Sydney was an East Indiaman of 900 tons that carried a crew of 130 men.

[1] Sydney, Austin Forrest, master, sailed from Port Jackson, Australia on 12 April 1806 for Calcutta, India.

[5] Pallas was carrying Mr. Robson, the chief mate, and a party of lascars, reached Ambonya where the governor had treated them with great kindness and hospitality, and later put them on the Dutch frigate Pallas.

In 1825 Robert Campbell received some compensation from the Colonial government for the loss of Sydney as she had been sailing to bring back 400 tons of rice from Calcutta to alleviate the food shortage that floods on the Hawkesbury had caused.

The compensation consisted of £2000 to be paid to Campbell's nominee in London, £1000 in sheep, and £1000s worth of land of his choice in New South Wales.