South Australian Passenger Lists

Sources

1. E A D Opie, South Australian Records prior to 1841, Adelaide, 1917
2. Register of Emigrant Labourers Applying for a Free Passage to South Australia 1836-41, PRO CO 386/149-151
3. R Parsons, Migrant Ships for South Australia 1836-66, Gould Books, 1999
4. South Australian Birth Registration Certificates Index 1842-1928, Genealogy SA, 2012
5. Cemetery and other memorial inscriptions, 5b burial registers
6. Newspapers - shipping intelligence, imports, obituaries, etc
7. Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885, SAGHS, 1986
8. South Australians 1836-1885, SAGHS, 1990
9. R T Sexton, Shipping Arrivals and Departures South Australia 1627-1850, Gould Books, 1990
10. South Australian Death Registration Certificates Index 1842-1972, Genealogy SA, 2012
11. H J Finnis, Before the 'Buffalo', Pioneers Association of SA, 1964
12. Family and local histories, 12i internet, 12b family bible, 12d diary & family papers, 12o family oral
13. Miscellaneous Passenger Lists, South Australian Archives, GRG56/68/52 (fmly A1174)
14. SA Literary Association minutes (correspondence), SA Archives, A31
15. Schedule of Labourers Wage Advances, SAA, GRG48 (A680)
16. Early German Origins, SA Archives, RN 11
17. A Lodewyckx, Die Deutschen in Australien, Stuttgart, 1932
18. Celebration of the Jubilee Year of South Australia (1886) & other composite photographs, Old Colonists Association, 1887
19. Miscellaneous Passenger Lists, SAA, GRG35/202/2 (A608)
20. South Australian Marriage Registration Certificates Index 1842-1937, Genealogy SA, 2012
21. Manifests of Vessels Arriving from Overseas 1838-42, SAA, GRG41/8 (A743)
22. Adelaide Hospital Admission Register, SAA, GRG78/49
23. 1841 South Australia Census Returns, SAA, GRG24/13
24. South Australian Government Gazette
25. Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne, 2006
26. Barry Leadbeater, South Australia Marriages 1836-56, Adelaide, 2005-2013
27. Royal South Australian Almanack for 1839, Adelaide
28. Royal South Australian Almanack for 1840, Adelaide
29. Return of sick and destitute emigrants receiving relief 1840, SAA, GRG24/1
30. Official passenger lists mainly of immigrants arriving in SA under UK assisted passage 1845-86, SAA, GRG35/48A (A313)
31. Official lists of passengers arriving in SA from overseas 1888-1940, SAA, GRG41/34 (A764)
32. L J Ewens, The Little Ships of the Pioneer Years 1836-45, PASA, 1952
33. Register of cases of destitution, SAA, GRG28/4
34. Wilhelm Iwan, Because of their beliefs, D Schubert (Ed), Adelaide, 1995
35. David Schubert, Kavel's People, Lutheran Publishing, Adelaide, 1985
36. Maureen M Leadbeater, Naturalizations in South Australia 1839-1903, Adelaide, 2008-2011
37. Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, Australia, 2007
38. Index to Departures 1817-67, Archives Office of Tasmania
39. Eric Kopittke, Emigrants from Hamburg to Australia 1850-77, Queensland Family History Society, 1991
40. Destitute Asylum Admission Register, SAA, GRG28
41. B Leadbeater, South Australia Births 1836-54, Adelaide, 2010-2013
42. Colonial Tasmanian Family Links, Archives Office of Tas
43. Parliamentary Papers of South Australia, Probates and letters of administration 1844-68, Adelaide, No135/1871
44. Miscellaneous shipping records including manifests, SAA, GRG35/301 & 302
45. FamilySearch, LDS, 2008-2012
46. B Leadbeater, South Australia Deaths 1836-55, Adelaide, 2007-2013
47. M M Leadbeater, Whaling in South Australia's early days, Adelaide, 2007

Notes

1. The sources of passenger lists for this early period are extremely inconsistent - the variations which could not be resolved are included, those in brackets considered less likely. A name in brackets with a question mark is a suggested possibility only, which needs further investigation by the user prior to acceptance or rejection. Please advise us of any errors or omissions, giving the sources of your information so that we can verify your claim.
2. Only a few original passenger lists survive, so it has been necessary to use other sources. Even these original lists are only as accurate as the literacy of the recorder and passengers supplying their details allowed. The ship manifests are even less accurate because they are transcriptions of the original lists onto the cargo manifests. Similarly, the newspaper listings are transcriptions. The applications for a free passage suffer from the same problems as the original passenger lists. Then there is the difficulty of reading the old handwriting, which sometimes introduces further errors. Sources 1, 6 and 7 are quite unreliable, but have not been excluded because at times they are the only sources of the information. In addition, 4, 7 and 8 often provide given names and maiden names not found elsewhere. For more information, see the article on the accuracy of family history sources.
3. Where feasible, all accompanying offspring including adults are given in each family, unless married. These are listed separately with their own families. Children are listed in chronological order of birth if known.
4. Many of the ships returned to South Australia multiple times with passengers. In several cases there was more than one ship with the same name.

Acknowledgments

1. Grateful thanks to those who entered and checked the early local shipping data.
2. Thank you to the generous volunteer who has provided numerous additions and amendments over the years from various sources, especially arrival information from obituaries, biographies, and Tasmanian departures for SA.
3. Thanks to the SA shipping researcher from Victoria who has supplied additional data and pointed out discrepancies needing attention.
4. And thanks to all other contributors of new and corrected data.