Here is the digitised passenger List for the Mary Nixon, arriving 1841.
The list is in several sections .... families, single men, single women.
http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?Page=NRS5316/4_4814/Mary%20Nixon_30%20Nov%201841/4_481400107.jpg&No=4 page 4
Single Women
Mary BUCKLEY, 20, general servant, Roman Catholic, Read and Write, native of Cork.
May I mention that this lass is noted there as Mary BUCKLEY, not Mary Ann. Perhaps it is not significant, but there are other lasses on that list who were recorded as Mary Ann - see page 1 for example.
Here is the live link to the Portland's digitised passenger list (1841)
http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?Page=NRS5316/4_4787/Portland_11%20Mar%201841/4_478700196.jpg&No=7 Page 7.
Single Women
Margaret BUCKLEY, 17, Dressmaker, Roman Catholic, Read and Write, Limerick
Mary BUCKLEY, 19, Dressmaker, Servant, Roman Catholic, Read and Write, Limerick
I wonder if Margaret and Mary BUCKLEY were sisters? And if looking for Margaret would help identify the parents?
So one lass was from Limerick and one was from Cork. Limerick arrived 11 March 1841 to Sydney NSW and she was aged 19, and perhaps her sister came with her. The Cork lass arrived 30 November 1841 to Port Philip (ie to what is now Melbourne, Victoria) and she was aged 20.
JM
