Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

CHIEFTAIN

SCHOONER OF SYDNEY, THOMAS BERNEY, MASTER, BURTHEN 77 TONS,
FROM THE PORT OF NEW CALEDONIA TO PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES, 29TH MARCH 1853

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
BERNEY/
VERNEY
THOMAS MASTER     CREW Sailed 14 March 1853
  15 VARIOUS   VARIOUS CREW Lading Ballast
  2 NATIVES     NEW CALEDONIA PASSENGER CABIN

 

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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