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barque Adamant, 815 tons, Henry Consterdine, master, from London July 17th via Plymouth 30th July, 1865 arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 17th October 1865

The South Australian Advertiser, Wednesday 18 October 1865 p. 2

Tuesday 17th October:— Adamant, barque, 815 tons, H, Consterdine, master, from London July 17, via Plymouth July 30. Elder, Smith & Co., agents.
Passengers—Mrs. Consterdine ; Dr. R. Newbold, Surgeon-Superintendent, in the cabin ; and 383 Government emigrants in the steerage, a list of whom will be found in another column:—

. . . . — 10th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1865 ; —4— births and —9— deaths on the passage ; Dr. Robert Newbold, surgeon-superintendent.

The Passenger List indicates the class of Emigrants, so in the list below, I have combined those lists, but have made notations alongside the family name, thus, General Emigrants = GE ; Assisted Passage = AP ; Remittance Emigrants = RE ; Colonial Nominees = CN ; Passage Paid = PP. — Robert

Miscellaneous Shipping

The Adamant is certainly a most astonishing vessel, for the regularity of her passages has become almost proverbial and Tuesday morning's daybreak showed her to have anchored within a cable's length off the Semaphore Jetty Seventy-eight days as usual ; and this time with a new commander, for Captain Lodwick has taken charge of a new ship and gone to India, leaving the Adamant to a relative (Captain Consterdine), who appears at any rate to have also inherited a share of good fortune in favorable winds. On leaving the British Channel strong N.W. gales were the order of the day, and on August 4 passed Madeira. On August 27 crossed the Line in 17° west, and rounded the Cape on September 19. The southing from the Line to the Cape was accomplished with celerity, seeing that a fine fair wind prevailed, and along the southern parallel similar weather predominated, in which the vessel carried all plain sail, making an average of 205 miles per day ; indeed, occasionally the speed was as high as 245 miles in the 24 hours. She looked weather-beaten on arrival and the entire voyage passed without incident of import, till after making Cape Borda when a fatal casualty threw the passengers into a fever of consternation and crippled the vessel by losing maintopgallant and mizentopmasts. It appears that on making the land the people crowded along the lee rail to watch the appearance of Kangaroo Island, as the vessel bounded along at her top speed under a heavy press of canvas. One of the women, named Mary Rosemorgan, was sitting in a position near the maintopgallant staysail-sheet which belays in the waist when it gave a flap and threw her over the side. The alarm instantly became general ; but Mr. Ramsay, the chief officer, pitched a lifebouy, and the order was at once passed to put the helm down, bringing the ship to the wind with everything flat aback. The maintopgallant mast was at once carried away, taking with it the head of the mizentopmast. In the meantime a smart crew, headed by the chief officer, rushed to the lee quarter-boat, which, being furnished with the patent lowering gear, was let go by the run, precipitating her into a most violent seaway, in which they pulled, as near at possible, towards the spot where the woman was lost. The crippled condition of the ship for a time disabled her from proceeding to the rescue ; but as soon as possible the wreck was cleared away, and she wore round to seek the boat, which was not descried by the anxious look-out till three and a half hours had passed. The praiseworthy attempt at the poor woman's rescue had failed, and on nearing the ship it was seen that to pick up the boat was a matter of danger, from the terrific sea on. After much difficulty, however, this object was accomplished, but only by hooking on stern-first, and running her up with a rush. The painful accident and concurrent circumstances caused such intense feeling that an amount of confusion continued till the vessel reached the anchorage, and when standing inshore towards the Red Light, the leadsman furnished incorrect soundings, so that the vessel was much closer to the beach than was anticipated, and anchored in a position where she grounded at low water, being within hail of the jetty end, or quite close to the pilot cutters' moorings. It was rather strange she was not seen and boarded by a pilot before, for there were two of their boats cruising in the anchorage. As soon as the position of the barque became known, the Eleanor steamed down from the Port to tow her into harbor, and a signal was made at the stations to shorten in cable, but being aground, that was impracticable till the tide rose. She was, however, towed up on Tuesday evening, and moored in the stream.

IMPORTS

The South Australian Register, Wednesday 18 October 1865 p. 2

ADAMANT, from London— 58 pkgs, A. Cunningham ; 4 cases, J. Newman and Son; 37 do, 60 tone coals. 90 brls whiting, Order; 66 bales,D. and W. Murray; 3cages, W. Morgan and Co.; 18 bales, Onnerodand Co.; so cases iron. 1.733 bars. 342 bdls sheet-iron. 100 boiler-plates, 108 kegs- nails. 18 anvils, Harrold Brothers; 35 cases, 500 bdls fencing-wire, F. Santo; 23 cases, D. and J. Fowler; S do, Bearce. Wincey, end Co.; 19 do. B. Kelsey and Co.; 32 do galvanized iron, English and Brown, 20 tanks malt, 31 casks bottled beer, 1 sample. F. Spicer;'754 bars iron. 222 grindstones, 31 cases, 22 do weighing-machines, 2 crates. 3 casks, I cask and 74 kegs bolts, 31 casks chain, 14 do nails, 265 Kegs do, 10 casks shot 4 do pipe, 65 boxes. 9 cases glass, 12 straw pkgs, 7 cases nails, 33 boxes tin, 265 bdls wire. G. P. Harris; 4 bales, is cases, 10 bdls, Virgoe, Son, and Chapman; "64 bdls hoop Iron. 4 do sheet iron, 1,345 bars Iron. J. Gorr; 25 bales. Proprietors of Moonta Mine; 2 cases, 10 casks malt, 5O tons coals. Elder Smith and Co. ; l00 cask bottled beer, F. Clark and Sons; 35 bales. Hall and Co.

