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Immigrants to South Australia, (UK, assisted passage) 1847-1886

Samuel White Sweet.           Port Adelaide ca. 1869-1889 nla.pic-an20886593-46     National Library of Australia.

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This is a brand new project of immigrants arriving in South Australia, mostly under United Kingdom assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886. These lists have been transcribed from the original passenger lists, by Robert Janmaat of Adelaide, who has generously shared them with TheShipsList. Where available, extracts regarding a particular ship have been included, from the Sydney Shipping Gazette and the South Australian Register. The South Australian Government Gazette (return showing deaths on board Emigrant ships 1849 to 5th June 1865) has also been consulted. Additional sources listed below.

note: Be aware there will be discrepancies between the various records, regarding age(s) and spelling of names, passenger details and fomer residence &c. ; any input, additional information and / or corrections from descendants is welcome.

Clicking on the hyper-links below for each year highlighted, will take you directly to the list of ships for that year, or scroll down the page to read the extracts from contemporary publications . .the Colonization Circular and Ballina Chronicle &c. . . for information about cost of passage and about the emigration.
   1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 . . .
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extracted from July 1849 "Colonization Circular No. 9"

South Australian Maritime Museum, steerage exhibition

from the Robert Janmaat Collection

BALLINA CHRONICLE Ballina, Mayo, Ireland Wednesday, December 5, 1849
. . extract contributed by Cathy Joynt Labath

Emigration to Australia

In a recent letter the Bishop of Adelaide gives the following advice to emigrants to this great colony:-
I will now detail what steps are taken in the colony for the assistance of emigrants. Captain Brewer is the emigration agent, whose duty it is to board the vessels as they arrived, and, after examining the condition and discipline of the passengers, to offer such counsel as may be needed for their guidance. In the case of persons destitute of means he is empowered to pay the expense of their journey to Adelaide (eight miles) and the transport of their baggage. There is a row of cottages, built by government, at Port Adelaide, for the temporary accommodation of emigrant families, should they fail to procure situations before compelled to quit the ship. Fourteen days are generally allowed on ship board, after reaching the port, during which they are provisioned.
" The Colonial Labour Office" has been established in Adelaide, opposite the Post Office, in King William street, for the hiring of servants and labourers. This is supported by voluntary subscriptions and has been most useful. A secretary is in constant attendance, who registers all applications, leaving the parties to make their own agreements. In case of single unprotected female servants, the protector of aborigines, Mr. Moorehouse, is directed to receive, lodge and ration such as are in want of refuge on their arrival. There is accommodation for one hundred; and at this depot, which is close to the government house and park lands, the Irish orphan girls are lodged until provided with situations. Notwithstanding the late arrival of 450 of the latter no difficulty occurred in procuring places for all the respectable young females in the Florentia. So many marry that they are always in demand as domestic servants. There is a "Stranger Friend Society," intended to relieve distress arising from sickness among the newly arrived; and there is a fund, dispensed by a government board, for "destitute persons," - widows, orphans, &c. Provided the females and others, who are sent for the House of Charity are able, willing, and respectable, the "Colonial Labour Office" and the "Government Depot" supply all the assistance they need towards settling themselves. I may add that there is much distress and disappointment felt by a very numerous class of educated persons, who arrive without capital, and with very few pounds in their pockets. Immigration has proceeded latterly at the rate of 1000 per month and above. Unluckily, also, the ships have arrived two or three at a time, instead of at intervals. 500 persons came in last Saturday, and this on the heels of the Posthumous, Florentia, Sir E. Parry, and the Inconstant, bringing 200 Irish orphans. In fact, it is quite wonderful how they have been absorbed and where they are dispersed. Wages still are high, and there is no fear of starvation, with meat at 2 1/2d the pound, sugar 3d, tea 2s, and bread 1 1/2d. The natives in fact, live upon the sheep's heads, &c., ox heads and tails, which are given them for any trifling service they perform. Servants of all work, plain cooks, farm servant girls, and nurse girls, are the females most wanted, but people will not engage without seeing. Wages are from £12 to £18. Respectable servant girls are sure to find employment. The government emigrant ships are more respectably conducted than passenger ships, on board the latter the sale of spirits is the ruin of numbers.—Yours faithfully,
AUG. ADELAIDE.
Adelaide, July 30, 1849

