Template:Passenger List to Adelaide in 1873

The 1873 passenger list represents a classic problem for researchers: needing to obtain multiple resources to confirm the number of passengers on board. For many years (in recent times), it was believed that there were only 86 passengers on the City of Adelaide during its 1873 voyage to South Australia. However, a newspaper report identifies that the ship also carried cabin class passengers and that there was a total of 107 passengers on board.

The ships log book for the voyage also records a theft in the Fore Cabin and a search being carried out in the cabin where the Emigrants' Cook, Butcher, Sailmaker and Mr. Evans (Eusus?) a 2nd Class passenger slept. This revealed the existence of 2nd Class passengers, the name of one of them, and also the sleeping arrangements for 2nd Class passengers.

The other main source used for determining the names of passengers on the 1873 voyage was a transcription taken from records held in the Mortlock Library, Adelaide, which include the Certificate of Final Departure. The Certificate of Final Departure has the printed words "Commissioner of Emigration" crossed out and hand written above the words "agent for South Australia, 37 Great George St, Westminster SW". The List of Emigrants - does not show any Cabin Passengers.

List of Emigrants

The official tally of 86 assisted migrants on the City of Adelaide was summarised as follows:

Category	No
Married men	7
Married women	11
Single men	24
Single women	26
Boys between 1 & 12 y.o.	5
Girls between 1 and 12 y.o.	10
Infants under 1 y.o.	3
Total	86

The List also gave the following breakdown of the types of fares for these 86 migrants:

Passage	English	Scottish	Irish	Total
Colonial Passage Certificate holders	45	1	36	82
Assisted Passage Regulations	1			1
Full Paid Passage Regulations	2			2
Free Passage Regulations	1			1
Totals	49	1	36	86

Cabin Passengers

No.	Name on Passenger List	GEDCOM Name	Cabin Class	Birth Date	Age	Comment
1	Campbell, Dr.	Campbell, W. M.	First Class (Saloon)

Assisted Migrants

The passenger list included several names that were crossed out. The arrival certificate summary states that 86 souls embarked and 86 souls were landed alive. Therefore those people whose names are crossed out can be disregarded. Their names have been retained in the list below in case the information is useful to researchers. In some instances, the person whose names are crossed out appear to be related to persons who did migrate on the voyage.

No.	Name on Passenger List	GEDCOM Name	Cabin Class	Birth Date	Age	Trade	Comment
22	Arnold, Joseph	Arnold, Joseph	Steerage	abt 1868-69	33	policeman

Explanation of 'Name' columns in Passenger List

The 'Name on Passenger List' column: shows details obtained from a manifest or newspaper report. The 'Individual Wiki (GEDCOM) Page' column reflects the individual name in our Genealogy Database and: represents the results of genealogy research in identifying who the individual was and includes the TNGID number for the individual. resolves spelling errors in the original manifest, or in the transcripts in the newspapers of the day. provides the maiden names of married women, and firstnames and middlenames where known. has links that will take you to a biographical article on the individual. The 'Family/Household Wiki (GEDCOM) Page' column reflects the family name in our Genealogy Database and: represents the results of genealogy research in identifying who the family was and includes the TNGID number for the family. resolves spelling errors in the original manifest, or in the transcripts in the newspapers of the day. has links that will take you to an article on a family group or household travelling together. This 'household' may also include, for example, servants whose name is not known.