Hello Reinhard,
Thank you for your reply, however the *Konoowarra* was an Australian coastal vessel sailing between Hobart in Tasmania, Melbourne in Victoria to Sydney in New South Wales Australia in 1883.
My understanding this vessel carried passengers interstate and was not an overseas vessel.
We understand Wilhelm Louis Ipkendanz joined *Konoowarra* in Melbourne to travel to Sydney.
We wish to know what ship Wilhelm arrived on in Melbourne from an overseas port.
The *Koonookarra* was not built until 1899 in Singapore. It also was a coastal vessel. Wilhelm was married in Sydney in 1884, so he couldn't have arrived on that ship.
If Wilhelm departed from Hamburg during the 1870s his details may be recorded in the Meldeamt records.
Many thanks for your help but some of the family information published online isn't correct, he wasn't born in Handorf either!
Regards,
Elizabeth