

Bound for South Australia Portal page for projects related to immigration to South Australia. Here is a video to get you in the mood: Bound For South Australia South Australia was an unusual settlement within the British Empire. Unlike the older colonies on Australia’s eastern seaboard there were to be no convicts, and this commitment to a ‘free’ settlement was fiercely maintained. Historians a...
English Ships - Foreign Pioneers to South Australia lists "foreign" and German passengers on English ships arriving to South Australia. This project is to assist in the collection of this data. If you have information on passengers or need help locating them on the tree, start a discussion here.. Passengers on vessels: 1836 Duke of York arrived at Nepean Bay Kangaroo Island on 27 July 18...
Welcome to the South Australia Portal on Geni=This is a sub-project of the Australian Portal This South Australian Portal has been created to: * Link together existing South Australian projects * Encourage new South Australian projects to be created * Encourage collaboration between South Australian-based Geni users, and Geni users worldwide who have South Australian interests and connections *...
Purpose of project is to identify key persons, fill gaps in ships' routes and masters Project Brig "Onni" from Finland to Victoria, Australia 1852 - 1853 is excluded here In Finland there were three categories of seamen. Jungmanni / jungman. First timer, especially when it comes to sailing abroad for a year or two. Puolimatruusi / lättmatros in Swedish. Knowing how to, workhorses on ...
The ship Surry/Surrey from London, capt. G Sinclair in command, arrived at Holdfast Bay on the 11th October 1838.This is part of the Bound for South Australia - Ships Lists Portal Project Sources:* The Ships Passenger List This is a great time to add the profile to an Occupation Project and also to the country they settled FROM, Irish ; German and Prussian ; English ; Cornish ; Scottish ; Lanca...
The Somersetshire 1839 from London with Captain John Jackson and 234 passengers, arrived Port Adelaide on August 24th, 1839Sources:* The Ships Passenger List If you have information on passengers or need help locating them on the tree, start a discussion here.. ==Some of the passengers:* Samuel Sands a Tanner, and wife Elizabeth Keturah Putland ==StoriesRelated Projects:* Bound for South Austra...
ship / barque Pauline, 500 tons, Captain Lüder Stelljes, from Bremen, Germany 24th August 1849, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 9th December 1849Sources:* The Ships Passenger List If you have information on passengers or need help locating them on the tree, start a discussion here.. ==Some of the passengers:* Iden, Christian 21 Landman and wife Sophia (Scharnberg) (possibly Uden) ==St...
The barque Pauline , 500 tons, Captain Lüder Stelljes, from Bremen, Germany 21st November 1847, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 31st March 1848, Frederick Cornelius surgeon-superintendent South Australian Register Saturday 1st April 1848 ship Pauline, Captain Stelljes, from Bremen 21st November, with a cargo of merchandise and sixty-nine passengers, as named and described in our list ...
The barque Pauline , 500 tons, Captain Lüder Stelljes, from Bremen, Germany 30th May 1846, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 27th September 1846 South Australian Register Wednesday 30th September 1846 'On Sunday last, the Colonists were taken by surprise at an arrival generally unexpected, that of the Ship [sic] Pauline, 500 tons, Stelljes, Master, from Bremen, to the consignment of H.C...
The Bremen ship Leontine was built at Vegesack/Grohn by Johann Lange for the Bremen firm of D. H. Wätjen & Co., being launched on 19 April 1844. The South Australian Register Wednesday August 2 1848 Tuesday August 1, the Ship Leontine , 758 tons, William Ariaans, Master, from Bremen, 10th April. We have the pleasure to greet the arrival of another large batch of German emigrants by the Bremen s...
The ship Leontine , 650 tons, Captain Wilhelm Ihno Ariaans, from Bremen 10th May 1850, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 13th August 1850.Sources:* The Ships Passenger List This is a great time to add the profile to an Occupation Project and also to the country they settled FROM, Irish ; German and Prussian ; English ; Cornish ; Scottish
The ship Lady Macdonald, (Lady McDonald) 567 tons (680 tons, new measurement), Captain Henry Biles, from Plymouth 15th December 1854, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 7th April 1855Sources:* The Ships Passenger List If you have information on passengers or need help locating them on the tree, start a discussion here.. ==Some of the passengers:The John Wakfer Family==Stories* Johns daug...
