Wishing all on the list a joyful and peaceful Christmas. On 25 December 1837 the vessel "Sir Charles Forbes" arrived at Port Jackson. On board was my 3 x gr grandmother Jane Grier (Green on the indent). I cannot imagine how she would have felt arriving in the developing colony and spending Christmas in a hot climate. What a difference New South Wales would have been from her gaol cell in County Armagh. Merry Christmas to all Gerry Dalton and my long suffering husband Tom Wood.