NAA: A1, 1909/15557
Bender, Henriette Fredericke Marie
Digital copy - 5992
| Occupation as written | Nil |
| Standardised occupation | XX00: Other - Other |
| Application received | 1 Jan 1910 |
| Application status |
Approved |
| Official | |
| Date of approval or denial | 26 Jan 1910 |
| If rejected, why? | |
| Birthplace as written | Ochsendorf, Hanover, Germany |
| Modern country | Germany |
| Age on application | 70 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 23 |
| Port of Departure | Germany |
| Port of Arrival | Brisbane |
| Date of arrival | 1 Jan 1862 |
| Name of ship | La Rouschelle |
| Voyage | La Rochelle (1862-01-01) |
| Address in Australia | 93 Cowper Street, Waverley |
| Address State | New South Wales |
| Time at address | 40 years |
| Previous address 1 | Queensland |
| Address State | Queensland |
| Time at address | 7 years |
| Name of reference | James Carroll |
| Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace (New South Wales) |
| Marginalia description | |
| Police report attached | No |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | N/A |
| Other information | |
Henrietta does not remember the day or month of her arrival in Australia, only the year 1862, so I have put 01/01/1862.
Ship's arrival in the Brisbane Courier 1862: "LA ROCHELLE. The German ship La Rochelle, 1000 tons, Captain Junge, arrived on the 31st from Hamburgh, her passengers being Mr. C. Berthold, and 339 immigrants. The vessel was consigned to the agency of Messrs. Heussler and Francksen, who made every requisite provision for the accommodation of the immigrants, a large store having been engaged for the purpose, in addition to the ordinary depot at South Brisbane. Of the number who thus arrived upwards of forty were conveyed direct in the Hawk steamer to the establishment of Messrs. Campbell and Son at Redbank, whence they were forwarded immediately to the Logan cotton plantation under a special arrangement. The following is a report of the voyage :— La Rochelle left Hamburgh on the 28th April, cleared the Channel on the 10th May, crossed the Equator on the 29th May, passed the Cape of Good Hope on the 22nd June, and arrived off Cape Moreton on Monday night, where she was boarded on Tuesday morning by a pilot. She arrived safely at the anchorage ground on Thursday, 31st July. She accomplished the whole distance from port to port in 91 days, or 78 days after clearing the Channel. She experienced moderate weather as far as the Cape of Good Hope, and from thence stiff and variable winds. The distance between the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Moreton was performed in 30 days, and, on the whole, the voyage may be con-sidered as a very good one indeed. She brings 339 immigrants, all of whom are reported to be in a perfectly healthy state. Among the children there were 14 deaths and one birth during the voyage. Of the adult immigrants we understand there are forty who come under the designation of "free passengers."
Henrietta "thinks" she is a Widow