Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

NELSON

BARQUE OF SYDNEY, J. SPERLING, MASTER, BURTHEN 247 TONS
FROM A WHALING VOYAGE TO PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES
16TH MAY 1852

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
SPERLING J. MASTER     CREW Sailed 15 May 1851
Anatam
  20 VARIOUS   VARIOUS CREW 250 Barrels of Sperm Oil
  10 SEAMEN     PASSENGER STEERAGE
Fr. Wrecked Schooner
DEBORAH

 

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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