupation of the colony, the aborigines, etc, p. 222, lettersfromvicto00publiala, leaf 248, printed page 222 <https://archive.org/details/lettersfromvicto00publiala>
- **The snippet in PLOT:** <https://www.plot.eco/s/SYPT-JA?snippet=0fff788f-fe70-4d3d-b196-b52baf8d330e>
- **How they know:** accounts-core@0.1.0: screen\_passage@1, extract\_passage@1 (claude-opus-5-5 (Claude Code session)); locator lettersfromvicto00publiala, leaf 248, printed page 222
- **Limitations:** A writer's account: context and a reason to look again, never a measurement. The writer's words for the place are kept; silence elsewhere is not absence.
- **Editions:** october-26th-release
- **How we found this:** Found under sourcing protocol accounts-core@0.1.0, for the question "Changes people made", in historical\_archives. Screened in on an AI proposal (Claude Opus 5.5 (AI), for review). Extracted with claude-opus-5-5 (Claude Code session), prompt extract\_passage@1; a person reviewed it before publication.
  - Query: Williamstown \| Williams Town \| Williams-town \| Point Gellibrand \| Gellibrand's Point \| Gellibrand Point \| Jawbone \| Greenwich Bay in archive.org/lettersfromvicto00publiala (archive.org OCR text, local full-text match)
  - Screening: include (meets criteria): About 2,000 sheep landed at Williamstown in 1839.

## History
- Version 1 (this version): first published version

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Cite as: PLOT record c/3FYY-SX v1, Letters from Victorian pioneers, being a series of papers on the early occupation of the colony, the aborigines, etc (1853), reported by source