Irish Immigration Ships To Australia
. The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a familys history. A total six ships the Lady Kennaway Pemberton Diadem New Liverpool Derwent and Eliza Caroline sailed across the world with 4000 Irish Famine orphan girls with.
This is the story of how that immense tragedy came to pass. During the 1850s there were c. Despite the disastrous state of Ireland before the Great Famine emigration was slow and sporadic.
These lists name each person or family group on board without distinguishing between cabin or steerage passengers.
Meanwhile a similar number set sail from Dublin Cork and Waterford alone. Extracted from The Shipping Gazette and Sydney general trade list. During the 1850s there were c. Irish immigrants typically began their long journey from Irish ports in Dublin Newery Cobh Queenstown Limerick.
