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The bad ship Beejapore brought 967 government-sponsored emigrants from Scotland to Australia in 1852-3, including about 240 Paisley weavers. Half of the adults were said to hail from the Isle of Skye (Source: ?). The passengers included 342 children; 56 passengers died en route, mostly of measles, 55 of them children (including newborn infants) and one a teenager. The makeup of the passengers w...
The Beejapore made at least two voyages bringing immigrants to NSW, particularly from Scotland, many from Isle of Skye and many being Paisley weavers (see related projects). In 1863, she journeyed to Queensland, carrying more than 700 immigrants, and landed at both Rockhampton on 28 June 1863, and Brisbane (see: ?), a trip noted as "surely the largest single cargo of passengers ever landed in Q...