Michael Lyons (c.1757- ) was an able seaman from Cork, Ireland, when he arrived at Sydney aboard the Sirius in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet. He was stranded at Norfolk Island from March 1790 to February 1791 after the ship was wrecked, and returned to England aboard the Waaksamheid in March 1791, reaching Portsmouth in April 1792.
* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 226
'Lyons, Michael (c. 1757–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/lyons-michael-31425/text38878, accessed 2 June 2025.
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