Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

SPORTING LASS

BRIG OF SYDNEY, FIGGINS, MASTER, BURTHEN 183 TONS
FROM THE PORT OF MELBOURNE TO PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES, 27TH SEPTEMBER 1853
Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
FIGGINS   MASTER     CREW Sailed 20 September 1853
    VARIOUS   VARIOUIS CREW Lading Ballast
BOURKE   MR     PASSENGER CABIN
FIGGINS   MRS     PASSENGER CABIN
FIGGINS INFANT GIRL       PASSENGER CABIN
WOODWARD   MR     PASSENGER CABIN
WOODWARD   MRS     PASSENGER CABIN
RUFFINS   MR     PASSENGER CABIN
RUFFINS   MRS     PASSENGER CABIN
TIERNEY   MR     PASSENGER CABIN
TIERNEY   MRS     PASSENGER CABIN
  16 MEN       PASSENGER STEERAGE
  3 WOMEN       PASSENGER STEERAGE

 

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], reel 1280.   Transcribed by Dorothy D'Arcy.

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