Herald, Immigrant Voyage to New South Wales 1845

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Voyage of Herald to New South Wales 1845

The Herald set sail from Greenock, Scotland, on 21 October 1844 and Cork, Ireland on 3 November, 1844. The ship arrived in Port Jackson, Sydney in the colony of New South Wales, Australia on 9 February 1845.

Tonnage: 911 tons

Master: J B Coubro

Surgeon Superintendent: John Sullivan M.D.

The 197 passengers on board from Cork were assisted immigrants, some with their families. There were four deaths and three births on the voyage.

Immigrants on board from Cork - some statistics

	Adult Male	Adult Female	Male 7-14	Female 7-14	Male under 7	Female under 7	Male	Female
Number embarked	58	84	5	19	13	18	76	121
Number of deaths	2			1		1	2	2
Number of births					2	1	2	1
Total	60	84	5	20	11	18	76	122

Married males - 24
Married females - 24
Children 1 to under 14 - 45
Children under 1 - 11
Unmarried males 14 and upwards - 32
Unmarried females 14 and upwards - 60
Total - 196

Number of adult labourers, not including married femaies - 116
Number of agricultural labourers:

When examined by the Board - 48

On arrival, agricultural labourers - 28

On arrival, shepherds - 20

Number of domestic servants:

Male - when examined by the Board - 1

Male - on arrival - 3

Female - 60

Number of mechanics engaged in erecting buildings, or in obtaining or preparing building materials:

When examined by the Board - 7

On arrival - 5

Weekly ration

Beef or mutton	20 lbs
Flour	20 lbs
Sugar	3 lbs
Tea	8 oz

Each of the unmarried females was put under the protection of one of the married men to be treated as one of his family during the voyage and for at least a fortnight afterwards.

Of the 20 agricultural labourers who became shepherds, 18 were engaged by Robert Fitzgerald at Windsor, for a term of 12 months: 8 single males, and 10 married men along with their wives who were engaged as "hut keepers".

The Report of the Immigration Agent, Francis Merewether, makes interesting reading. He makes special mention of Christoper Paisley and his wife who had immigrated to the colony of a few years previously, saved enough to return to Ireland in the Ocean and bring their six children with them back to New South Wales on the Herald.

Sources

• Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists on the New South Wales State Archives and Records, Search, NRS5316/4_4785/Herald [2]_9 Feb 1845/

• 1845 'Shipping Intelligence.', Morning Chronicle (Sydney, NSW : 1843 - 1846) Wed 12 Feb 1845, p. 3., viewed 18 Apr 2020, Arrivals, 9 Feb, Herald

• New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Browse February, 1845, Herald, State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Wage agreements and entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships (Agent's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5315; Reel: 2455

• Immigration Agent's Report - New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Image 208 ff, February, 1845, Herald, State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Wage agreements and entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships (Agent's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5315; Reel: 2455