Kindly transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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barque Amazon, 767 tons [sic?], Captain Frederick Coots [sic?], from London / Plymouth 26th November 1851, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 20th February 1852.

The Sydney Shipping Gazette (SSG) reports . . February 19 -- Amazon, barque, Cook, from Plymouth 26th November. passengers-- Mr. & Mrs Joyner and three children, and Dr. Edward Gregory, Surgeon-Superintendent, with 286 emigrants.

The Amazon arrived on Thursday from Plymouth, which port she left on 26th November last, and we regret to learn there have been the great number of seventeen deaths on board during the voyage, sixteen of them have been children, which have been taken off by the measles and hooping cough [sic] and which we understand is still prevalent on board. —5th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1852; five births & nineteen deaths on the passage; note spelling and name variations and age discrepancies

South Australian Register Friday 20 February 1852

Thursday February 19th The Barque Amazon 797 tons, Cook Master, from Plymouth 26th November, with 285 Government Emigrants.
South Australian Register Saturday 21 February 1852
Passengers by the the Amazon (Arrival reported yesterday) Mr. and Mrs. Joyner and three children, and Dr. Edward Gregory Surg. Sup. In the cabin.
Birth on the passage: Mrs. Griffin and Mrs. Chisholm of sons , Mrs Weller who died, Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Miller of Daughters. The child of Mrs. Weller, lives, Having been kindly cared for by one of the females.
Death on the passage: John and Rebecca Albins, Janet Laidlaw, James Patterson, Susan Place, Emma and Esther Weller, William Thomas Wright, John O'Loughlin, James Anderson, Fanny Dodds, John Harris, Mary Richards, Mary and Ann Williams, James Ballantyne and William Phillips, also Mrs. Elizabeth Weller died shortly after confined.

The South Australian Government Gazette
Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Where buried
Leadlow, Janice	3	no record	no record	at sea
Patterson, James	inf	no record	no record	at sea
Place, Louisa	2	no record	no record	at sea
Willer, Elizabeth	20	no record	no record	at sea
Willer, Emma	3	no record	no record	at sea
Willer, Esther	1	no record	no record	at sea
Wright, William F.	inf	no record	no record	at sea
Albins, John	3	no record	no record	at sea
Albins, Rebecca	1	no record	no record	at sea
O'Laughlin, James	14	no record	no record	at sea
Anderson, James	1	no record	no record	at sea
Dodd, Fanny	5	no record	no record	at sea
Harris, John	2	no record	no record	at sea
Richards. Mary	1	no record	no record	at sea
Williams, Mary	4	no record	no record	at sea
Williams, Ann	2	no record	no record	at sea
Ballantyne, John	inf	no record	no record	at sea
Costelloe, William	1	no record	no record	at sea
Phillips, William	2	no record	no record	at sea

note: where maiden name of wife is indicated, it has been included in the given name column within ( ) ; some adult children are listed with their parents, noted in remarks (some of those may be duplicated in the single men or single women list) ; the passenger list comprises three sections arranged alphabetically, i families, ii single men, iii single women & children ; transcriber notes in italics.

