Courier (Ship 1847)

The ship Courier made Numerous Voyage to the Australian Colonies in the 19th Century

The 1061 ton ship Courier was built in St.John, New Brunswick in 1847. She made numerous voyages to the Australian Colonies in the mid 1900s. This includes the following voyages as seen on Passengers in History website:

From Crmyll, Plymouth on Thursday, June 7, 1849 - arriving at Melbourne on Tuesday, September 11, 1849. (380 Immmigrants)

From Liverpool on Wednesday, July 31, 1850 - arriving at Port Adelaide, South Australia on Friday, December 20, 1850. Via Melbourne.

Note please be careful using this category as numerous other vessels of this name made similar voyages.

For a list of vessels with the same name please check the list on Passengers in History.

Sources

• COURIER from the Passengers in History website, an initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. first accessed on the 4th of January, 2020 at: http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/923776

• Courier ship (Captain Gustav O. Mellin 1061 tons) from the "Passengers to Port Phillip from Southern England & Ireland 1839-42" website, transcribed by Alexander Romanov-Hughes. first accessed 4th of January, 2020 at: https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/Liverpool_Passenger_Lists_1839-51_148.htm

• Courier 1850 from Diane Cumming's Bound For South Australia Passenger Lists. first accessed online on the 4th of January, 2020 at: https://bound-for-south-australia.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/1850Courier.gif

• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from the Adelaide Times (SA : 1848 - 1858) of Tuesday 24 December 1850, Page 2. first accessed online on the 4th of January, 2020 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206988584?