Felton Mathew's original text follows——

1829 Decr
The Guildford of London a fine ship of 500 Tons commanded by Captn Thos Harrison, sailed from Sydney N.S. Wales for Singapore, at which port she shipped a cargo of drugs & spices (said to be one of the richest ever known) and sailed for England, but was never heard of more, nor a vestige of the ship or cargo ever found …

1829
The "Admiral Benbow" – a large East Indiaman bound from England to Calcutta, was attacked off the line by a Spanish privateer and the whole of the passengers & crew except two murdered — Captn Stirling, brother of the Governor of Swan River, who was one of the passengers contrived to get into a boat but finding it impossible to escape he shot himself One of the mates concealed himself in the ship & contrived to elude the search of the Pirates. he was the only one who survived to tell the tale – The vessel was picked up, completely stripped & taken into Madras —

1830
A brig called the "Hameis[?]" left Sydney for the South Sea Islands with a number of missionaries on board. She was not heard of for four years, when it was discovered that several convicts had secreted themselves on board her before she left Pt Jackson, and when outside the heads, they rushed upon the crew, seized the ship & murdered all the passengers together with such of the crew as would not assist them in their project – They then steered for the Navigator Islands, where in 1834 they are still living – No ships have yet been taken to bring them to punishment.

1833 Novr 30
The brig "Ann Jamieson" while discharging her cargo abreast of the King's Wharf Sydney, blew up with a tremendous explosion, and was soon burned to the water's edge. She had some barrels of gunpowder on board, part of the contents of which had been spilled in the hold and in handing up a number of Iron bars from the hold the friction ignited the scattered powder, and was the immediate cause of the accident. Eight lives were lost.

1833 Decr 22
Intelligence reached Sydney of the loss of the ship "Lady Munro" – and 76 of her passengers and crew, on her passage from Calcutta to Sydney – She struck during the night on the Island of St Paul, and with such violence that she went down in a moment stern foremost – pitching some persons who were in the fore part of the ship right out upon the rocks. But few escaped as most of the persons on board were in bed: – those who did so were picked up after some weeks by an American Whaler and taken to Hobart Town. The sufferers were most of these well known in Sydney – & many several of them were officers of the 39th Regt.

1834
The "Harriett" Whaler attacked and plundered by the natives at Cloudy Bay, New Zealand – eleven of the crew murdered in a barbarous manner – and two women & children with two or three seamen detained as prisoners by the savages – H.M. Ship "Alligator" with a detachment of the 59th Regt despatched to recover the captives —

1834 Augt 25
The ship "Edward Lombe" 347 Tons from London shipwrecked inside the heads of Pt Jackson – The master ran into the harbour at night, with a strong Gale from the East, and brought up with two anchors off the "Sow and Pigs" – but from the violence of the gale soon drifted and the ship struck on Middle Head where she was soon broken to pieces by the violence of the surf with the exception of the Poop, where some of the crew & passengers managed to hold on until the following morning when they were rescued by a sloop which was entering the harbour, after having been for ten hours exposed to the weather – 12 out of 29 perished, including the master & two mates

1835 April
The Convict Ship "George the Third" – from London to Hobart Town, struck on an unknown Reef in D'Entrecasteaux's Channel, and went to pieces almost immediately – The prisoners made an attempt to take possession of the boats but were secured without much difficulty, one man only being shot – 134 men were drowned – all prisoners but one – and the remainder were rescued by a ship from Hobart Town after passing 8 hours on the wreck The Guard was composed of a Detachment of the 50th Regt – no blame was attributable to the Captain or anyone on board –

1835 13^th May
The "Neva" female convict ship with 150 female prisoners & 33 of their children – 9 free women with 22 children and a crew of 26 persons struck on a reef in Bass’s Strait at about 4 O'clock A.M. – The rudder was unshipped with the shock and the vessel immediately bilged – The boats were lowered, but instantly upset and in a few minutes the vessel parted in four pieces, when with the exception of 22 persons who clung to the fragments of the wreck the whole on board perished – The Survivors reached King's Island where 7 died from exhaustion, leaving only 15 (viz six prisoners & 9 of the crew) of the entire complement of 241 persons – They were discovered by a small vessel from V. D. Land and taken to Launceston

1835
The "Sir Thos Munroe" – struck off the Island of Buena Vista & totally lost – all hands saved –

Decr
The "Hive" prison ship with 250 male prisoners – and £40000 stirling in "species" on board (for the Comissariat) ran on shore just below Jervis Bay – only one seaman lost – the vessel a wreck