Greetings! The ship "Canton" arrived in Sydney on 8 September 1835. However, there was some problem associated with it. There was some sort of enquiry and the passengers ( or many of them) weren't allowed to disembark for at least a month. Would a kind soul be able to tell me what happen to the "Canton" while it was in Sydney? With best wishes Sybil Cameron

----- Original Message ----- From: "Cameron" <kilt@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 10 January 2002 12:22 Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] "Canton" 1835 Dear Sybil The ship "Canton" arrived in Sydney on 8 September 1835. However, there was some problem associated with it. The problem was smallpox !! There was some sort of enquiry and the passengers ( or many of them) weren't allowed to disembark for at least a month. The Cantons arrival in 1835 was the first immigrant ship and passengers to be quantined at North Head Should think there likely to be info in the Colonial Secretaries correspondence indexes fiche version , only on line to 1825) the SMH and the NSW Government gazette etc I have a book I picked up 2nd hand a while back all about the history of North Head Quarantine station to be > Would a kind soul be able to tell me what happen to the "Canton" while it was in Sydney? Was fumigated ! bye Marg Morters Member of Central Coast Family History Society GOSFORD NSW Australia