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Passages to Australia 1853

In the March 1853 "Colonization Circular No. 13 " there is notice of funds provided to the British Emigration Commissioners, by colonial revenues, for assisted passage, by New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. (also stated, for the moment, is that funds were also available for Western Australia and Van Diemen's Land, but no funds were available for assisiting persons wishing to emigrate to the North American Colonies) The rules for those wishing to apply were laid out thus:—

PASSAGES TO AUSTRALIA
The following are the regulations and conditions under which emigrants are to be selected for passages to the Australian colonies, when there are funds available for the purpose.

QUALIFICATIONS OF EMIGRANTS
1. The emigrants must be of those callings which from time to time are most in demand in the colony. They must be sober, industrious, of general good moral character, and have been in the habit of working for wages, and going out to do so in the colony, of all of which decisive certificates will be required. They must also be in good health, free from all bodily or mental defects, and the adults must be in all respects be capable of labour and going out to work for wages, at the occupation specified on their Application Forms. The candidates who will receive a preference are respectable young women trained to domestic or farm service, and families in which there is a preponderance of females.

2. The separation of husbands and wives and of parents from children under 18 will in no case be allowed.

3. Single women under 18 cannot be taken without their parents, unless they go under the immediate care of some near relatives. Single women over 35 years of age are ineligible. Single women with illigitimate children can in no case be taken.

4. Single men cannot be taken unless they are sons in eligible families, containing at least a corresponding number of daughters.

5. Families in which there are more than 2 children under 7, or 3 children under 10 years of age, or in which the sons outnumber the daughters, widowers, and widows with young children, persons who intend to resort to the gold fields, to buy land, or to invest capital in trade, or who are in the habitual receipt of parish relief, or who have not been vaccinated or not had the small-pox, cannot be accepted.

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Passages from Dublin and Cork to Plymouth, from Glasgow to Liverpool, and from Granton Pier (Leith) to London, are provided by the Commissioners for emigrants. All other travelling expenses must be borne by the emigrants themselves.
Therefore, if you are searching for assisted emigrants from these ports, look for them sailing from:—
Dublin & Cork, check Plymouth, from Glasgow, check Liverpool and Leith, check London.

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Clicking on the hyper-links below for each year highlighted, will take you directly to the list of ships for that year.
   1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 . . .
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• 1847
  • barque David Malcolm, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 23rd January 1847
  • barque Hermann von Beckerath, from Bremen, Germany to Port Adelaide 15th December 1847
  • ship Gellert, from Bremen, Germany to Port Adelaide 20th December 1847

• 1848
  • barque Pauline, from Bremen, Germany to Port Adelaide 31st March 1848
  • barque Victoria, from Hamburg, Germany to Port Adelaide 6th November 1848
  • ship Bussorah Merchant, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 10th November 1848
  • ship Alfred, from Hamburg, Germany to Port Adelaide 6th December 1848

• 1849
  • ship William Money, from Bristol / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 3rd January 1849
  • barque Rajah, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 6th January 1849
  • barque Samuel Boddington, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 12th January 1849
  • barque Steinwaerder, from Hamburg, Germany to Port Adelaide 12th January 1849
  • barque Trafalgar, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 17th January 1849
  • ship Marion, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 10th February 1849
  • ship Pakenham, from Liverpool / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 21st March 1849, two lists
  • barque Calphurnia, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 1st April 1849
  • barque Mary Ann, from Bristol / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 3rd April 1849
  • barque David Malcolm, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 7th April 1849
  • ship Stebonheath, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 11th May 1849
  • barque Susannah, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 16th May 1849
  • barque Florentia, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 20th June 1849
  • ship Sir Edward Parry, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 21st June 1849
  • barque Brankenmoor, from London to Port Adelaide 3rd July 1849
  • barque Prince Regent, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 20th July 1849
  • barque Indian, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 7th August 1849
  • barque Emily, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 8th August 1849
  • ship Eliza, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 23rd August 1849
  • barque Elgin, from Liverpool / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 10th September 1849
  • barque Macedon, from Gravesend / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 3rd October 1849
  • barque Cheapside, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 10th October 1849
  • barque Constance, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 5th November 1849
  • ship Duke of Wellington, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 8th November 1849
  • barque Himalaya, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 17th November 1849
  • barque Ascendant, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 21st November 1849
  • ship Harry Lorrequer, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 26th December 1849

