Dent family connections
Arrival as reported in The Southern Daily Cross, 5 March 1864.
"Arrival of the Alice Cameron from Sydney.
The barque Alice Cameron, commanded by Captain Nearing, arrived in harbour last evening from Sydney. She sailed on the 16th, with a fresh breeze from the east, which veered round to the south-east. The three Kings were made on the 23rd, from thence light south-east winds have been experienced. She brings a full general cargo, and 177 passengers, the greater number of whom are military settlers.
Passengers - Cabin; Mr and Mrs Leighton, and two children; Mr. Jas. Leighton, Mr Charles Fanshaw Everest (lecturer), and Mr. Hunter."
Further report as reprinted in the Waikato Times, 1948.
"The fine barque "Alice Cameron" (Captain Nering - late of "Nightengale"), dropped anchor last night at 9 p.m. She left Sydney on the 6th at 4 p.m. and has had the winds from south-east round to east all the passage, generally light and baffling, and has been ten days off the coast.
She brings Captain Steele's company of military settlers, their wives and children, one hundred and seventy-three (173) in number, equal to one hundred and twenty-seven (127) adults; and in cabin Mr and Mrs Leighton and two children; Mr Leighton, Mr C F Everiss, with a small cargo."
Disembarking as reported in The Southern Daily Cross, 7 March 1864.
"Military Settlers from Sydney.
The military settlers who arrived by the 'Alice Cameron' from Sydney on Friday evening, disembarked yesterday morning, and were conveyed, by means of four cargoboats, to Howick, where preparations have been made for their reception. The number of settlers brought by the 'Alice Cameron' is 177, including men, women, and children."