BLUNDELL
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The Blundell, a barque of 573 tons, was built at Moolmein in Burma.
She made several voyages to Australia and New Zealand. 

  8 Jul 1844 - 9 Nov 1844 Woolwich, England to Norfolk Island (captain Henry Neatby) convict transport
  4 Apr 1848 - 21 Sep 1848 Gravesend, England to Port Chalmers, New Zealand (152 passengers)* (captain Charles Renaut))
  to Port Phillip (voyage commissioned by Caroline Chisolm)
  17 Jan 1853 - 5 May 1853 from Plymouth to Port Jackson, Sydney (311 passengers)**
  18 Jun1856-11 Oct 1856 from Southhampton to Adelaide (master A Lumley)

* passenger list available online - Passenger arrivals at Port Chalmers, New Zealand, 1848 -1851
** passenger list online in State Records NSW database - Index to assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney and Newcastle, 1844-59 )

 

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Passenger List

A searchable passenger list for the 1853 voyage of the Blundell is available on line from the State Records NSW database.  The voyage is described by Bruce W. Thomas in his book "William Thomas (1805-1881) and the Thomas Family of Guyong" [1]

Captain
Lumley A

Crew
(26)

Cabin Passengers (8)
Smithwick Dr, wife, three sons, three daughters

Steerage Passengers
Thomas William (48) farm labourer of St Keverne, Cornwall

Mary (50)

Mary Ann (25) general house servant

Jane (18) nurse

John (15) farm labourer

Elizabeth (10)

Thomasine (9)

Francis (4)
Oates John (25, brother of William) farm labourer of St Keverne, Cornwall

Anne (nee Wills) (27)
Oates William (29, brother of John) farm labourer of St Keverne, Cornwall

Eliza (21, daughter of William and Mary Thomas

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Newspaper Reports

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References

[1] Bruce W. Thomas William Thomas (1805-1881) and the Thomas Family of Guyong Bruce W. Thomas: Millthorpe, NSW, 1974 (pp 8-17)


Links

Passenger lists
Index to assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney and Newcastle, 1844-59
Passenger arrivals at Port Chalmers, New Zealand, 1848 -1851

Additional information
Passenger Ships Arriving in NSW
Australian shipping 1788-1968

Other Voyages
1856 Southhampton-Adelaide
South Australia Register Report

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