Names		Age	Occupation	B-index	Birthplace	Remarks
Last	Given
Families
Albins	Benner / Bennett	30	Agr. Labourer	12/2	Gedney, Lincolnshire
	Susan (Bratley)	24
	John	3				died at sea
	Rebecca	1				died at sea
Anderson	William	26		28/3	co. Down
	Jane	23
	James	1				died at sea
Bullen	Samuel	22	Agr. Labourer	200/3	Kent	1851 census, living Connington, Cambridgeshire
	Elizabeth (Joyce)	22
	Anne	2
	Mary	inf
Ballantyne	Thomas	27		68/1	Ayr
	Isabella	26
	Margaret	2
	John	inf				died at sea
Brand	William	43	Shepherd	165/1	Norfolk
	Sarah	32
	Henry	11
	George	14				with parents
	James	19				with parents
	William	16				with parents
Catchpole	James	23	Agr. Labourer	250/1	Cambridge	1851 census, living Downham, Norfolk
	Mary	26
	Mary A.	6
Coates	John	52	Agr. Labourer	289/1	Wisbeach, Cambridge	with family
	Sarah	50
	Charles Henry	11
	Alfred Thomas	8
Coates	John	22		289/1	Wisbeach, Cambridge	with parents
	Rebecca (Prestwood)	22
Chisholm	James	30		270/3	Caithness
	Janet	30
	John	7
	Rose	5
	Cath.	1
	son	inf				born at sea
Costello	Michael	48		323/1	Clare, Ireland
	Mary	38
	Patrick	21
	Martin	20
	Margaret	18
	Thomas	16
	George	18
	Phillip	15
	Simon	11
Cummings	James	32	Agr. Labourer	356/2	Dorset
	Rebecca	32
Davies	Thomas	30	Miner	379/3	Monmouth
	Margaret	30
	Mary	2
Dodd	William	30	Labourer	411/1	Cornwall
	Ann Dorothy Munro (Lee)	38				FreeBMD, married 4th quarter 1851, Stoke Damerel, Devon
	Fanny	5				died at sea
Drewery / Drury	John	21	Agr. Labourer	429/3	Holbeach, Lincolnshire
	Mary Matilda (Delahoy)	20
Duck	David	31	Agr. Labourer	-	Rowde, Wiltshire
	Alice (Willis)	28
Fitzpatrick	Francis	34	Agr. Labourer	507/1	Clare, Ireland
	Ann (McEnirney)	26
Gardner	Jacob	21	Agr. Labourer	547/1	Cirencester, Wiltshire
	Mary (Wilkins)	23
	John	3
Green	George	37	Agr. Labourer	610/3	Clare, Ireland
	Biddy	36
	Robert	13
	Michael	9
	George	7
	Patrick	16				with parents
	Anne	15				with parents
Green	John	28	Shepherd	611/3	Wisbeach, Norfolk
	Elizabeth (Griggs)	25
	Elizabeth	inf
Griffin	James	28	Agr. Labourer	619/3	Cambridge
	Anne	30
	John	9
	son	inf				born at sea
Guthrie	Thomas	30	Carpenter	531/3	Orkney
	Mary	31
	David	5
	Mary	4
	William	1
Harris	David	32	Farm Labourer	676/1	Monmouth
	Miriam	28
	Jenny	4
	John	2				died at sea
Henderson	William	36	Carpenter	719/1	Edinburgh, Scotland
	Isabella	34
	Eliz.	15	Dom. Servant
	Isabella	14	Dom. Servant
	William	11
	Jane	9
	George	8
	John	5
	Thomas	1
	daughter	inf				born at sea
Hogan	Patrick	38	Farm Labourer	759/3	Clare, Ireland
	Jane	37
	Michael	12
	Jane	6
	John	17	Herder			with parents
	Mary	15	Dairy Maid			with parents
Hogan	Pat.	19	Herder	759/3	Clare, Ireland	[with parents]
	Mary	18
Hogan	William	38	Farm Labourer	760/2	Tipperary, Ireland
	Biddy	35
	Catherine	12
	Jane	6
	Mary	14	Farm Servant		Tipperary, Ireland	with parents
	Margaret	16	Farm Servant		Tipperary, Ireland	with parents
Kure	William	28		-	-
	Jane	28
	Sarah	5
Jackson	William	21	Farm Labourer	820/2	Donegal, Ireland
	Nancy	22
Leverington	Martin	39	Agr. Labourer	-	Cambridge	1851 census, living Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen, Norfolk
	Martha	35
	Martin	12
	Henry	1
Livock	Ellis	23	Agr. Labourer	-	St. Neots, Cambridge
	Mary Ann (Morris)	20
Laidlaw	William	24	Miner	-	Lanark
	Mary	22
	Janet	3				died at sea
	Michael	inf
Lees	David	19	Miner	-	Lanark
	Elizabeth (McQueen)	20
