Frank Neal in his book "Black '47" gives some sources that look as if they might give you a lead, if you've not already seen them. D. Fitzpatrick "Irish Emigration 1801 - 1921", Dublin 1984 D. Fitzpatrick "Oceans of Consolation: Personal accounts of Irish Migration to Australia" Cork, 1994 P. O'Farrell "The Irish in Australia" N.S.W. University Press 1986, especially chapter 3. and especially on Irish women P.O'Sulliva (ed.) "The Irish World-Wide History, Heritage, Identity" Volume 4 -- Irish Women and Irish Migration. Leicester University Press 1995 Hope this may help, though I've no personal knowledge of any of them. Just happened to read Neal's book this week!. Crawford. On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Pbuddyf wrote: > Does anyone out there have a source or information on "The Irish > Female Orphan emigration Scheme to Australia" from the Workhouses back > in 1849 ???