Sussex Emigrants to Sydney NSW in 1839

On the 28th May 1839, the ‘Neptune’ sailed from Gravesend, arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 6th September 1839 with a compliment of Sussex emigrants from an area in Sussex which included the villages of Burwash, Salehurst, Hawkhurst, (Kent) Robertsbridge and others on the border of Sussex & Kent.