ARRIVAL OF THE ADAMANT, WITH 383 GOVERNMENT IMMIGRANTS

The qualities of this vessel as a Government immigrant ship have been so far appreciated that she is now on her third voyage in the service, and has succeeded in acquitting herself quite as well as on former occasions. She landed her cargo in London, and in July received on board at Plymouth 388 souls, with whom she sailed on the 30th, and completed a capital passage of 78 days by arriving on Tuesday morning. During the early part of the voyage the people continued in excellent health, and it was only after rounding the Cape a few cases of hooping-cough were treated, which on arrival were reduced to seven under medical care. There were four births and nine deaths, diminishing the original number to 383, amongst the adult portion of whom there was no sickness of any importance. The visit of Dr. Duncan was made at an early hour in the morning, and the tug being in attendance she was towed into harbour on the afternoon tide. The Surgeon-Superintendent, Dr. Newbold, has had considerable experience with immigrant vessels, and speaks in favourable terms of his present charge—not only the people, but the capabilities of the vessel are subjects for eulogy. The patent distiller acted as usual, and was quite equal to the requirements of the water supply; while Dr. Edmund's system of ventilation, by means of the midship cowl and air- tubes throughout the 'tween-decks, has added considerably to the comfort of the people. From the papers politely furnished by Captain Consterdine the following particulars of the passengers on board are taken :— Married males, 75; married females, 75; single men, 100; single women, 42. Children between 1 and 12 years— Males, 36; females, 40. Infants— Males, 11: females, 7. Subjoined is the official classification, national and industrial: — English— Henry, Emily, and Henry Allen, William and Harriet Anderson, Nichs., Jane, and Bennett Andrew, Jane Andrew, James Andrew, Eliza Arthur, Charles, Emma, Alice, Walter, Ada, and Charlotte Askew, Constantine Atkinson, Sam Barkley, Anthony Barrett, Edwin Bartie, William Batchelor, George, Mary, John, Charlotte, Anne, Emma, and Charlotte Bates, Donald, Eliza, and Maria Beatson, Thomas and Grace Bell. Jane Brookman. Mary A. Butcher, Mary Butter, William and Sarah Cantain, James, Eliza Jane, Joseph G., and Ellen M. Carter, Richard and Ruth Cave, Walter, Catherine, and Walter Chambers, David and Maria Champion, Richard Chapman, James Ching, William, Elizabeth, Mary, Elizabeth, and Alice Clow, Samuel and Thomas Colmer, Peter, Emma, Mary Ann, John, and Michael Colmer, Wm. Cook, James Cranden, John Crowl, Elias Davies, Alfred and Jane Dew, James Dumble, William Earle, Joseph, Emma, and Julia Earle, Elizabeth and Mary Earle, John Edwards, George, Emma, Clara, and Dan Edwards, John and Eliza Elswork, Thomas, Jane H., and Henry Fletcher, Margaret Giaconelli, Walter and Sarah A. Gibbs, Ann Gilbert, John and Emmanuel Gilbert, Richard, Nancy, Annie, and Thomas H. Gilbert, Ann aad Robert Granger, John Granger, Charlotte and Ann Granger, Alfred Gregory, William H. Harris, George and Eliza Heale, Mary Herne, Joel Hill, Richard, Rebecca Amelia, Mary, and Louisa Hill, William Hodson, James V. and Ann Hooper, John Huss, Frederick Humphries, Nathaniel Hunt, Thomas, Susannah, Thomas, John, Susan, Nancy, and James Ivey, Rebecca James, Louisa and Mary James. William and Thomas Jeffree, Albert, Elizabeth, and Clarissa Jeffries, John Jerome, William Johnston, Thomas, Caroline, and William H. Kemp, James, Agnes. Wm., and Benjamin Kemp, Thomas, Mary, Thomas, John, Jane, and William Kemp, Stephen and Wilmot Kent, James, Elizabeth, and Elizabeth Lawrence, Charles, Ann, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Eleanor, and Leah Lewis, Ann Lewis, Joseph, Elizabeth. William, and Joseph Lloyd, William Nann Sophia Matthews, William and Elizabeth Matthews, George May, Alfred Menadue, James Millett, Daniel, Ann, James, and Lucy Mills, Thomas, Amelia, and Elizabeth Mitchell, Catherine Morgan, Ann Morley, William, Jane, and Tom Morris, John, Harriet, Elizabeth, Harriet, and Agnes Morris, Stephen and Annie Moyle, Richard and Mary A. Nicholas, John. Caroline, and William J. Oats, Charles Olider, William and Anna Opie, James Parkhouse, Thomas and Charles Pearse, Martha Pelbury, Digory Penhall, John Perry, George, Mary Ann, and George Phillips, William and Maria Popham, Thomas Price, William, Elizabeth J., William J., Thomas J., and Paul Prisk, Albert Renfrer, Elizabeth Reynolds, George, Maria, and James Rickings, Thomas H. Roberts, John and Julia Rogers, James and Mary Rosemurgy, Alfred Rule, Richard Selwood, James Sim, Samuel and Mary A. Sleep, James, Jane, William, Henry, and Susanna Smith, Henry Snarling, Wm. Stephens, Edward Stiling, Michael Stirling, James Swearse, Charles Symes, William J., Mary J., and George G. Taylor, John, Henry, William, and Elizabeth Thomas, Robert Thompson, T. and Lucy Tindall, A. and M. Tonkin, James Tregise, William Treloar, Ann Tressider, Henry and Eliza Tressider, Henry, Alice, William, John, Elizabeth, and Mary Tressider, John Tresenda, George and Mary A. Tucker, Jonathan, Sophia, John. Mary, and Bessie Turner, Abraham, Sarah, and Frederick Turner, Thomas Turner, John Uren, Catherine Vere, Fanny Vincent, Joseph Vivian, William E. Wales, Charlotte Wales, Edwin Watts, Ann Wickens, Thomas Williams, Henry and Elizabeth Williams, Elizabeth, Honor, William P., and Thomas L. Williams, Richard and Rebecca Wills, William L., Mary A., William H., Edward, Jessie, Jane A. and John Wilton, Robert Woolfe. Scotch— John Anderson, John and Margaret Begg, David Bone, Margaret B. Calder, Francis, Margaret, and Mary Couplend, Thomas, Isabella, Mary A. James, and William Coutts, Thomas Cunningham, Margaret and George Dedlin, John M. Falconer, David Finlayson, Thomas Flett. Charles Gillies, James, Violet, Violet, James, and Annie Harrison, Sarah Hay, Frank Henderson, Margaret Howden, William, Mary, William, and Isabella Hughes, Thomas, Jessie, John, and Peter Jack, Hugh, Elizabeth, Elizabeth, James, and Christiana Johnston, Jane Lindsay, John Lyons, John McAnna, Hugh McDougall, Emily McDougall, Andrew and James McHardie, Hugh and Elizabeth McHardie, Robert, Jane, Rose, and James McKay, Donald. Ann, and Janet McLeod, John McLeod, Donald McNeill, James Nairn, Angus, Margaret, Alexander, Archibald, Donald, John, and Angus Nicolson, Marion Nicolson, Peter Oliver, James Rankine, James, William, and John L. Rodger, Marion Robertson, William Sandman, John and Ann Shields, Mary Thompson, Margaret Williamson. Irish— Catherine Hynes, John Lacy, Michael Nash, Michael Reilly, Thomas Shawley. The particulars are: English— Adults. 230 ; children between 1 and 12, 57 ; infants, 15 ; total 302 Scotch—  Adults, 57 ; children between 1 and 12, 19 ; total 79 Irish— Adults, 5 Total 386 ; equal to 330 statute adults Industrial Classification.— Labourers 60, miners 35, servants 29, masons 3, carpenters 6, gardeners 3, painters and plumbers 3, printer 1, smiths 7, wheelwright 1, nurse 1, porter 1, baker 1, brick layer 1, housekeepers 2, railway labourers 3, quarryman 1, shoemakers 7, engineers and fitters 6, farm labourers 6, ploughman 1, currier and tanner 1, groom 1, saddler and harnessmakers 3, shepherd 1, tailors 4, matron 1, coachman 1, cook 1, ironworker 1, scholar 1, saddler 1, clerks 2, platelayer 1, sawyer 1

GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and Immigrant ships papers Surgeon Superintendent report. " Deaths on the voyage"
Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Where buried
Morris, Thomas	1	August 23rd, 1865	Convulsion	at sea
Hughes, Isabella	1	August 25th, 1865	Dentition, fever	at sea
Earl, Julia Ann	inf	August 25th, 1865	Dentition, fever	at sea
Hughes, William	1	September 1st, 1865	Debility, convulsion	at sea
Gilbert, Thomas E.	1	September 2nd, 1865	Dentition, fever	at sea
Ivey, James	1	September 4th, 1865	Diarrhoea	at sea
Johnston, Elizabeth	8	September 19th, 1865	Marasmus	at sea
Champion, Maria	25	September 29th, 1865	Childbirth, puerperal convulson	at sea
Rosemurgy, Mary	33	October 16, 1865	Drowned

Surgeon Superintendent Report "Births on Board"
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
		Four births at sea, but no records found, however, the following in the BISA
McKay, Jane		at sea	male, James
Carter, Eliza		August 13th, 1865	female, Elizabeth Jane

note: where maiden name of wife is indicated, it has been included in the given name column within ( ) ; the passenger list comprises three sections arranged alphabetically, i families, ii single men, iii single women & children ; transcriber notes

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 (formerly 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 ; FreeBMD ; UK census'

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