Hornet The immigrant ship
HORNET plied between UK and Aust in the 1850s. On its voyage May-Sep
1857 it did not stop at any Australian ports and took 100 days
for the voyage from Southampton to Melbourne "The Hornet, from
Southampton, anchored in Hobson's Bay yesterday. She brings 448 Government
immigrants, which are classed as follows:- Married couples, 47; single
women, 236; single men, 23; children from 1 to 12 years, 90; infants, 5.
Six births have taken
place on the passage, and no death has occurred among the |