Olearia cordata] and 535 GRT, 516 NRT. Under Killick Martin & Company's ownership Miako had five captains. The first was Captain William Anderson, between 1869 and 1874, former Captain of Challenger Between 1874 and 1876 Henry Cape took command. Then William Knight from 1876 to 1879 and then Frederick William Dexter from 1879 to 1883. Finally George Albert Coutanche from 1883 to 1885. Miako’s maiden voyage was to Yokohama, San Francisco, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Whampoa, Buenos Aires, Antwerp, then back to London. Throughout her life she continued to make varied passages visiting an incredible range of ports from those listed 	Miako (barque)
1013830	above, to New York, Port Elizabeth, Swatow, Amoy, Samarang, Batavia, Saigon, Belfast and Boulogne carrying cargoes of coal, rice, sugar, coconut oil, coffee, and hemp. Miako was sold on 24 July 1885 to Thomas Roberts, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. Two of Miako’s fastest passages were whilst she was owned by Thomas Robert. Mauritius to Melbourne in 1890 in 26.5 days and Melbourne to Boston in 1890-91 with a passage of 83.5 days. She was reported to have sailed 2200 miles in 9 days. Both these passages were said to be records at the time. In 1894 Miako’s was sold 	Miako (barque)
1013831	to E Borbones and J Borbones, later E Borbones of Barcelona and her name was changed on to Asunción. In 1908-11 she was owned by Perez, Castro & Company and registered at Santa Cruz de la Palms and in 1911 Tenerife. Her name was changed again from 1908 to Isla de la Palma. In 1912 she was converted into a barge in Cuba and her name drops out of the registers. Miako (barque) Miako, A composite barque, built by William Pile, Sunderland, at Yard No. 181 for Killick Martin & Company, the company founded by Captain James Killick and launched on 	Miako (barque)
1013832	Olearia cordata Olearia cordata Olearia cordata is an aromatic slender shrub with mostly mauve to dark blue daisy-like flowers endemic to New South Wales. Flowers appear in clusters at the end of branches, leaves are narrow and heart-shaped near the base. Description. Olearia cordata" is a shrub to high. The branchlets and leaves are thickly covered in hairs and glands that are sticky and rough. The leaves grow sparsely and alternately are long and wide and obscure veins. The leaves are narrowly egg-shaped becoming heart shaped near the base and tapering to either a sharp point or rounded. The  leaf margin is entire with a rolled edge. The single flower head consists of a cluster of 10-18 mauve to dark blue daisy-like flowers are up in diameter on a peduncle long. The flower centre is yellow. The fruit is smooth with several long hairs. Flowers from November to February. Taxonomy and naming. "Olearia cordata" was first formally described by Nicholas Sèan Lander in 1975 and published in the journal "Telopea". The specific epithet "(cordata)" is derived from the Latin word "cordatus" meaning "heart-shaped". Distribution and habitat. This species is endemic to New South Wales in sparsely  scattered locations from Wisemans Ferry to Wollombi mostly in National Parks. Grows in open scrubland on sandstone ridges in dry sclerophyll forest. Conservation status. "Olearia cordata" is listed as "vulnerable" in New South Wales by the Office of Environment and Heritage and under the Australian Government "EPBC Act". Olearia cordata Olearia cordata is an aromatic slender shrub with mostly mauve to dark blue daisy-like flowers endemic to New South Wales. Flowers appear in clusters at the end of branches, leaves are narrow and heart-shaped near the base. Description. "Olearia cordata" is a shrub to high. The branchlets and