

The James Moran was a 538-tonne barque, made in St. Martins, New Brunswick by the renowned shipwrights named Moran. The Emigration Dept. engaged the ship in Greenock, a convenient port for Glasgow, on 21 August 1838 for the express purpose of carrying emigrants, which it did with some frequency. In 1838, the James Moran, then only one year old, made its first voyage to Australia, sailing from L...