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BARQUE OF SYDNEY, WILLIAM MC DONALD, MASTER, BURTHEN 343 TONS
FROM A WHALING VOYAGE TO PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES, 18TH AUGUST 1848

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
MC DONALD WILLIAM MASTER     CREW Sailed Sydney
31 August 1846 &
Port Stephens Jan. 2 1848
    26 VARIOUS   VARIOUS CREW Lading 820 Barrels
Sperm Oil

 

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 by Dorothy D'Arcy.

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