Hi I am searching for information on my husband's great great-grandmother, Ellen Bullens/Bullins who was born Ca1840 in Tipperary, father William Bullens, mother Ellen Scanlan. The family (William 40, Ellen 38, Edward 13, Ellen 12, Patrick 10, Mary 8 and Anora 6) arrived in Brisbane, Australia on 10.8.1852 on board the "Meridan". The passenger list shows the family name as Ballins. Another child Margaret arrived on 26.4.1863 on the "Warren Hastings". She was accompanied by her husband Cornelius Hanley and children John 8, William 5 and Cornelius 2. Thomas Cornelius was born at sea on 22.1.1863. Ellen Bullens/Bullins married Samuel Eaton, a convict who had arrived in Brisbane, Australia on 1.11.1849 on the "Mount Stewart Elphinstone". He was granted a ticket of leave on 11.3.1850. I have been unable to locate a marriage certificate for Samuel and Ellen. On their children's birth certificates they had given different dates for when they married. These range from Oct 1851 to Oct 1855. Ellen died on 10.4.1883 at Charleville, Queensland. Her husband Samuel is the informant on the death certificate and he states that her parents were William Bolands and Ellen Scanlan. On Margaret's death certificate (Ellen's sister) the parents are shown as William Mullins and Ellen Scanlan. The informant is Margaret's second husband John Dineen. Any suggestions on where to start looking for birth records for Ellen and other members of the family would be greatly appreciated. Barb