Anthony Corvan in Australia

We know that Anthony Corvan immigrated to Australia after getting out of Debtors Prison in the early 1850s(post 1851), but what I can't discover is the when and how of the circumstances by which he arrived.
His son John was born in London in 1854, so presumably he was still around to father the child in the latter half of 1853.When baby John's death certificate arrives next week,it will be interesting to see who acted as informant..if Mary Corvan registered her son's death nothing will be proved, but if Anthony did it will reveal that he was still in England at the time and further narrow the time frame for his immigration.

Anthony sailed for Australia before his family. When Mary and their three young daughters arrived per the ship 'Mooresfort' in 1855, she was forced to put notices in the Missing Friends section of The Argus, a Melbourne newspaper of the time, advising her husband that his wife and daughters had arrived.
The Mooresfort arrived in Melbourne on March 19, 1855. The shipping index records as passengers:
Mary Corvan, 29; Helen Corvan 8; Mary Corvan 6 and Rosa Corvan 2. The age of Rosa was slightly out- she actually would have turned four in January 1855.

Mary placed her first notice in the newspaper immediately upon her arrival-she arrived on Monday, March 19, and The Argus published her notice on Tuesday March 20. It read:
" ANTHONY EDWARD CORVAN, wife and three children have arrived in the Mooresfort.Apply at Chisholm's Store,Elizabeth Street North."

Anthony obviously didn't see the first notice, as six days later Mary placed another in the Argus:
"MISSING FRIENDS: ANTHONY ED. CORVAN- Send your address to Chisholm's Store, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. Your wife has arrived."
The same notice also appeared the following day on March 27.

I am wondering if Chisholm's Store was associated with the wonderful Caroline Chisholm, who was living in Victoria at the time and setting all sorts of changes in motion for immigrants. Research showed that:
“When Caroline Chisholm sailed for Australia in the Ballarat in 1854, her departure was widely reported and over £900 was subscribed as a testimonial. The society then had more than £15,000 in hand and had sent out over 3000 emigrants. She arrived in Port Phillip in July: at one welcome meeting tribute was paid to Captain Chisholm, who almost alone in Australia had ensured the success of his wife's scheme. The Victorian Legislative Council voted the Chisholms £5000 and another £2500 was privately subscribed. The family was in desperate need and opened a store with some of this money, although Caroline accepted it with reluctance.”

Anthony must have responded to the notices, because the following January on Victoria's goldfields their last child was born.
Anthony James Corvan was born on January 29, 1856, at New Chum Gully, Victoria.Thankfully, Victorian certificates are very rich in genealogical information, so baby Anthony's birth certificate allows us a glimpse into the Corvan family of early 1856.
Anthony Edward Corvan was working as a storekeeper at the time of his last child's birth. The family were at New Chum Gully, near Bendigo ( or 'Sandhurst' as it was known then), and consisted of 36 year old Anthony, his 30 year old wife Mary and children nine year old Ellen, Mary aged 8 and 5 year old Rosa.Two children were noted as having died- Catherine and John, the latter aged 3 months.
Anthony himself registered the birth, and very impressively correctly gave his marriage details: June 4, 1844, at Lincolns-inn-Fields, London, England.He gave simply 'London' as the birth place for both himself and Mary.
Anthony Corvan registered his son's birth on February 14, 1856, the same day that the baby died.On Anthony Junior's death certificate he was noted as being ‘Anthony James Corvan – storekeeper’s son’. He was buried two days later at the Junction Cemetery, the undertaker being William Turnbull.The Junction Cemetery was the early name for what is now known as the White Hills Cemetery near Bendigo.
In 1854,on Victoria Hill, to the northwest of Sandhurst town above New Chum Gully, gold had been discovered in on the New Chum or Victoria Reef. This was the first reef worked in the Bendigo area and one of two principal lines of reef on the Bendigo gold fields. Anthony Corvan appears in the 1856 electoral roll for Sandhurst as:
No: 179
Name: Edward Corvan
Abode & occupation: New Chum, miner
nature of Qualification: business license

This seems to suggest that Anthony was supplementing mining with selling goods on the fields to other miners.