• 1850
  • barque Agincourt, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 1st February 1850
  • barque Sea Queen, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 25th March 1850
  • barque Trafalgar, from Gravesend / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 30th March 1850
  • ship Stag, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 11th June 1850
  • barque Fatima, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 11th June1850
  • barque Sultana, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 26th July 1850
  • barque Duke of Portland, from London / Portsmouth / Isle of Wight to Port Adelaide 2nd August 1850
  • barque British Empire, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 15th August 1850
  • barque Tory, from London via Melbourne to Port Adelaide 27th August 1850
  • barque Lysander, from Gravesend / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 23rd September 1850
  • barque Constance, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 26th October 1850
  • barque Joseph Soames, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 23rd November 1850
• 1851
  • barque Ascendant, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 15th Jan. 1851
  • barque Prince Regent from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 5th March 1851
  • ship Osceola, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 5th April 1851
  • barque Wanderer, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 20th May 1851
  • ship Catherine, from Liverpool / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 26th May 1851
  • ship Marion, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 29th July 1851 (wrecked upon arrival)
  • ship Omega, from Liverpool / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 28th July 1851
  • barque Sultana, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 8th August 1851
  • ship Thetis, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 6th September 1851
  • ship Reliance, from Liverpool / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 13th September 1851
  • barque Navarino, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 25th September 1851
  • ship Oregon, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 31st October 1851
  • ship Lysander, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 20th November 1851
  • barque Hydaspes, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 28th November 1851
• 1852
  • barque Charlotte Jane, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 14th January 1852
  • ship Adelaide, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 31st January 1852
  • barque Marshall Bennett, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 2nd February 1852
  • barque Caucasian, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 6th February 1852
  • barque Amazon, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 20th February 1852
  • ship Sibella, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 16th March 1852
  • barque Anglia, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 19th May 1852
  • ship Surge, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 1st June 1852
  • ship Phoebe Dunbar, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 7th June 1852
  • ship Standard, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 15th June 1852
  • barque Chatham, from Deptford / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 1st July 1852
  • ship Epaminondas, from Liverpool / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 2nd August 1852
  • ship Gloucester, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 13th August 1852
  • ship Omega, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 24th August 1852
  • barque Sultana, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 7th October 1852
  • ship Medina, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 9th October 1852
  • barque China, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 12th November 1852
  • ship Steadfast, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 15th November 1852
  • barque Sea Park, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 10th December 1852
• 1853
  • barque Macedon, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 9th January 1853
  • ship Shackamaxon, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 19th January 1853
  • barque Caucasian, from London / Southampton to Port Adelaide 25th April 1853
  • barque Marshall Bennett, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 28th April 1853
  • barque Ramilies, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 19th May 1853
  • ship Mary Green, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 18th June 1853
  • ship William Stewart, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 14th July 1853
  • HMS Hercules, from Cambeltown via Cork to Port Adelaide 26th July 1853
  • ship Calabar, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 1st August 1853
  • ship Gipsy, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 15th August 1853
  • ship Magdalena, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 25th August 1853
  • ship Standard, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 13th October 1853
  • ship Neptune, from Plymouth via the Cape to Port Adelaide 25th October 1853
  • ship Olivia, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 14th November 1853
  • ship Epaminondas, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 24th December 1853
• 1854
  • barque David Malcolm, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 4th January 1854
  • ship Emerald Isle, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 16th January 1854
  • ship William Hammond, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 19th January 1854
  • barque Sultana, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 3rd February 1854
  • ship Hyderabad, from London / Southampton to Port Adelaide 14th March 1854
  • ship Sir Thomas Gresham, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 19th March 1854
  • barque Sir Edward Parry, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 25th March 1854
  • ship Taymouth Castle, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 3rd May 1854
  • barque Time and Truth, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 6th May 1854
