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35 immigrants arrived in Maitland per steamer
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Arrival - April 8, Midlothian, barque, 414 tons, Captain Gibson, from London with merchandise and immigrants, having left the Downs on 17th December. Passengers Mrs. Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, and Mr. Davison
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The Midlothian has on board two hundred and three immigrants. She has been placed in quarantine for two or three days, in order that the bedding, clothes etc of the immigrants may be thoroughly aired and cleansed before any communication is allowed with the ship; nine deaths and 32 cases in all of measles, having occurred during the voyage
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State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay (Board Immigrant Lists); Series: 5317; Reel: 2459; Item: [4/4912]
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John Adams age 27. Farm Labourer born Barton Hartshorn, Bucks, son of Thomas and Mary, both living in Barton Hartshorn. Assisted immigrant on the Midlothian in 1849
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Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930
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John Adams, native place Buckinghamshire. Admitted to Newcastl gaol from Maitland. Sentenced to 1 month confinement for absconding from hired service
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State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay (Board Immigrant Lists); Series: 5317; Reel: 2459; Item: [4/4912]
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Caroline Melville, age 25, house servant from Killmore, Co. Down, daughter of James and Jane, father living in Belfast. Assisted immigrant on the Midlothian. Note - a brother Robert Melville, auctioneer, resided at West Maitland