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Participant Info

First Name

Biddy (Bridget)

Surname

Rabbit

Native Place

Gort, Galway

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Michael & Mary (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Thomas Arbuthnot (Sydney 1850)

Details

shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony; Gundagai Depot; empl as house servant by M. Asher? at Albury, ₤8, 1 year; Aborigine near Gundagai refered to her as having 'too much yabber' (Charles Strutt Journal); married James Conroy (from Co Tyrone) in Victoria in 1882 [reg no 5362].

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