Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
Return to SA Passenger Lists,1847-1886 see also SA German Lists

ship Asterope, 602 tons, Captain Edward Homer, from London 31st July 1873, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 30th October 1873

The South Australian Register, Friday 31 October 1873 p. 4

SHIPPING NEWS

ARRIVED.
ASTEROPE, ship, 602 tons, Edward Homer, Master, from London July 31, Downs August 1 P. Levi and Co., agents.
Passengers— Mrs. E. Shutte, Mr. Ferdinand Shutte, and Mr. George Winchester, in the second cabin ; assisted immigrants— J., Ann, and Phoebe Schraag, J. McDonough, Mary, Bertha, and Joseph Mannan, Thomas Shutton, James McMahon, Charles Newton, Edward Leary, and Honora Long, in the second cabin.

. . . . — 5th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1873 ; —0— births and —-0— deaths on the passage ; —?, 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, CPCH = Colonial Passage Certificate Holders ; CFPCH = Colonial Full Paid Passage Holders ; UKAP = United Kingdom Assisted Passage regulation ; UKFPPR = United Kingdom Full Paid Passage regulation ; FP = Free Passage. — Robert

IMPORTS

ASTEROPE, from London— 1,663 cases, 1,237 boxes, 600 staves, 114 brls., 1,318 bdls., 33 pkgs., 501 casks, 67 bales, 92 kegs, 26 tanks, 5 crates, 2,492 pieces deal planks, 1,408 deals, 100 plank ends, 1,039 bars, 601/2 tons coal, 7 vats malt, 4 pig troughs. Per Asterope, from London. For A. Cunningham— 35 pkg, 5 cases sewing-machines. For G. Phillips and Co.— 14 cases. For Donaldson, Andrews, and Sharland— 100 casks.; For John Webster and Co.— 38 bales. For A. Kauffman — 11 cases, For D. and J. Fowler-800 boxes, 521 cases. For Gilbert Wood— 200 boxes, 10 cases. For F. H. Faulding and Co.— 15 casks, 21cases. For J. Scott and Sons— 7 cases, 4 casks, 4 pig troughs.

MISCELLANEOUS SHIPPING.

The ASTEROPE, from London, has brought another batch of assisted passengers, and if they justify their appearances they will prove an acquisition. The present system of sending out a few people in cargo ships could be improved, for instead of having their accommodation below the people are stowed in half the cuddy — a course which destroys the compartment for the captain and officers, and allots such a circumscribed space to the passengers that they would be far better in the 'tween decks. The Asterope, a fine vessel of Aberdeen build, has before appeared here. Captain Homer reports leaving London on July 31, and after sailing down the Channel, and landing the pilot on August 6, he quitted the land. West winds continued till the craft was in the fair way for the north-east trades, which were met with in 31° N., and although these were light the vessel's progress was satisfactory till she reached 17°, when they failed, and the Line was drifted over on September 6 in 21° 29' W. The southeast trades were not vigorous, and in 18° S. they failed entirely. On October 1 the ship was off the Cape in lat. 42° 30', and from there she has had fine breezes till coming in with the Australian land, when light variables and north-east winds greatly retarded progress. On Tuesday morning at 2 o'clock the Borda was sighted, and after the Asterope's beating up the Gulf the vessel's arrival was no sooner known in the Port than Dr. Duncan boarded to inspect, and the ship was at once passed for the harbour.

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
		No records found

Surgeon Superintendent Report "Births on Board"
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
		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'

TheShipsList | SA Passenger Lists

TheShipsList®™ - (Swiggum) All Rights Reserved - Copyright © 1997-present
These pages may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion without written consent of .
Last updated: September 27, 2013 and maintained by and M. Kohli