Mason	Robert	21	Agr. Labourer	1033/3	Holbeach, Lincolnshire
	Susan (Delahoy)	19
Metherell	James	44	Farm Labourer	1099/2	Devon
	Elizabeth	45
	John	10
	James	6
McCarthy	James	39	Agr. Labourer	1053/3	Clare, Ireland
	Biddy	36
Miller	Peter	30	Farmer	1111/1	Orkney
	Jane (Chalmers)	30
	Peter	7
	James	5
	William	1
	daughter	inf				born at sea
Moise / Moyse	William	19		1124/2	Bodmin, Cornwall
	Mary (Tabb)	20
	John	1
Nailer	Samuel	36	Ploughman	1162/2	Wicklow
	Jane	37
	Ann	6
	Thomas	3
	John	inf
Nelson	Frank	35	Farm Labourer	1171/3	Clare, Ireland
	wife	35
	son	8
	daughter	4
O'Loughlin	Denis	35		-	-
	Ellen	34
	James	14				died at sea
	Biddy	9
	Mary	5
Place	John	37	Agr. Labourer	1289/1	Cambridge	1851 census, living Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen, Norfolk
	Mary Ann	42
	Harriet	17
	Elizabeth / Betsy	11
	Frances / Fanny	7
	Susan	2				died at sea
Paterson	Andrew	35	Agr. Labourer	1246/2	Argyle, Scotland
	Jean	25
	Archibald	3
	James	inf				died at sea
Phillips	William	26		1280/2	Redruth, Cornwall
	Grace (Treloar)	24
	William	1				died at sea
Pierce	Richard	40	Agr. Labourer	-	Kent
	? Merey	38				Mary / Mercy ?
Price	John (Moses)	35	Agr. Labourer	-	-
	Mary	37
	Thomas	13
Ryan	Patrick	34	Agr. Labourer	1411/2	Galway, Ireland
	Anne	26
	James	6
	John	4
Richards	Richard	37	Farm Servant	1350/2	Glamorgan, Wales
	Elizabeth	37
	Sarah	17				with parents
	Anne	15				with parents
	Lydia	12
	Edward	10
	Richard	7
	Mary	1				died at sea
Shearer	John	49	Farmer	1473/2	Orkney
	Margaret	48
	James	20				with parents
Shearer	John	24		1473/2	Orkney	[with parents]
	Betsy (Sinclair)	21
Sloggath	James	23		1499/1	Cornwall
	Anne (Wise)	21
Simmonds	Thomas	47		1488/2	Gloucester
	Margaret	47
	Margaret	21	Dairy Maid			with parents
	Maria	16
	Rosser	10
	Mary	5
Taylor	Charles	26		1578/1	Surrey
	Emma	24
	Emma	3
	Mary	inf
Townsend	William	38	Agr. Labourer	1616/1	Down Ampney, Gloucester	age 33-34 ?
	Elizabeth	33
	Martha	12
	Ann / Hannah	9
	Thomas	4
Trewennack	Henry	22	Groom	-	Cornwall
	Elizabeth	22
Trewaine	John	29	Farm Servat	-	Cornwall
	Jane	29
Weller	Thomas	23	Brickmaker	1692/3	Kent, England
	Elizabeth	20				died at sea, during confinment
	Emma	3				died at sea
	Esther	1				died at sea
	daughter	inf				born at sea
Wetherell	Thomas	34	Agr. Labourer	1686/2	Holbeach, Lincolnshire
	Sarah	30
William	William	31	Farm Servant	1722/2	Monmouth
	Mary	23
	Mary	4				died at sea
	Anne	2				died at sea
Wilson	Henry	24	Agr. Labourer	-	Holbeach, Lincolnshire
	Elizabeth	21				(Brittain) or (Hannett)
	William Henry	inf
Wright	William	24	Bricklayer	-	Stow, Suffolk
	Eliza Ann (Blundell)	22
	William Thomas	inf				died at sea
Names		Age	Occupation	B-index	Birthplace	Remarks
Last	Given
Single Men
Atkin	Phillip	23	Servant	42/3	Glamorgan
Bower	John	31		-
Bowan	William	26	Agr. Labourer	154/1	Wicklow
Bradley	David	29	Agr. Labourer	161/1	Lincoln
Branson	Charles	19	Agr. Labourer	166/1	Northamptonshire
Briggs	James	20	Carpenter	175/1	Norfolk
Burling	George	26	Agr. Labourer	207/2	Kent
Byrne	John	19	Tailor	220/2	Galway, Ireland
Cicher	John	27	Agr. Labourer	-	Cornwall
Coates	Josiah	19	Agr. Labourer	289/1	Wisbeach, Cambridge	with parents
Coates	George	14	Agr. Labourer	289/1	Wisbeach, Cambridge	with parents
Cooper	James	19	Agr. Labourer	-	Stafford
Day	Thomas	19	Agr. Labourer	389/2	Lincoln
Donaldson	David	19	Agr. Labourer	-	Caithness
