Emigrants travelling to join the Australia-bound ship, ‘Zealander’.

Leaving from Liverpool

Birkenhead

I noticed that a lot of our fellow travellers are Irish. They look thin and have few belongings – some look ill. I hope the sick amongst us are separated out but fear we will all be thrown in together.

We then returned to Liverpool by gig and wandered the streets, admiring the new buildings. Liverpool is certainly a growing city. I wondered if we need to go all the way to Australia. Maybe we could make a life here. I must make my decision before we sail tomorrow