Hi Rhoda, Thank you for your help. I had been looking at the possibility that Andrew arrived in Australia perhaps as a crew member and not a passenger and jumped ship either in Melbourne or one of the other states. Though they married in Melbourne in 1853, their first child was born in Ballarat in 1856. The remainder of their 10 children were born in Ararat between 1860 and 1876. Both places were in the centre of the Victorian gold fields. When Andrew died in 1898 an Obituary to him appeared on page 2 of the Ararat Advertiser indicating that he was a pioneer of over 41 years in the area and left behind a well know family. I did have some information on the Andrew Millar who arrived on the Stratheden but from what I had, with him being tried in Edinburgh, I didn't pick up on him coming from Renfrewshire. Paisley is only about 17 miles from Greenock. The second conviction in 1848 with the same people was probably an error by someone transcribing the 1843 information. 3, 5 & 8 often get miss transcribed. I had a look but couldn't find a link to the second conviction in Tasmania in Book 4 No 1148. I will have to send an enquiry to the Tasmanian archives office. On their site I found no indication of this Andrew marrying there which is promising. On the other hand I didn't find anything for him in the Departures either which is disappointing. I had been looking at another Andrew MILLER as a possibility. He was convicted on 14 Sep 1836 in Glasgow and sent to Port Jackson on 10 Jul 1837. >From memory, he received a 14 year sentence. The spelling of Andrew's surname is often mixed between Millar and Miller. Thanks again for your help, Diane