This is the story of the Surry - a ship that transported convicts to Port Jackson in 1814.  During the voyage, there was an outbreak of Typhus that devastated the people on board.

SOURCES

The Convict Ships, 1787 – 1868, by Charles Bateson

Netweather Community, 1814: A cold year with a severe winter.

https://www.netweather.tv/forum/topic/33631-1814-a-cold-year-with-a-severe-winter/

The Free Dictionary, Typhus

https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Gaol-fever

BBC, Gaol fever - typhus or typhoid?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/makhist10_prog8e.shtml

LaTrobe, Historical records of Australia. Series I. Governors' despatches to and from England. Volume VIII, July, 1813—December, 1815 / [edited by Frederick Watson].

http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au/store/3/4/9/0/2/public/B13858427S1V8jpages233-488.pdf

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Raine, Thomas (1793–1860)

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/raine-thomas-2570

Australian Dictionary of Biography, Redfern, William (1774–1833)

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/redfern-william-2580

Trove, Sydney Gazette, 30 Jul 1814, Classified Advertising

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/628955?searchTerm=SURRY

Trove, Sydney Gazette, 30 Jul 1814, Sydney.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/628954?searchTerm=SURRY

Trove, Sydney Gazette, 20 Aug 1814, Classified Advertising

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/628967?searchTerm=surry%20quarantine

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