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206959
Surname: -
First Name: -
Ship: Palmyra 1854
Date: 7 November 1854
Place: Port Jackson
Source: Empire
Details: Arrival - November 6 - Palmyra, ship, 698 tons, Captain J. R. Homan from Madras September 1. Cabin passengers + 129 emigrants, 13 children, 1 native ayah and 27 half time expired troops of the East India Company service. Surgeon Mr. Miles.


206957
Surname: Holmes
First Name: George
Ship: Palmyra 1854
Date: 21 July 1857
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930
Details: George Holmes, labourer from Madras. Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Tamworth. Sentenced to 1 month hard labour in Maitland gaol, the last day in solitary confinement


206958
Surname: Holmes
First Name: George
Ship: Palmyra 1854
Date: November 1854
Place: Port Jackson
Source: State Archives and 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: 2467; Item: [4/4939]
Details: George Holmes, age 15, carpenter assistant from Madras, son of Michael and Catherine, both deceased. Assisted immigrant on the ship Palmyra