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Participant Info

First Name

Margaret

Surname

Cassidy

Native Place

Omagh, Tyrone

Age On Arrival

19

Parents

Patrick & Jane (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Earl Grey (Sydney 6 Oct 1848)

Details

Shipping: housemaid, reads, no relatives in colony. Oct 1848 accused by Dr Douglas, surgeon of 'Earl Grey' of being a Belfast prostitute; Oct/Nov sent to Moreton Bay. Empl. Mr Coutts Brisbane River £14, 3 months; July 1849, Report from Poor Law Commission, accusation of being a prostitute has been proven to be false.rn

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