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Have you checked the immigration records in Australia? Generally, more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. The University of Woolongong has produced, on microfiche, a complete index and transcript of all information concerning immigrants of Irish origin recorded on ships' passenger lists between 1848 and 1867 for New South Wales. These are useful for finding out an exact place of origin as well as parents' names. The Public Record Office of Victoria has good online databases of settlers at www.prov.vic.gov.au Otherwise, other records may be found in the Colonial Office Papers of the UK National Archives, class reference CO 201. This class contains a wide variety of records, including petitions for assisted passages, emigrants' lists, records of emigrants on board ship, petitions from settlers for financial assistance and much more.

Some sites which may be of assistance to you are:

Australian resources: http://familyhistoryresearch.com.au/resources/index.htm

British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at: http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

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The brother and sister came out to Adelaide separately.   Elizabeth MEYLER on 5 December 1848 on the Hooghly accompanying Doctor Charles Houlton WEBB (as nanny for his children) and later married Dr WEBB (twice, because the Doctor's first marriage was bigamous). Robert Valentine MEYLER on 12 June 1850 on the British Sovereign.  Robert married Annie WOODS 2 March 1868 in Adelaide, lived at Clare SA with his family and worked in at least one of Doctor WEBB's pubs in Clare.  Robert left his family in Clare, however, a man of that name died circa 1888 in Charleville, Qld and I believe there's a very good chance it was the same one.  Annie WOODS gave birth to a child in May 1881 while travelling on a train in SA: she and the child died at Kapunda and were both given a pauper's burial at Kapunda. The father of that child was a Peter CARRINGTON and Annie was going under the name Annie CARRINGTON at the time of her death.  Annie's two children by Robert MEYLER, Clare Agnes MEYLER and Stanley John MEYLER, seem to have been placed in care at the Adelaide Destitute Asylum although family legend has it that they were raised by another family. Clare MEYLER was my grandmother.  Please acknowledge receipt of this reply.

The brother and sister came out to Adelaide separately.   Elizabeth MEYLER on 5 December 1848 on the Hooghly accompanying Doctor Charles Houlton WEBB (as nanny for his children) and later married Dr WEBB (twice, because the Doctor's first marriage was bigamous). Robert Valentine MEYLER on 12 June 1850 on the British Sovereign.  Robert married Annie WOODS 2 March 1868 in Adelaide, lived at Clare SA with his family and worked in at least one of Doctor WEBB's pubs in Clare.  Robert left his family in Clare, however, a man of that name died circa 1888 in Charleville, Qld and I believe there's a very good chance it was the same one.  Annie WOODS gave birth to a child in May 1881 while travelling on a train in SA: she and the child died at Kapunda and were both given a pauper's burial at Kapunda. The father of that child was a Peter CARRINGTON and Annie was going under the name Annie CARRINGTON at the time of her death.  Annie's two children by Robert MEYLER, Clare Agnes MEYLER and Stanley John MEYLER, seem to have been placed in care at the Adelaide Destitute Asylum although family legend has it that they were raised by another family. Clare MEYLER was my grandmother.  Please acknowledge receipt of this reply.