Hi Beth and fellow list members, We are on holiday till mid way next week so can't check my files, but i have a list of the miners &familieswho came up on the Victoria and also the disparaging remarks Wicksteed said about them . I got the info from Nat Archives.Will reply to list then andBeth if your family is involved I'll send you copy of photos I took of article. Cheers Bobbie -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 5/2/17, Beth Wagstaff <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: [nz] Government brig VICTORIA 1844 To: "New-zealand" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, 5, February, 2017, 11:56 PM Hello. I understand that in December 1844, the Government brig VICTORIA was involved in ferrying unhappy settlers from the New Plymouth settlement to Auckland. I cannot find any reference to this however on the net. Does anyone know whether this is correct?  Or have any information about it? And if it did happen, is there a list of name  of those settlers who travelled to Auckland.  I would like to see if my rellies were among them. Thanks,  Beth The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message