'It was a melancholy sight: there were 486 prisoners on board, some of them were young girls of twelve, thirteen and fourteen years old ... I was really touched by one, a poor Irishwoman ... I made some enquiry from her respecting the children ... the tears started into her eyes the moment I began to speak of them, and she told me she had two of her own amongst them, a boy and a girl; and 'indeed', she added, 'I am just breaking my heart after them!' Mrs H-, who was with us told her they would be very well taken care of at the Orphan School.'

Source: Denison, William, Varieties of Vice-Regal Life, vol. 1, pp 30-31

The folk song 'Cyprus Brig' tells the story of how in 1829 the ship was seized by the convicts imprisoned on her in Recherche Bay.