The ship Duchess of Northumberland, of 541 tons, with 254 emigrants, arrived here last night after a fine passage of 101 days, having sailed from London on the 8th and taken a final departure from Plymouth on the 20th July. The Surgeon Superintendent is M. A. Bowden, Esq., and the emigrants were under the spiritual care of the Rev. J. C. Bagshaw, a clergyman of the Established Church, by whom D...
The Duchess Of Northumberland - 1839Left London on August 6th and arrived South Australia on November 19th, 1839. The Duchess of Northumberland, commanded by Captain Frederick Geare, was a ship of 600 tonnes carrying 251 passengers and her crew. Oct 29.-The barque "Duchess of Northumberland," 541 tons, Freeman, from London, 8th, and Plymouth- 20th, July. Passengers - Rev. Mr Bagshaw, Dr. Bowden...
The Coromandel arrived at Kingscote Kangaroo Island on the evening of January 10th or 11th 1837, moved on to Holdfast Bay (Glenelg) on January 17th 1837, and was the first migrant ship to arrive in South Australia, after proclamation of the government of the province. There were156 passengers when the ship left England, including 53 married (or in 2 cases about to be married) couples, 4 single ...
The ship Australia , 600 tons, Captain J. Meyer, from Hamburg 7th September 1850, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 15th December 1850.Sources:* The Ships Passenger List This is a great time to add the profile to an Occupation Project and also to the country they settled FROM, Irish ; German and Prussian ; English ; Cornish ; Scottish
The ship "Australia", 530 tons, Captain C.A. Jansen, from Hamburg 1st November 1854, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 4th March 1855.The South Australian Register, Monday March 5th 1855:Arrival: the ship Australia, bringing 211 German and Prussian passengers, arrived at the lightship anchorage yesterday, previous to the departure from the river Elbe there was a sad mortality amongst th...
The ship Alfred , 562 / 604 tons, Captain H.E. Decker, from Hamburg 27th October 1849, via Plymouth 3rd November 1849, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 31st January 1850 - on to Port Phillip 15th February, arriving 24th February 1850.Sources:* The Ships Passenger List This is a great time to add the profile to an Occupation Project and also to the country they settled FROM, Irish ; Ger...
The ship Alfred, 635 tons, Captain H.E. Decker, from Hamburg, Germany 20th August 1848, Rio de Janeiro 17th October, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 6th December 1848Sources:* The Ships Passenger List If you have information on passengers or need help locating them on the tree, start a discussion here.. ==Some of the passengers:Deutsher Michael 39 Farmer Saxony * Johanna (Schwartz) ...
The Rajasthan This 3 mast ship was built in 1837 in Bombay, and launched on July 19, 1837.She departed from London on July 26th, 1838 with Capt. Duncan Ritchie, for Plymouth. On July 31st 1838 arriving in Adelaide November 16th, 1838 with 254 passengers (incl. 18 cabin, 34 second cabin)If you have information on passengers or need help locating them on the tree, start a discussion here.. ==Some...
Scottish settlement in South Australia " The links between Scotland and Australia stretch back to the first British expedition of the Endeavour under command of Lieutenant James Cook who was himself the son of a Scottish ploughman. Cook navigated and charted the east coast of Australia, making first landfall at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770. please add profiles here of Scottish people who settled...
Centenarian - Australia Project. Please add persons who lived to 100 years or more. Alice Philpott 1906 -2007 This project is included in The History Link Project - Trace your ancesters! you can add projects here
Chinese - arrivals in South Australia - Index Many families and some single persons arrived in South Australia, a free settlers State in the 1850's to 1880's.In working with these records it has been noticed that many did not stay in South Australia.They may have gone directly to the Goldfields, many appear in Victoria Australia and Queensland. This project will list these persons and profiles ...
The Fairfield arrived in Port Adelaide on 14th Dec 1840 from London via Plymouth: Captain James Lee Monday, December 14.—The ship Fairfield, 434 tons, Captain James Lee, from London, Plymouth, and Table Bay, having left Plymouth on the 30th July, and the Cape in October. Passengers—Mr and Mrs Coke, Messrs Robinson, Rainsford, Barnett, and Burton (left at the Cape), and Battie (left behind at Pl...
This is a story of strength in weakness. Scotish migrants brought their religious differences with them to South Australia. Between 1839 and 1851 three varieties of Presbyterianism were established in the colony, led by Ralph-Drummond , Robert Haining and John Gardner, all Scotish ministers. The three branches united in 1865 to form the Presbytery of South Australia. In 1886 the church reorgani...