Whaler Samuel Cunard visited Sydney, Australia according to the newspaper The Sydney Gazette and New South Whales Advertiser dated Thursday 14 December 1837

 

The New Pictorial and Illustrated Family Magazine established for the diffusion of useful knowledge, 

vol. III. Robert Sears editor, New York 1846.

An item reported that the whaler Samuel Cunard was bound for the whaling grounds as soon as she was refitted.