Starting in 1852..
Mary Carrick married Robert Matchett in Armagh in 1842 and together they migrated to Sydney with their eldest child Mary Jane in 1852. At this point, it is not known whether four younger children had already died or were left behind for a later reunion. Mary, Robert and Mary Jane boarded the migrant ship Irene in Liverpool on 10 July 1852 for a voyage lasting nearly three months. Mary was already pregnant with another child and on the 31st day of the voyage, between Capetown and Western Australia, the ship's surgeon Thomas Wilmot recorded in his journal that he had "attended Mrs. Matchett in confinement at 4 a.m. Female child and healthy". Sarah Irene Matchett was born at sea and her birth was officially recorded in Sydney as 18 August 1852.
After settling in Sydney and after Robert had set up a small business as a milk vendor, Mary sponsored her younger brother Thomas Carrick to join them in Sydney and he arrived on Commodore Perry on 1 May 1856 after a very fast voyage of only 73 days. The Commodore Perry was a sister ship of the James Baines and was also a clipper.
After several years working in Sydney, Thomas obtained land in the beautiful Southern Highlands south of Sydney and set up as a dairy farmer. At one time, he owned over 140 acres of magnificent pasture. Thomas was my Great Grandfather and his many descendants can be found on the link at left (a Carrick family in Australia).