Palambam
The ship Palambam arrived in Port Jackson on 1 January 1833 with the Candish family on board. Sarah, aged only 6 months was to marry tinsmith Colville Armstrong in Melbourne in 1849. He signed the 1853 Bendigo Goldfields Petition and they lived in Chewton.
Previous Voyages
Convict Ship Palambam
Voyage: 130 days
Deaths: 2 or 3
Surgeon's Journal: yes
Tons 394 Crew: 30 men
The Palambam was built in Shields in 1821.
On the 13th February while under Dover Castle, the Palambam went ashore in a fog, however there was reportedly no damage to the vessel and she continued to Cork where 117 female convicts and free passengers including 50 young girls from the Foundling Hospital were embarked.
The prisoners came from counties throughout Ireland - Monaghan, Kildare, Carlow, Limerick, Antrim, Roscommon, Waterford and Dublin. They mostly gave their occupations as housemaid, dairymaid and all work. There were some sempstresses and dressmakers among them, a confectioner, dealer and pedlar. Their crimes included man robbery, stealing clothes, money and other articles, vagrancy, shoplifting and one attempt to poison.[1]
Passengers
Charlotte Candish nee Smith
Frederick Candish aged 5 years
Sarah Candish aged 6 months