  • ship John Bunyan, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 22nd May 1854
  • barque Royal Charlie, from London & Southampton to Port Adelaide 24th May 1854
  • barque Fortune, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 6th June 1854
  • ship Joseph Rowan, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 16th June 1854
  • barque Trafalgar, from London / Plymouth to Port Adelaide 28th June 1854
  • ship Nugget, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 3rd July 1854
  • barque Ostrich, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 21st July 1854
  • ship Navarino, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 14th August 1854
  • ship William Prowse, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 19th August 1854
  • ship Thetis, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 31st August 1854
  • ship Confiance, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 13th September 1854
  • barque Pestonjee Bomanjee, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 7th October 1854
  • barque Isle of Thanet, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 24th October 1854
  • ship Lord Raglan, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 24th October 1854
  • ship Emigrant, from London, the Downs & Southampton to Port Adelaide 24th October 1854
  • ship James Fernie, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 16th November 1854
  • ship Dirigo, first departure ending in cholera outbreak
  • ship Dirigo, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 22nd November 1854
  • ship Lord of the Isles, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 2nd December 1854
  • ship Marion, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 10th December 1854
  • ship Standard, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 17th December 1854
  • ship Star Queen, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 30th December 1854
• 1855
  • barque Coromandel, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 8th January 1855
  • ship Magdelana, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 16th January 1855
  • ship Telegraph, from Southampton & Plymouth to Port Adelaide 23rd January 1855
  • ship William Stevenson, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 1st February 1855
  • ship Nile, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 19th February 1855
  • ship Rodney, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 20th February 1855
  • ship Norman, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 7th March 1855
  • ship Flora, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 7th April 1855
  • ship Lady Macdonald, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 7th April 1855
  • ship Northern Light, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 8th April 1855
  • barque Hooghly, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 19th April 1855
  • ship Caroline, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 25th April 1855
  • barque Mallard, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 25th April 1855
  • barque David Malcolm, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 30th April 1855
  • ship Europa, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 12th May 1855
  • ship Nashwauk, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide, wrecked at Noarlunga 13th May 1855
  • ship Punjab, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 25th May 1855
  • ship John Banks, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 28th May 1855
  • barque, Grand Trianon, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 9th June 1855
  • ship Sea Park, from London & Plymouth to Port Adelaide 25th June 1855
  • ship Taymouth Castle, from London & Southampton to Port Adelaide 25th June 1855
  • ship Velocity, from London & Plymouth to Port Adelaide 25th June 1855
  • barque Constantine, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 1st July 1855
  • ship Octavia, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 19th July 1855
  • ship South Sea, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 30th July 1855
  • ship Aliquis, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 12th August 1855
  • ship Admiral Boxer, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 23rd August 1855
  • barque Lismoyne, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 23rd August 1855
  • ship Switzerland, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 12th September 1855
  • ship Thomas Arbuthnot, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 12th September 1855
  • barque Warren Hastings, from Southampton & Plymouth to Port Adelaide 10th October 1855
  • ship Bucephalus, from Liverpool to Port Adelaide 13th October 1855
  • ship Oriental, from Southampton to Port Adelaide 1st November 1855
  • ship Victoria Regia, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 12th November 1855
  • ship Glentanner, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 26th November 1855
  • barque Royal Albert, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 1st December 1855
  • barque Agincourt, from Plymouth to Port Adelaide 4th December 1855

• 1856
• 1857
• 1858
• 1859
• 1860

Clicking on the hyper-links below for each year highlighted, will take you directly to the list of ships for that year.
   1847 | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 . . .

Links to other South Australian Resources (clicking on off-site links will open a new browser window)

State Library South Australia shipping and passenger records
State Records of South Australia passenger lists - incoming
Family History South Australia Barry Leadbeater
Bound for South Australia Di Cummings

Sources: State Library South Australia, official passenger lists, mainly of immigrants arriving in South Australia under United Kingdom assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886 GRG 35/48a (formely ACC 313) ; Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Register ; The South Australian Government Gazette ; GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and Immigrant ships papers ; Biographical index SA 1836-1885 (the B-index column indicates individuals who may be found in that index, with corresponding reference number for further research) ; BDM Indexes ; FreeBMD ; UK census'

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