Hi Tricia, The Orient Line http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/orient.html OSTERLEY http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsO.html ... arrived at Melbourne on October 5th 1914. She sailed from London for Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, via Suez. There is tons in the newspapers. The OSTERLEY did make more than one voyage to Australia in 1914 to there is plenty of chatter about her arrivals and departures. Trove website ... national Library of Australia http://trove.nla.gov.au/ Some of the Argus images are a bit fuzzy, but the 5th October issue, page 11, mentions "The outward passage of the Osterley was very exciting and details of the journey have already been published in "The Argus"." They don't say which issue, but it would be earlier than the 5th. You might try the WA and SA newspapers too ... they might be clearer. I think the WA paper lists name and the ports where they were disembarking, but surnames only. It would be quite a normal thing for your grandfather to ferry across to England then by rail to London to embark. I still haven't found the London sailing date I just looked at the image using Ancestry.com (incorrectly indexed as Mr. S. Stewart) but it shows him as English with an occupation of Heckler ... I looked that up ... "Heckler or hackler -- combed or carded the coarse flax using a hackle, a toothed instrument-in linen making." Ahh ... I found where you can read the "exciting" story ARRIVAL OF THE OSTERLEY. EXCITING INCIDENT AT SEA. The West Australian (Perth,... Wednesday 30 September 1914, page 8. Article 305 words I won't spoil your fun, but bear in mind WWI had just recently started. The vessel did arrive at Fremantle on September 29th expected to berth at 7.30am then depart eastward at 3pm. the same day, so they could really turn those steamships around ... I still didn't learn the London sailing date!! Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ At 10:35 AM 2010-09-05 +1000, P B wrote: >Hi >Thomas Stewart was my grandfather. >I'm not sure how all this works, but I have been trying to find my >grandfather's arrival in Australia. It appears he was still in Ireland >near the end of August 1914 as he had a work reference from there >dated 25th August 1914, bit he was definitely in Melbourne in January >1915. I had a look at the index for unassisted passenger lists for >Victoria, Australia and found a Mr. T. Stewart, aged 23 on the ship >"Osterley" in October 1914. I am assuming this means that October is >when the ship arrived in Melbourne (would that be correct?). The age >definitely matches because he would have turned 24 in January 1915. >I am wondering how I can find out where this ship originated from, >that is, where it would have departed from when leaving for >Australia? I don't even know how long it took for a ship to make the >journey to Australia. My grandfather was from Whiteabbey - not far >from Belfast in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, so I'm wondering if this >ship's departure point may have been Belfast or whether, perhaps, it >left from Dublin or London or Liverpool or somewhere else? >Are there normally any other details in the ship's records that could >confirm if this person is my grandfather or not? >Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. >Thanks, Tricia