Deborah Brooks accompanied her husband, a boatswain, on the Sirius, which arrived in Sydney in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet. It is assumed that Deborah returned with Brooks to England on the Waaksamheid in March 1791.
* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), pp 49-50
'Brooks, Deborah (?–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/brooks-deborah-30408/text37710, accessed 23 May 2025.