Gay wrote: >>>I believe that the Cesar Godeffroy was the first of the Godeffroy > ships....and it left Hamburg in late 1855 and arrived in Australia in > February 1856.> It is odd, that it sailed around Tasmania and up the coast to Moreton Bay, > before going to Sydney...or have I got that wrong???> The only problem for me, is that there is no record of my Friedrich > Habermann disembarking, even though he was on the passenger list.> He did get off somewhere, but it wasn't in Brisbane and it wasn't in Sydney.> Gay I found the dates for voyage, 28 Aug 1853-1 Jan 1854) on the web. There is a partial passenger list...your HABERMANN is not on it. . From the notes (naturalisations, deaths, occupations, etc) of the partial passenger list, this earlier voyage would seem to have gone to Victoria. Google "Germany to Australia Cesar Godeffroy" Cesar Godeffroy 1854 CESAR GODEFFROY 28 August 1853 - 1 January 1854 *> Also, I seem to remember that ships arriving Queensland pre 1859 ...look at Archives Authority of NSW. Di