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The following is a list of passengers and crew of the ill-fated Cawarra: -
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Name |
Age |
Position |
Inquest |
Death Cert. |
Comments |
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Henry Chatfield |
Commander |
18 July 1866 |
501437/1866 |
He was late of the Boomerang and a gentleman of first class reputation as a seaman. He was for many years closely connected with steamships. He left a wife and family. |
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Joseph R McDowell |
Chief Officer |
18 July 1866 |
501440/1866 |
Had commanded the steamer Florence Irving on her passage from England to Sydney. |
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Thomas Burroughs |
Second Officer |
19 July 1866 |
501453/1866 |
Left a wife and six children |
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William Kay |
28 |
Carpenter |
501445/1866 |
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William Freeman |
33 |
Boatswain |
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Joseph Jenkins |
26 |
Quartermaster |
18 July 1866 |
501444/1866 |
Joe the Dutchman alias Lavender Bill |
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Thomas W Butler |
38 |
Quartermaster |
501455/1866 |
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Francis Hubert |
26 |
Quartermaster |
or Herbert |
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Augustus Coste |
38 |
Quartermaster |
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William H Bland |
29 |
Seaman |
501458/1866 |
Left a wife |
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Gabriel Hanson |
22 |
Seaman |
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Frederick Valentine Hedges |
31 |
Seaman |
Saved. The sole survivor. Born Bristol 14 Feb 1835. Arrived in Sydney on the Granite City in December 1857. |
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William R Phillips |
30 |
Seaman |
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John Callan |
22 |
Seaman |
(or Cullen) |
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Edward Carey |
21 |
Seaman |
19 July 1866 |
501447/1866 |
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William Mantin |
16 |
Lamp trimmer |
18 July 1866 |
501452/1866 |
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John Fountain |
33 |
Chief Engineer |
18 July 1866 |
501438/1866 |
Native of Scotland |
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John Auchincloss |
28 |
Second Engineer |
18 July 1866 |
501439/1866 |
(or Harkencross) |
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Robert Barnett |
29 |
Fireman |
(or Barrett) |
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Alexander Livingstone |
33 |
Fireman |
18 July 1866 |
501442/1866 |
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Peter Coley |
30 |
Fireman |
501457/1866 |
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Daniel Rogers |
29 |
Fireman |
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James Taylor |
32 |
Fireman |
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James Leonard |
30 |
Fireman |
501450/1866 |
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David Aucheson |
25 |
Coal Trimmer |
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Robert McMurray |
24 |
Donkey Driver |
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Edward Jones |
22 |
Trimmer |
501448/1866 |
(Thomas Jones?) |
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David Thoburne |
23 |
Trimmer |
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William Henry Morgan |
29 |
Second Steward |
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Stephen Goddard |
25 |
Pantryman |
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John Darvell |
26 |
Fore-cabin Steward |
(or Darwing) |
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Joseph Abrahams |
17 |
Officers Servant |
18 July 1866 |
501443/1866 |
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John McDermid |
28 |
Chief Cook |
(or McDermott or McDiarmid) |
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James Fox |
28 |
Second Cook |
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Hugh McDonald |
17 |
Third Cook |
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Catherine Crozier |
30 |
Stewardess |
18 July 1866 |
501441/1866 |
Unmarried. Her body was identified by Ellen Eleanor Evans. She was a native of Plymouth. |
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Mr Machefer |
Saloon Passenger |
To Rockhamption |
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Mrs Sophia Matilda Cramp |
53 |
Cabin Passenger |
18 July 1866 |
501435/1866 |
To Rockhamption. Born in Lincolnshire her husband was the telegraph stationmaster at Barrara in Queensland. Her son-in-law Henry John Tillidge identified her body. |
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Walter J Bennett |
5 |
Cabin Passenger |
18 July 1866 |
501451/1866 |
To Rockhamption |
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Nephew of Mrs Cramp |
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Miss Elizabeth M Anderson |
Cabin Passenger |
18 July 1866 |
501456/1866 |
To Rockhamption |
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Mr Thomas A Anderson |
Cabin Passenger |
501459/1866 |
To Rockhamption |
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Alexander Brash |
Steerage Passenger |
To Brisbane |
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Newcastle Chronicle lists as a found body |
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John Marsden |
Steerage Passenger |
To Brisbane |
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George Ledward |
Steerage Passenger |
To Brisbane (or Seaward or Steward) |
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Michael McLellan |
Steerage Passenger |
To Brisbane (or McLennan or McLennon) |
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Mr John Paterson |
Steerage Passenger |
18 July 1866 |
501436/1866 |
To Rockhamption |
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Mrs Paterson |
Steerage Passenger |
To Rockhamption |
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Samuel King |
Steerage Passenger |
501454/1866 |
To Rockhamption |
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Ah Fool |
35 |
Steerage Passenger |
20 July 1866 |
501449/1866 |
(or Ah Fooh) |
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Chinaman |
Steerage Passenger |
20 July 1866 |
To Brisbane |
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Chinaman |
Steerage Passenger |
20 July 1866 |
To Brisbane |
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Chinaman |
Steerage Passenger |
To Brisbane |
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Chinaman |
Steerage Passenger |
To Brisbane |
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Chinaman |
Steerage Passenger |
To Brisbane |
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Chinaman |
Steerage Passenger |
To Brisbane |
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Chinaman |
Steerage Passenger |
To Brisbane |
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Chinaman |
Steerage Passenger |
To Rockhamption |
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Chinaman |
Steerage Passenger |
To Rockhamption |
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Chinaman |
Steerage Passenger |
To Rockhamption |
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Chinaman |
Steerage Passenger |
To Rockhamption |
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Chinaman |
Steerage Passenger |
To Rockhamption |
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James Tillford |
Unknown |
18 July 1866 |
501446/1866 |
In inquest list and has Death Cert |
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All of the above crew except Catherine Crozier were listed in the crew list filed on 7 July 1866 when the Cawarra last entered into Sydney Harbour on returning from Melbourne only days before her fateful departure towards Rockhampton. Only those who were identified appear to have been registered in the NSW Death records. Many of the above have left widows, and some of them large families, to mourn their sadness and irreparable bereavement.