Hello Averil,

Luckily for Josie, Julie put a message on the board asking about her ancestor Edwin Wade in Australia! So we now know that he was living in Victoria, and that brother John appears to have been with him.

I checked the shipping lists between Victoria and NZ, and Edwin or E not found there in the possible time frame. I have the NZSG index CDs, but if you have other sources for passengers NZ/Aust between 1851 and 1856, or arrival in NZ between those dates, it would be good to look. I tried Papers Past for passenger arrivals but my computer is too slow to look at these thoroughly.

Thanks,

Sue