Thomas Harrison was a barque, used to transport free settlers and convicts from Ireland and England to Australia and New Zealand from 1835 to 1842.
[1] The ship is recorded as having transported three free settlers to Tasmania from London and Liverpool to Hobart, arriving on 1 February 1835.
[3] On 29 October[3] or 20 November 1838, the Thomas Harrison departed London, via Deal, Kent,[6] for Port Adelaide, arriving on 24 or 25 February 1939.
[3] Among the 95 passengers was George Brunskill and his wife, who leased and then bought and developed a large plot of land in what would become Marryatville, South Australia.
[3][8] Notable arrivals on that voyage included Appo Hocton,[9] John Deans,[10] and George, Martin, and William Lightband.