hi Lynne, Wow, thank you! I have spent hours looking for this person including searching the micro films at the State Library, Sydney, with no luck & the detailed online indexes that I have been looking at don't cover the period in question. Fingers crossed, a little more cross checking & this will indeed be the correct person. regards, Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Radford" <lynne_r@tpg.com.au> To: <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Ships leaving UK 1890-1929 > Hi Kathy, > The following is a possible from Qld State Archives > http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/index/imm1884_1912.asp > ROBERTS, Margaret, age 18, arrived on the Bulimba, 22 Aug, 1887, Ref. > IMM/122, Page 210, Microfilm Z1963, Microfilm 2 IMM/122 > > There is a Pat Roberts, age 21, arrived on ship Bulimba, 5 Nov. 1885, Ref. > IMM/120, page 392, Microfilm Z1962, Microfilm 2 IMM/120 > > Information re the ship, if the above Margaret Roberts is the correct one. > ship "Bulimba" departing London on the 9th September 1885, arriving in > Brisbane on the 5th November 1885. > > BULIMBA 22 08 1887 Brisbane London 28 > 06 > 1887 PL M1702 (imm/122) > BULIMBA 1881 > The BULIMBA was built in 1881 by A&J.Inglis, Glasgow, and was a 2,510 > gross > ton ship, length 96,26m x beam 11,64m (315.8ft x 38.2ft), one funnel, two > masts, single screw. There was accommodation for 37-1st amd 16-2nd class > passengers. She could also carry 1,360 deck passengers. Launched for > A.Gray > & E.S.Dawes, she was operated by Associated Steamers for the London - > Brisbane service. She started her maiden voyage from London, via Suez and > Batavia to Brisbane on 1/1/1883, and in 1886 was registered as belonging > to > British India Associated Steamers. In 1890 she was transferred to > Australasian United S.N.Co and started her last voyage between London and > Brisbane on 17/2/1891. In 1899 she was again transferred to British India > Steam Navigation Co and used on the Bombay - Persian Gulf service. She was > hulked at Singapore in 1910 and in September 1914 was re-commissioned > after > the outbreak of the Great War. In December 1922 she was sold to Eng Hup, > China and was scrapped the following year at Shanghai. > [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.11, British India S.N.Co] [North Star > to Southern Cross by John M.Maber] > > Kind regards, > Lynne. Sydney, AUSTRALIA. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathy Eastman" <kathyeastman@optus.net> > To: <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com> >> I am a novice at this family history business & would really appreciate >> some >> help with family members who may have arrived in Queensland around the >> 1890-1929 period. >> >> - Margaret Mary Roberts, b 1870 in Abbeylix, Queens County, Ireland. >> Married >> John Anderson, b Queensland, in 1893. >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message