Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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barque Adamant, 815 tons, Lieut. Benjamin Lodwick, R.N.R. from London July 2nd via Plymouth 16th July, 1864 arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 12th October 1864

The South Australian Register, Thursday 13 October 1864 p. 2

Wednesday 12th October:— Adamant, barque, 815 tons, Lieut. B. Lodwick, R.N.R., master, from London July 2, via Plymouth July 16. Elder, Smith & Co., agents.
Passengers—Mrs. Lodwick ; Dr. William G. Gunn, Surgeon-Superintendent, in the cabin ; and 370 Government emigrants in the steerage:—

. . . . — 6th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1864 ; —2— births and —0— deaths on the passage ; Dr. William William G. Gunn, 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. with 370 Government immigrants  in charge of Dr. W. G. Gunn. arrived or Wednesday night from Plymouth, after an excellent passage of 86 days. She left London or the 2nd. and Plymouth on the 16th July. The names of the immigrants will be found elsewhere.

The South Australian Register, Friday 14 October 1864 p. 2

ADAMANT, from London— 4I cases, 50 tons smithy coals. 50 casks cement, 200 casks bottled beer, 328 deals, 150 casks stout, 150 do. ale, Order; 18 crates, 13 casks, Elder, Smith, and Co. ; 7 cases hams. and bacon, D. and J. Fowler; 49,307 fire bricks, 797 bearers, 565 ladles, Wallaroo mines; 1.826 bars, 160 bdls.. 170 do. hoop iron, 138 bars, 90 plates iron, 318 camp ovens and covers, 36 pieces forgebacks, 1 mandrill, 480 pipe-boxes, 150 kegs nails, 201 bdls. wire, G. P. Harris: 50 iron tanks, 88 cases galvanized iron, Philip Levi and Co. ; 99 cases. 11 sheets lead, P. Santo: 2 cases, W. Wells: 250 bdls. wire, C. Jacobs; 62 bales. Ormerod and Co.; 3 pkgs., G. Morphett; 60 cases Leer, Martin, Gaedechens and Co.: 49 do. J. H. Kaines ; 24 kegs nails, 5 casks, W. W. Blyth ; 6 cases, 40 kegs nails. 2 bales, 2 crates, 8 casks, 1 bdl, 46 Grindstones, 63 bdls. iron tubs, Blyth Brothers.

