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 Introduction and Contents On 9 th August 1841 Eliza Ann Miller arrives in Sydney on the Cadet, having left Liverpool on 10 th March 1841 [1] .  The journey had taken five months, probably a little longer than normal as the ship had been blown off course off the Cape of Good Hope, ending up anchoring at Rio de Janeiro where it picked up a large supply of fruit, and just escaped being wrecked coming out of port. [2]   Eliza had been brought out to Australia by A. B. Smith & Co, who had an arrangement with the commonwealth government to bring out immigrants under a ‘bounty scheme’; being paid 4,956 pounds for each safe arrival.   Eliza’s details are listed as: Age: 21 [3] No registry of baptism Character certified by Mathewson and two others Calling: farm servant State of bodily health, strength & probable usefulness = Very good Remarks: can read and write, no complaint (attested by Samuel Mc Cropen & wife) Episcopalian religion early years Eliza was b...