"Hero of Malown" 1841 from London to Port Jackson (Sydney)

The "Hero of Malown" sailed from London on 14 July 1841, under the command of Captain Christian Jackson. The vessel was under charter to the Australian Agricultural Company, and most of the passengers were contracted to work for the AA Co. The Company held the monopoly to the great coal seams under their new settlement at Newcastle, and had contracted these Fifeshire miners to work their holdings. Experienced miners from the parish of Cupar had been employed by the AA Co. agent Robert Taylor.

The vessel arrived at Port Jackson (Sydney) on 21 November 1841, with 33 passengers, all coal miners and their families.

The table below indicates the families who were on board by name of the husband - children and wifes names are not listed other than to indicate they were on board. I have a considerable amount of data on the offspring of the Simpson family listed - should you wish to know more on them please visit my Genealogy section or else email me.

The data here is extracted from Norman Baker's excellent book "John Baker - Pioneer Gardener" and was originally taken from "Pure Merinos and Others" - PA Pemberton's shipping lists for the AA Company. Other ships which carried Fifeshire miners to Australia for the AA Co. were the "Emerald Isle" and the "Aden" - I do not have access to these lists.

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