Sabrina, Immigrant Voyage to Queensland 1855

The Immigrant Ship Sabrina

1. From the Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Queensland : 1846 - 1861), of Saturday the 1st of December 1855 on page 2:

Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVAL. Nov. 28. Sabrina; ship, 673 tons, Allen, from Liverpool, 9th August, with 276 immigrants. Agents, Messrs. J. & G. Harris....

The Sabrina left Liverpool on the 9th August with 276 Government immigrants. Throughout the voyage there has been much sickness on board. There have been ten deaths in all, four children and six adults. Four of the deaths were from typhus fever, and one from small pox, of viru-lent character. There were three cases of typhus reported to be still on board, and the vessel has, of course, been ordered into quarantine. Fresh provisions, vegetables, and fruit, have been sent down to the ship. There seems to have been some complaint of bad provisions on board. The names of the passengers who died on the voyage, including infants, were Alexander M'Kenzie, (small pox) William Taylor, Ellen M'Kosker, Jane Lane, Amelia Rose, Matthew Spence, Eliza Rock, Martha Watson, Mary Darrant, and Sarah Oggs. There was no other case of small pox but the one mentioned, and that occurred in August last. Several cases of measles appeared before the ship left Liverpool, and the patients so affect-ed were disembarked.

From TROVE: [1]

2. From the Empire (Sydney, New South Wales : 1850 - 1875) of Monday the 10th of December 1855 on Page 4:

MORETON BAY SHIPPING.

The report from the Surgeon-superintendent of the immigrant ship Sabrina, in quarantine, is fa-vourable. The immigrants had not yet been landed, as it was blowing hard in the bay, and the general health of all the passengers was im-proving. There had been no deaths in port, and no fresh cases of typhus. Of the three patients affected with the fever, one had recovered, one was convalescent, and the third was progressing favourably on the twenty-eighth day of the fever. Nothing like small-pox has appeared since the one case in August last.

From TROVE: [2]

3. From The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Queensland. : 1846 - 1861) of Saturday the 12th of January 1856 on Page 2:

Shipping Intelligence.

The statement which has appeared in the Sydney journals, as to the release of the Sabrina from quarantine, was then premature; but we are happy to announce that the immigrants by that vessel have now been released, and brought up to Brisbane, having been pronounced healthy by the proper officer. A description of their several trades and callings will be found in our adver-tising columns.

From TROVE: [3]

4. From The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Queensland. : 1846 - 1861) of Saturday the 12th of January 1856 on page 3:

Classified Advertising

THE IMMIGRANTS PER SABRINA WILL be ready for hire at the depot, on TUESDAY NEXT, the 15th instant. The following is a summary of their trades and calling, and the number of each calling :

MALES. MARRIED

Agricultural labourers ...................... 35

Ploughman ...................... 7

Bricklayers ..................... 2

Carter ..................... 1

Stone masons .........................1

Hammerman .................... 1

Carpenter ................... 1

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Agricultural labourers ................... 51

Shepherds ........................... 4

Carter .................... 1

Baker ...................... 1

Carpenter .................. 1

FEMALES.

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Domestic Servants ............. 23

A. C. KENDALL,

Immigration Agent for Moreton Bay. Immigration Office, Moreton Bay Jan 11 1856

From TROVE: [4]

5. Sabrina arrived New South Wales Colony 27 November 1855. Landed at Moreton Bay.

The Passenger List from New South Wales State Archives and Records website at: [5]