Borders Family History Society: Letters to and about George and Elizabeth Broomfield, who Emigrated from Darnick, Scotland to Australia in 1839
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21 May 1839, The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), page 2
…The Darnick Village site has an interesting article about George and Elizabeth Broomfield who emigrated from Darnick (in the parish of Melrose , Roxburghshire ), Scotland on the 'Formosa' which left Liverpool on 18th January 1839 and arrived in Sydney, Australia in May 1839 (see ship arrivals ) with their children, Margaret, Thomas and Robert. Another son, Alexander, due to an epidemic of whooping cough did not survive the voyage and there were two daughters, Mary and Alice who died in Scotland. Their passage on the 'Formosa' (535 tons) under the command of Captain Alexander Adam was assisted under the Bounty Scheme, there were 250 passengers (see shipping intelligence ) and the ship's cargo . Thanks to Trove Australia for these newspaper images. The Broomfields were the first settlers of 'Bow Hill', Dingo Creek, Manning River, Australia, but they evidently lived in other locations, too, including Green…
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21 May 1839, The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), page 2
…article about George and Elizabeth Broomfield who emigrated from Darnick (in the parish of Melrose , Roxburghshire ), Scotland on the 'Formosa' which left Liverpool on 18th January 1839 and arrived in Sydney, Australia in May 1839 (see ship arrivals ) with their children, Margaret, Thomas and Robert. Another son, Alexander, due to an epidemic of whooping cough did not survive the voyage and there were two daughters, Mary and Alice who died in Scotland. Their passage on the 'Formosa' (535 tons) under the command of Captain Alexander Adam was assisted under the Bounty Scheme, there were 250 passengers (see shipping intelligence ) and the ship's cargo . Thanks to Trove Australia for these newspaper images. The Broomfields were the first settlers of 'Bow Hill', Dingo Creek, Manning River, Australia, but they evidently lived in other locations, too, including Green Hills by Maitland; Upper Patterson; Paterson, Hunters River; Mudgee, Bungy Bungy. It would be nice if these locations were pinpointed - perhaps a reader in Australia can do this ? Also on board the 'Formosa', were Robert and Hellen Wallace, of Melrose , accompanied by their three children, William, Ferguson and Nancy. The article is accompanied by more than 25 letters written…
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23 May 1839, The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), page 2
…Broomfield who emigrated from Darnick (in the parish of Melrose , Roxburghshire ), Scotland on the 'Formosa' which left Liverpool on 18th January 1839 and arrived in Sydney, Australia in May 1839 (see ship arrivals ) with their children, Margaret, Thomas and Robert. Another son, Alexander, due to an epidemic of whooping cough did not survive the voyage and there were two daughters, Mary and Alice who died in Scotland. Their passage on the 'Formosa' (535 tons) under the command of Captain Alexander Adam was assisted under the Bounty Scheme, there were 250 passengers (see shipping intelligence ) and the ship's cargo . Thanks to Trove Australia for these newspaper images. The Broomfields were the first settlers of 'Bow Hill', Dingo Creek, Manning River, Australia, but they evidently lived in other locations, too, including Green Hills by Maitland; Upper Patterson; Paterson, Hunters River; Mudgee, Bungy Bungy. It would be nice if these locations were pinpointed - perhaps a reader in Australia can do this ? Also on board the 'Formosa', were Robert and Hellen Wallace, of Melrose , accompanied by their three children, William, Ferguson and Nancy. The article is accompanied by more than 25 letters written to or about the Broomfields.…