Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

BLACKBIRD

STEAMSHIP OF MELBOURNE, HENRY POWALL SAWELL, MASTER, BURTHEN 531 TONS
FROM THE PORT OF MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 10th NOVEMBER, 1865

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
SAWELL HENRY POWALL CAPTAIN     CREW  
WOODCOCK ALFRED MATE 33 KENT CREW  
NELSON ANDREW CARPENTER 31 SWEDEN CREW  
HAUGH DENIS A. B. 25 LIMERICK CREW  
GREEN JAMES A. B. 24 ALBANY CREW  
O'NEIL CHARLES A. B. 28 IRELAND CREW  
DOBSON JOHN A.B. & ENGINEER 20 LIVERPOOL CREW  
BENNETT WILLIAM A. B. 23 IMFORD CREW  
MARTIN JOHN A. B. 23 QUEBEC CREW  
ARMSTRONG JAMES 2nd MATE 39 GUERNSEY CREW  
HALL WILLIAM A. B. 25 BRIGHTON CREW  
PALFREY JOHN A. B. 24 DARTMOUTH CREW  
DEVITT JAMES A. B. 19 LONDONDERRY CREW  
SEAR H.M. ENGINEER 25 ENGLAND CREW  
FORMAN DAVIS 2nd ENGINEER 27 EDINBORO CREW  
THOMPSON J. 3rd ENGINEER 42 IRELAND CREW  
SIMMONS WILLIAM FIREMAN 32 LONDON CREW  
McQUEEN PETER FIREMAN 35 SCOTLAND CREW  
COPE JAMES FIREMAN 35 ENGLAND CREW  
SHIRT FREDERICK TRIMMER 30 HAMBURGH CREW  
DUNN JAMES TRIMMER 22 LIVERPOOL CREW  
SMITH JOSEPH TRIMMER 20 BRISTOL CREW  
SHIRT FREDERICK FIREMAN 29 HAMBURGH CREW Struck through
PIGLEAR JOHN TRIMMER 40 WOODFORD CREW  
HOBBS A. STEWARD 32 GLOUCESTER CREW  
KELLY GEORGE 2nd STEWARD 24 LIVERPOOL CREW  
McCLELLAND JAMES PANTRYMAN 22 IRELAND CREW  
TRIMBLE JAMES COOK 45 LEXINGTON CREW  
CARLSON JOHN COOK'S MATE 48 LONDON CREW  
PEARCE JAMES 2nd STEWARD 40 NEW PORT CREW  
HASKIN   MR     PASSENGER CABIN
BROWN   MR     PASSENGER CABIN
DANIELS   MRS     PASSENGER STEERAGE
MILES LOUIS       PASSENGER STEERAGE
JAMES WILLIAM       PASSENGER STEERAGE
BACON FREDK.       PASSENGER STEERAGE
McBRIDE JAMES       PASSENGER STEERAGE
BRYAN WILLIAM       PASSENGER STEERAGE
BRYAN SON       PASSENGER STEERAGE
McPHERSON WILLIAM       PASSENGER STEERAGE
McPHERSON CHARLES       PASSENGER STEERAGE
JAMES ROBERT       PASSENGER STEERAGE
BULGAN THOMAS       PASSENGER STEERAGE
WHITE SAMUEL       PASSENGER STEERAGE
JOHNSON THOMAS       PASSENGER STEERAGE
CATON GEORGE       PASSENGER STEERAGE

 

Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office; Passengers Arriving 1855 - 1922; NRS13278, [X138-139] reel 436.   Transcribed by Dorothy D'Arcy

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