Hi List, I am hoping to find additional details (in addition to what is listed on the Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters website) on the 1863 voyage of the Orwell from London to Sydney, New South Wales. Amonst the ship's crew was a Joseph STAFFORD (aged 22) from Great Britain. He may have been my 2xgreat-grandfather and I am looking for further details of the voyage and anything which might help me to decide whether this is the right Joseph Stafford or not as there were a couple of sailors with that name in Australian waters about that time. "My" Joseph was living in Brisbane by the middle of 1866 and may have been married (although no official record exists) at Nambucca (Heads) in May 1864 to Bridget O'NEILL/CUSACK. I am not sure about the marriage location, but my reading tells me that by the 1860s there were ships being built at Nambucca because of the ready access to timber. So, this does not seem unreasonable as Joseph was associated with the shipping industry in one capacity or another for his entire life. Does anyone know about the ship building conducted at Nambucca? Any thoughts? With thanks, Jo Mitchell Geelong, Australia http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishchurches/index.html