Bridget Connare, survived the worst of the Great Irish Famine, as a ‘pauper’ in Loughrea Workhouse, County Galway. She was one of 4114 Irish Orphan Girls carefully selected by Lieutenant John Henry, the British Emigration Agent for the Colonial Land and Emigration Commission in Ireland, to come to Australia under the Earl Grey Scheme. Between 1848 and 1850, 20 ships arrived in Eastern Australia. Bridget was onboard the Thomas Arbuthnot, of those onboard that vessel 192 stayed in Sydney at … Continue reading