« Reply #36 on: Saturday 19 November 11 01:37 GMT (UK) »
Hi Gwen,
I would recommend getting a copy of the Surgeon's Journal from the National Library - it is very interesting reading and you can request a copy online.
There are a couple of mentions to your family - on the 6th May Harriet "Harmer" age 5 is recorded as suffering from Dysentery and said to be "cured"
On 18th September, the day the ship arrived in Sydney, Edward "Harmer" age 1 is recorded as suffering from Dystenery and said to have been "sent on shore".
Shadrach
Hollinshead, Lockett, Downing, Taylor, Symcock,
Jackson, Leighton, Dodd, Boardman, Dean & Kinsey (Staffordshire)
Muddle, Hartshorne, Dickenson, Humphries, Ensbey,
Dwyer, Brindley, Gully, Hall, Williams, Coombes,
O'Connor, Peters (Australia)