Julia Julian of Hobart-town
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article233613376
25 Jan 1833
Julia Julian, appeared with downcast eye, labouring
evidently under great distress of mind, to answer
the charge of Mrs. Mary Thomas, residing on the
Jetty, where she now reigns the Sovereign Queen of
her frail sisterhood. Mrs. Thomas complained that
Julia, whom she had taken into her "discreet and
sober house," had so repeatedly strayed from the path
of virtue, and returned home drunk and outrageous,
that she could no longer keep her under her fostering
care ; and that on communicating her intentions to the
fair one, she flew in a rage and threw a tumbler at her
head ; for which she now prayed restitution and justice.
At the request however of the complainant,
at this stage of the proceeding, the charge was with
drawn, and both ladies withdrew in seeming friend
ship.
The Misses Moffatt of Adelaide
Here is an Amelia Moffatt with a number of other Moffats arriving in 1840:MORGAN David (1st arr 1837 Lady Emma), Christina MOFFATT nee POPLE, Priscilla MOFFATT, Selina MOFFATT, Amelia MOFFATT, dau MOFFATT arrived in SA 1840-06-10 aboard Orleana from London 40-02-29. My goodness! What a lot of Moffatts, and all female! Mr Morgan apparently came to check out Adelaide in 1837, and went back to England to get the girls.
Thursday, 18th November. (1847, November 20). Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), p. 3
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Thursday 18th November,
Mary alias Pol. Pitman, and Sarah Cummings, two illus
trious .members of the ".ladies' society," of Light-square,
charged with annoying Amelia Moffatt and Sarah Lyons, at
the residence of the latter two, in Hindley-street, by the
use of abusive and indecent language, pleaded Not Guilty.
Police-constable Tarrant, who seems to be a thorough
adept in ferreting out the frail sisterhood, gave with admi
rable coolness, a verbatim report of the Billingsgate phraseology that constituted the charge; but as we cannot boast
of so much nerve as the worthy sprig of justice seems to
possess in such illustrations, we must-decline repeating the
many lingual elegancies that transpired,
Sarah Lyons, "dyer" and Amelia Moffat dressmaker,
who live in the same house in -Hindley-street, stated that
they were constantly annoyed by the "fair dames" in
question, who with a posse of Cyprians, besieged their
nunnery with the most unaccountable perseverance, and
from their threats and gestures they were apprehensive of
some injury to their persons or clothes. They could con.
ceive no reason why they should be so annoyed.
This being the charge the.Magistrate asked the prisoners
what they had to say in defence of .their conduct. .
Miss Pittman, in the absence of her standing-counsel, said
she was passing near the residence of the Mesdames Moffattt
and Lyons,when she was saluted with various unladylike
epithets which she of course resented, She looked upon
the complainant, Moffatt, as a prostitute like herself, and
considered the annoyance complained of was perfectly war.
ranted under the circumstances.
. Miss Cummings, with an air of virtuous indignation.said
that Miss Moffatt was in the habit of encroaching .upon the
exclusive rights of herself and companion in tribulation by
wiling away gents of their acquaintance to her lodgings, and
thus limiting their undeniable prerogatives in that aristo
cratic part of the town; and that whilst she (Moffatt) pro,
fessed to be kept by a Mr B**** at the time, in .question a
Mr F*'***, with.whom.she was desirous of communicating
was in the house. On her expressing a wish to that effect
to Lyons, she was threatened with being given in charge of
the Police, that thereupon she expressed her feeling some
what warmly and the result was that she and her friend
were unceremoniously hauled off to the Police station
The Magistrate told them the charge was fullyproved,
add that it could not be allowed that such conduct should
pass unnoticed. Whatever Amelia Moffatt's peculiarities
might be, she was entitled to protection. He should-there.
fore fine each prisoner 10s.
Two kindred sylphs were immediately despatched for the
necessary levy, which they soon produced,and the frail de-
linquents glided out of Court with the grace and haughty
bearing of a keen sense of injury, muttering a firm determi
nation to continue hostilities against the aforesaid nunnery
with energy and means that will probably lead to "glorious
deeds of fame," and bring the fair Joans again before the
So it's seven years after the arrival of the Moffatt sisters. Amelia is now a Hindley St. prostitute. "Miss Moffatt was about twenty one years
of age. She (witness) washed for her. Could not say
what business she followed. She might have been a kept
In 1850, Miss Amelia Moffatt is in Port Philip, (and who is the "celebrated Newberry/Newbury, now out of the colony"? Sounds like a purveyor of stolen goods. He was. He fled to avoid jail.) A Selina Moffatt, aged 26, married James Samuel Watson, aged 40 at St James Church Blakiston (District: Adelaide Book/Page: 14/143) She died, still married to Watson, in 1866.
