Passenger numbers

{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||$N=Update |date=__DATE__ |$B= {{#invoke:Message box|ambox}} }} Between 1864 and 1886, the clipper City of Adelaide made 23 voyages to South Australia bringing many hundreds of immigrant families to settle in South Australia. This page is a summary of the number of passengers that we know of.

As recently as 8th July 2007 we 'discovered' another 21 passengers and another 18 were 'discovered' a day later on the 9th July 2007. Those discoveries are included in this summary. If you are aware of any anomalies or additions please contact us.

We also have some of the crew lists for the City of Adelaide and anticipate publishing that data in the future.

Voyage Arrivals in South Australia	Passengers				Cumulative Total
	Total	1st Class	2nd Class	Steerage
7 November 1864	30	24	6	-	30
12 October 1865	46	22	24	-	76
11 October 1866	54	34	20	-	130
12 October 1867	54	35	19	-	184
23 September 1868	27	22	5	-	211
31 July 1869	54	33	21	-	265
18 August 1870	33	19	14	-	298
20 August1871	41	21	20	-	339
28 September 1872	17	6	11	-	356
3 July 1873	107	21	-	86	463
24 August 1874	277	25	-	252	740
26 September 1875	13	7	6	-	753
18 August 1876	31	-	31	-	784
25 July 1877	18	3	15	-	802
22 July 1878	10	10	-	-	812
16 August 1879	22	22	-	-	834
27 June 1880	22	19	3	-	856
26 July 1881	9	9	-	-	865
6 August 1882	2	2	-	-	867
27 July 1883	14	14	-	-	881
10 August 1884	4	4	-	-	885
20 June 1885	2	2	-	-	887
18 June 1886	2	2	-	-	889
Totals	889	356	195	338	889

Except for the official passenger lists of 1873, 1874 and 1876 that include large blocks of assisted migrants, all the other passenger records are based on newspaper accounts. Letters and diaries reveal that sometimes names were omitted by reporters. Where a newspaper report lists only passengers in the "cabin" or in the "saloon" we do not know whether there are second-class or steerage passengers who were disregarded. Where first-class passenger names were obtained from letters in the newspaper, we do not know whether the passengers listed were merely those contributing to the cost of the having the letter published in the newspaper.

Not all passengers were new immigrants, some obvious non-immigrants include:

• 1865 included Mr and Mrs Fotheringham returning to Gawler.
• 1866 included Archdeacon Woodcock and Mr Hawker returning from a trip to England
• 1869 included a party of 15 with the Governor of Western Australia
• 1877 included Capt Alston's wife
• 1879 included Capt Alston's wife + child + nurse
• 1880 included Capt Alston's wife + child + nurse
• 1881 included Capt Alston's wife + child + nurse
• 1882 included Capt Alston's wife + child
• 1883 included Capt Alston's wife + child
• 1884 included Capt Alston's wife + child
• 1886 included Capt Alston's wife

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