Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

SPEC

OF SYDNEY, W. SPURLING, MASTER, BURTHEN 168 TONS
FROM THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS TO SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 13th FEBRUARY, 1855

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
SPURLING W. CAPTAIN     CREW  
PETERS JOHN MATE 37 HAMBURG CREW  
BARTON   2nd MATE 28 BRITISH CREW  
NEWLAND   3rd MATE 35 BRITISH CREW  
CARROLL   STEWARD 28 AMERICAN CREW  
HARON BENJAMIN A. B. 22 BRITISH CREW  
TOWLER   A. B. 19 AMERICAN CREW  
DIFON   A. B. 17 AMERICAN CREW  
SMITH   COOK 18 AMERICAN CREW  
QUIN JOHN       PASSENGER CABIN
BROWN JOHN       PASSENGER CABIN
JOYCE FRANCIS       PASSENGER CABIN
  6 NATIVES     THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS PASSENGER  

 

Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office; Passengers Arriving 1855 - 1922; NRS13278, [X92] reel 401.   Transcribed by Lyn Mulcahy, 2004.

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