Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

PORTENIA

BRIG OF SYDNEY, GEORGE LANCASTER, MASTER, BURTHEN 220 TONS,
FROM THE PORT OF HONG KONG TO PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES, 27TH MAY 1848

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
LANCASTER GEORGE MASTER     CREW Sailed 20 February 1848
& Adelaide 15 May
    22 VARIOUS   VARIOUS CREW Lading Sugar & Tea
DOUGLASS JAMES       PASSENGER STEERAGE
  1 NATIVE     RO ? ISLAND CREW Died 27 February 1848
Infection of Chest

 

Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office; Passengers Arriving 1826 - 1900; Part Colonial Secretary series covering 1845 - 1853, reels 1272 [4/5227] -1280 [4/5244].   Transcribed byDorothy D'Arcy.

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