Blackwall, Immigrant Voyage to Victoria 1855

The Immigrant ship Blackwall sailed from Gravesend, England on the 17th July 1855 - arrived Port of Melbourne 1st of November 1855.

One of the Blackwall Line of Packets

Master: Captain John McKerlie

type: ship of 839 tons

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF MELBOURNE.

Arrived

October 31—Alice Martin, schooner, from Adelaide 28th Oct. November 1.—Africa, ship, 1450 tons, from Liverpool. 20th July with seventeen cabin and two hundred and eight intermediate and steerage passengers; Blackwall. ship, from Plymouth 24th, July, with twenty-three cabin and thirty-three second and third cabin passengers; Harp, schooner, from Sydney: Pilot, schooner, from Hobart Town; Cyclone, schooner, from Sydney: Village Belle, schooner, from Geelong; Thomas and Henry, brig, from Otago, N.Z., 15th ult; Teake, brig, from Calcutta 6th June, via Mauri tius 16th September: Pilot, schooner. from Hobart Town 21st ult.;. Cantero, barque, from Mauritius 15th September.

from: SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. in the Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918) of Tuesday 6 November 1855, Page 2. at: [1]

PASSENGER LISTs

Unassisted passenger lists (1852-1923) Record Series Number (VPRS): 947 from the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) at: https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/passenger-records-and-immigration/unassisted-passenger-lists (search for Blackwall 1855)

Results for Victoria Inward Passenger Lists 1839-1923 from the Find My Past website at: https://www.findmypast.com.au/search/results?datasetname=victoria+inward+passenger+lists+1839-1923&eventyear=1855&eventyear_offset=0&shipname=blackwall

FURTHER READING

TIME-SIGNAL.—LIGHTHOUSE, GELLIBRAND'S POINT. from The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) of Saturday 6 October 1855, Page 4. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4820166?

ENGLISH SHIPPING. from The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) of Tuesday 16 October 1855, Page 5. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154895177?

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) of Wednesday 17 October 1855, Page 4. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154891990?

PORT FAIRY. from The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) of Friday 2 November 1855, Page 4, at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4822325?

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) of Friday 2 November 1855, Page 4. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154860965?

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from the Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918) of Tuesday 6 November 1855, Page 2. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88047921?

VESSELS IN HOBSON'S BAY AND THE RIVER. from The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) of Monday 19 November 1855, Page 4. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154867952?

Packet trade from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_trade