ARRIVAL OF THE ADAMANT, WITH 370 GOVERNMENT IMMIGRANTS

The barque Adamant, under the command of Lieut. B. Lodwick. R.N.R., arrived on Wednesday evening from London, via Plymouth, after a passage of 86 days from the latter port. She has on board 376 government immigrants, under the care of Dr. William G. Gunn, Surgeon Superintendent who has the good fortune to report her arrival with a clean bill of health. Two births occurred during the passage, but no deaths. The following is the official list of the immigrants. English— James Bale, Hannah, Orlando, and Florence Barker, Ann, William J., and Elizabeth Barker, Mary and Catherine Baker, John Christina James, and John Bawden, Mary and Susan Bawden, Eliza Bowden. Ellen Breet Wm. Brown, Joseph Bryant, William Baton, George Bowsher, Evan Brown, John, Mary, Joseph, and Sarah Cock, Thomas and James Clode, Emily Collins, Tom Colman, Margaret, Mary, Henry, Margaret and Robert Cottrill, Michael, Rachel, William, and James Critchley, John, Emma, and Selina Cruelt John, Sarah, and Catherine Davis, Eliza Davey, Mary Dingle. John Duffley, Daniel Dunn, Henry Edwards, David, Ann, and Septimus Edwards, Thomas, Mary, and Thomas Evans, David Evans, Catherine Ewing, Joseph and Christopher Faill, William Ford, Lydia Ford, John and Ann Giles, Charles, Eliza, Thomas, Elizabeth, Eliza, and Mary Giles, Mary Guerdus, Margaret A. and Susan Halls, Thomas Halls, John, Ann, Joseph, William Mary, Francis, and Josiah Halls, Joseph, Mary  H., and Charlotte Hauton, R., J., and W. Haking Thomas and Thomas J. Hawkey. Henry, Caroline and Richard Hill, E. A. Hitchcock, Mary am Charlotte Hooper, William Incill, Eliza Jackson John, Agnes, and Mary James, Charles, Eliza Sarah, and Robert Jones, Edmund Jones, William Jones, Fanny, Eliza, and Merab Jones, Darington, Adelaide, Fanny, Matilda, and Frederick King James and William King, B. Knight Mary Kowles, John Lake, George and John Leggett John, Emma, Ebenezer, Alice, and Albert Leggett, Emma Leggett Alexander Levy, Thomas and Mary Linkmane, Georgina Lucas, James Martin, George and Caroline Matthews James and Emma Matthews, Jane Miller, Jane Miller, Matthew and Salome Morton, Thomas Naughton, Alfred Northey, John Hewbury, Win. Nicholas, Sampson Noall, Susanna Parsons, Thos. and John Pearce, Henry, Sarah, Charles, Charlotte, George, Tom, Frank, Henry, and Sam Phillips, Rebecca and Alice Parker. Margaret Pill, Ann Poulson, Rose Price, Robert Randall, Charles Rolling, Mary Roper, Mary Rowe, Mary -Russell, Georgina Saffin, Elizabeth  Sandford, Ann Senior, Martha Simes, Thos. Simmons, William Skinner, James Smith, Ann Short Robert Solley, William Spooner, Elizabeth Spooner, Ann Spooner, Elizabeth Stanifield, A. Stamford, W, and J. Sutherland, Mary, Elizabeth, and Henry Symes, Thomas and Eliza Tappell, Fanny Taylor, Daniel Thomas, Mary Tonkin, Philip Thomas, James Trait Thomas and Elizabeth Tremellan, Ann and Henry Trythell, John H. Uglow, F. Watts, Thomas Weedon Win., Grace, Wm., Walter. Mary, and Richard Wellington, Henry and Wm. White, Jane Wild, H. Williams. Philip Williams, Sam Willis, Richard Wing. Sam and Alice Wright Susanna Vaughan. Scotch— Mary Amthurst, William, Eliza, John, and David Bald, William Bald, John Bryden Agnes Brown, Anne Campbell, David and Isabella Campbell, William Campbell, Helen Craig. David and Christiana Crawford, Eliza Cumming, Anne Digaden, William and Agnes Douglas, Eliza Finlayson, Adam Finlayson, James Forsyth, David, Silas, James, and Eliza Flemming, John, Isabella, and Elizabeth Hamilton. Peter Iverach, Catherine Johnston, Evander Malcolm, William Malone, Flora McDougall. Thomas McEyen, John McGiven, Mary' Milne, ' James, Jeanette, Elizabeth, and. Margaret Kenton, Eckhold Ross, Robert Scott James Sloan, Allan Walker, Isabella and Jeannette Wright. Irish— Margaret Blakely, Thomas Bramman, John Brew, Pat Brophy. Mary and Bridget Calligan, Pat Carrican, John Casey, John Castijan, Julia Cassida, Mary Commane, Pat Connel, John Condon, Katherine Costijan, Ellen and Michael Cusack, Honora, Margaret and Betsy Flynn, Thomas Gready, Martin Gleeson, Michael and Ann Green, Michael, Mary, and Mary Green, — and James Guilmartin, Robert, Jane, and Andrew Hastie, James, Ellen, Mary. John, Pat and Johanna Hennessey. Ellen and John Hennessey, Ellen, Margaret Bridget and Richard Hewett John Howe, Thos. Hughes, Bridget Kavanagh, Pat Kean. James Kelly, William and John Kemp, John Kennedy Ellen Keough, James King, Margaret Kinniff, John, Fras.. Catherine, and Anna Laffan, Mary Leary, Pat Lougan , Many  and Bridget Maher, Denis Mahoney, Mary McAnnally. Bridget and Denis McMahon, John McNagil, Michael Mongovan, John Murray. James, Anne, and Jane Murrely Martin Neylon, Mary Nunnay, E. O'Brien, Michael O’Neil, Jas. O'Callaghan, John F., Mary and Anne E. Orr, Michael Quealy, Pat and Bridget Quigley, Rosey Reilly, Honora and Johanna Ryan, James Ryan, Anthony Rooney, Joseph Seeby, Michael Shannon, Catherine Shenden, Eliza Strahan, John and William Tuohy, John, Ellen. William, and Ellen Taylor, Bridget Walker. The particulars are: English— Adults. 169 ; children between 1 and 12, 44 ; infants, 5 ; total 218 Scotch—  Adults, 41 ; children between 1 and 12, 7 ; total 48 Irish— Adults, 92 : children between 1 and 12.  4 ; infants, 4 ; total 100

GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and Immigrant ships papers Surgeon Superintendent report. " Deaths on the voyage" = nil

Surgeon Superintendent Report "Births on Board"
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
		Two births at sea, but no records found

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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