Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

BLACKBIRD

of Melbourne, JOHN TORRANCE, MASTER, Burthen 531 Tons
from the Port of MELBOURNE to SYDNEY, New South Wales, 1st July, 1873

Surname Given Name Station Age Of what nation Status Comments
TORRANCE JOHN CAPTAIN     CREW  
PAGE H. MATE 39 KENT CREW  
NICHOLS H. D PURSER 32 LIVERPOOL CREW  
CRUISE JAMES CARPENTER 43 S?BURG CREW  
WILSON OLE O BOATSWAIN 29 SWEDEN CREW  
STEIN WILLIAM LAMP TRIMMER 26 SUFFOLK CREW  
CURTIS WILLIAM A. B. 26 LONDON CREW  
ROBERTSON JAMES A. B. 29 LIMERICK CREW  
PINCHAM HENRY A. B. 33 LIVERPOOL CREW  
BOYDEN HENRY A. B. 28 CHATHAM CREW  
BENSON A. A. B. 32 SWEDEN CREW  
CARR JOHN A. B. 30 LIMERICK CREW  
OLSEN STEPHEN A. B. 50 NORWAY CREW  
LATENO ? AUGUST A. B. 33 MALTA CREW  
IRVING WILLIAM ENGINEER 30 EDINBURGH CREW  
ROBERTSON PETER 3rd ENGINEER 33 ROSSHIRE ? CREW  
RODERICK MATTHEW FIREMAN 26 ST. VINCENT CREW  
BARNETT WILLIAM FIREMAN 32 DUNDEE CREW  
DAGG EDWARD DONKEYMAN & TRIMMER 31 LIVERPOOL CREW  
HALSON A. TRIMMER 28 MALTA CREW  
SMITH GEORGE TRIMMER 21 ? CREW  
CLARK WILLIAM 3rd ENGINEER 35 PARIS CREW  
BARNETT JOHN TRIMMER 36 DUNDEE CREW  
CROSSEN D. A. STEWARD 25 LONDON CREW  
GODFREY W.J. F. C. STEWARD 39 LONDON CREW  
WALKER ALFRED COOK 29 LONDON CREW  
SMART SAMUEL 2nd COOK 49 KENT CREW  
WILLIAMS THOMAS 3rd COOK 28 MANCHESTER CREW  
HALTER ARTHUR OFFICERS SERVANT 23 HARTFORD CREW  
BALDWIN JOSEPH 2nd STEWARD 24 LONDON CREW  
LEARD M. A. STEWARD 32 LONDON CREW  
ALLAN   MR     PASSENGER CABIN
ALLAN   MRS     PASSENGER CABIN
ALLAN CHILD       PASSENGER CABIN
BLACK   MR     PASSENGER CABIN
BLACK   MRS     PASSENGER CABIN
BLACK CHILD       PASSENGER CABIN
WATT   CAPTAIN     PASSENGER CABIN
WATT   MRS     PASSENGER CABIN
TUNNEY   MRS     PASSENGER CABIN
WALKER   MRS     PASSENGER CABIN
JACKSON A MR     PASSENGER CABIN
ALEXANDER   MR     PASSENGER CABIN
ALEXANDER   MRS     PASSENGER CABIN
S?   MRS     PASSENGER CABIN
BARNARD   MR     PASSENGER CABIN
BOYD JOHN       PASSENGER STEERAGE
BOYD WILLIAM       PASSENGER STEERAGE
TRACEY   MRS     PASSENGER STEERAGE
BELCHER JOHN       PASSENGER STEERAGE
RITCHIE JOHN       PASSENGER STEERAGE
McKAY   MRS     PASSENGER STEERAGE
McKAY CHILD       PASSENGER STEERAGE
JAMES I MRS     PASSENGER STEERAGE
WILSON   MRS     PASSENGER STEERAGE
PRICE JAMES       PASSENGER STEERAGE
PRIMROSE WILLIAM       PASSENGER STEERAGE
BURGOYNE WILLIAM       PASSENGER STEERAGE
YORKE JAMES       PASSENGER STEERAGE
McDOUGALL JOHN       PASSENGER STEERAGE
THEE JOHN       PASSENGER STEERAGE
THEE   MRS     PASSENGER STEERAGE
COSTELLO WM       PASSENGER STEERAGE
ENGLAND WILLIAM       PASSENGER STEERAGE
TALLOP JOHN       PASSENGER STEERAGE
CLENCH JAMES MR     PASSENGER STEERAGE
CLENCH   MRS     PASSENGER STEERAGE
CLENCH CHILD 1       PASSENGER STEERAGE
CLENCH CHILD 2       PASSENGER STEERAGE
CLENCH CHILD 3       PASSENGER STEERAGE
PHILLIPS   MRS     PASSENGER STEERAGE
PHILLIPS   MISS     PASSENGER STEERAGE
PHILLIPS CHILD       PASSENGER STEERAGE
JOHNSTONE GEORGE       PASSENGER STEERAGE
HOLLAND   MRS     PASSENGER STEERAGE
BAKER ROBERT       PASSENGER STEERAGE
HIGGINS MICHAEL       PASSENGER STEERAGE
BOX / BAY   MRS     PASSENGER STEERAGE

Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office; CGS 13278, Passengers Arriving 1855 - 1922; X129-130, SR Reel 429, 1873.   Transcribed by Mary-Anne Warner, September, 1999.

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