Ballarat, Immigrant Voyage to Victoria 1852

IMMIGRANT SHIP BALLARAT'S voyage to Port Phillip in 1852

The maiden voyage for the ship "Ballarat" left London, England in early August, 1852, arriving in Melbourne, Victoria on November 4 1852.

type: ship (changed to Barque rigged in 1865)

built: 1852 (Aberdeen Scotland)

size: 713 tons

left: London August 1852,

master: Henry Jones

ships surgeon: possibly Dr. James Selby

arrived: Melbourne November 4, 1852 (78 days)

passengers: cabin, Mr and Mrs Ryder and family, Mr and Mrs Jackson, Miss Bancombe, Capt Wolfe, Messrs Lloyd Jones, Lloyd Jones, junr, Beckwith, Causer, Browne, W H Bullock, Jas. Selby, Esq, Surgeon, and one hundred and thirty-four in the Intermediate and steerage. TROVE

Sources

• PASSENGER LIST OF THE "BALLARAT" WHICH LEFT LONDON ON ITS INAUGURAL VOYAGE ON 8/9 AUGUST 1852 from the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild website at: https://www.immigrantships.net/v3/1800v3/ballarat18521104.html

• Aberdeen Built Ships, Ballarat at: http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?offset=200&index=99548

• Public Record Office Victoria, Unassisted passenger lists, (1852-1923) Record Series Number (VPRS): 947, https://prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/explore-collection/explore-topic/passenger-records-and-immigration/unassisted-passenger-lists

• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) of Friday 5 November 1852, Page 4. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4787980?

• Ship News. from The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) of Saturday 13 November 1852, Page 754. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65580856 & https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65580856/6228481