Evans / Bevans	Thomas	17		-	Monmouthshire
Featherston	Robert Owen	21	Agr. Labourer	489/2	Lincoln
Forde	Owen	26	Mason	-	Leitrim
Fowler	Henry	22	Dairy Man	-	Middlesex
French	Robert	22		-	Ayr. Scotland
Goble	George	18	Agr. Labourer	579/1	Kent
Holder	John	18	Farm Labourer	-	Con. [!] Wales	? Monmouth / Cornwall
Jackson	Samuel	24	Farm Labourer	820/1	Danegal
James	John	18	Farm Servant	827/1	Cornwall
Kennett	William	17	Agr. Labourer	-	Lincoln
Matthews	William C.	16	Butcher	1040/1	Middlesex
Matthews	Edward John	17	Butcher	1038/1	Middlesex
McCane	Arthur	28	Carpenter	-	Roscommon
McIntyre	James	16	Agr. Labourer	-	Edinburgh
McIntyre	Angus	25	Carpenter	-	Edinburgh
McMillan	Charles	24	Ploughman	-	Tyrone
O'Dea	Daniel	23	Farm Labourer	-	Clare, Ireland
Penn / Peun	Elijah	18	Agr. Labourer	-	Bucks.
Pilgrim	William	18	Agr. Labourer	-	Cambridge
Robertson	William	23	Agr. Labourer	1369/1	Banffshire
Salvage	Abraham	28	Agr. Labourer	-	Suffolk
Shearer	James	20	Farmer	1473/1	Orkney	? with parents
Smith	Richard	24	Blacksmith	-	Devon
Smith	John	28	Agr. Labourer	-	Westmead [!]	? Westmeath, Ire.
Story	William	19	Agr. Labourer	-	Devon
Styles	James	21	Agr. Labourer	-	Kent
Strong	William	19	Agr. Labourer	-	Devon
Trewennack	Simon	19	Housekeeper	-	Cornwall
Warner	James	23		-	-
White	Josh.	21	Agr. Labourer	-	Kent
Williams	William	22	Blacksmith	-	Warwick
Work	James	19	Agr. Labourer	1745/3	Orkney
Single Women (and boy)
Baily	Biddy	23	Servant		Dublin
Brinton	Mary	19	Servant		Cornwall
Coates	Elizabeth	20	Domestic Servant		Wisbeach, Cambridge	with parents
Coates	Sarah Jane	15			Wisbeach, Cambridge	with parents
Coates	Mary Susannah	17			Wisbeach, Cambridge	with parents
Drever	Eliza	30	Servant		Oki. Scotland	Dreyer
Forde	Jane	22	Dressmaker		Leitrim	? with brother
Forde	Mary	28	Housekeeper		Leitrim	? with brother
Green	Elizabeth	19	Servant		Middlesex
Harris	Anne	22			-
Hassett	Mary	22	Dom. Servant		Clare, Ireland
Jackson	Sarah	16	Dom. Servant		Donegal	? with brother
Keal	Sarah E.	18	Agr. Labourer		Cambridge
Kent	Sarah E.	18			-
Lang	Eleonor	16	Dom. Servant		Londonderry
Lang	Elizabeth	19	Dom. Servant		Londonderry
Lary	Margaret	34	Servant		Orkney
Lary	Mary	22			-
Lears	Ann	22	Servant		Middlesex
Liddle	Margaret	34	Dom. Servant		Tyrone
Liddle	John	6			Orkney
Masett	Anne	27	Dairy Maid		Clare
McGregor	Eliza	24	Servant		-
McMillan	Mary	22	Dom. Servant		Tyrone	? with brother
Mcnamara	Anne	27	Dairy Maid		Clare
Mcnamara	Mary	25	Dairy Maid		Clare
O'Dea	Ellen	22	Dairy Woman		Clare	? with brother
Partridge	Jane	22	Servant		Warwick
Peace	Mary	31	Servant		Orkney
Peverith	Harriett	15	Servant		Cambridge	Peveritt
Phillips	Margaret	23	Dom. Servant		Orkney
Richards	Jasmine	37	Servant		Southampton
Ross	Anne	18	Servant		Orkney Isles
Sinclair	Margaret	23	Dom. Servant		Orkney Isles
Sinclair	Betsy	21	Dom. Servant		Orkney Isles
Stevenson	Isabella	19	Servant		Orkney Isles
Trewennack	Anne	53			Crowan, Cornwall
Whitfield	Ann	21	Servant		Middlesex

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 (formely ACC 313); Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Registe; The South Australian Government Gazette; Biographical index SA 1836-1885 (the B-index column indicates individuals who may be found in that index, with corresponding reference number for further research) ; FreeBMD ; UK census'

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