Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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ship Melbourne, 1,170 tons, Captain W. Brodie, from Liverpool 4th September 1858, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 6th December 1858

. . . . — 10th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1858 ; —7— births and —12— deaths on the passage ; Dr. Charles Kitching senior, surgeon-superintendent.

In the Reports by the Emigration Officer, Dr. Duncan, there was often mention made in regard to Nominee's or General Emigrants ; the list below made a special effort to separate those into two lists, so, I have combined these but made notations alongside the family name, thus, General Emigrants = GE and Nominee = N. — Robert

ship Melbourne	South Australian Government Gazette 13th January 1859
The Melbourne, 1,170 tons, commanded by Mr. William Brodie, left Liverpool on the 14th day of September, and arrived on the 6th of December, having been 94 day at sea. Mr. Charles Kitching was the Surgeon-superintendent, this having been his third voyage to this colony, and the seventh in the service of the commissioners, and in one as in his as other voyages, he acquitted himself in the most efficient manner. There where 388 souls landed, an all, without exception, expressed themselves not only satisfied with their diet and treatment, but grateful for the kindness which they had received at the hands of the Surgeon-superintendent, the Master and officers of the ship.
The South Australian Advertiser Tuesday 7th December 1858 Monday, December 6: — The ship Melbourne, 1,200 tons W. Brodie, master, from Liverpool Sept.4th., P. Levi and Co., agents. Passengers-: Dr. Kitching. Surgeon Superintendent in the cabin: and the following Government emigrants in the steerage-: Robert Walker ;Wm., Jean, Alexander, and Jean Smith ; John and Christina Gardner ; Hugh, Christina, and Ann Rofferty ; Angus, Isabella, Angus, Ann, Wm., and Betty Mackay ; Elspet Abernethy ; Hugh McQuarrie ; Wm. Scott ; Alexander McGregor ; Farquhar, John, and Lachlan Mcinnes ; Neil, Donald, Charles and Alexander Mackay ; Alexander Robertson ; Allan McInnes ; Thomas Scott ; John Sim ; Hugh McMahon ; James Wilson ; Andrew Fair ; Robert Halden ; Adam Kennedy ; Charles, Kezia, Farnham, Caleb and Tryphena Plenty ; John Story ; James Brazil ; James Nevin ; James Carey ; Patrick Delahunty ; John Griffin ; Michael and John McGrath ; Michael O'Connell ; Patrick Meara ; Wm. Cummins ; Thomas Forgie ; Philip, Caroline, and Bessy Nation ; Alexander, Sophie, Alexander, Beveridge ; Christina, and Sophia Bell ; Andrew, Mary, Thomas, Patrick, Peter, Bernard and Andrew McCawley ; George Miller ; Patrick, Mary, James and Bartholomew Mahony ; Mary Dwyer ; Mary Wood ; Hugh, Elizabeth and Elizabeth Dobbie ; Sarah Harnell ; W. Comes ; Robert, Mary Ann, Sarah Jane, Eliza Ann, and Richard G. Peuno ; Francis, Ann and Elizabeth H. F. Eastlake ; James C. Trethowan ; Joseph and John F. May ; Samuel Moyse ; Thomas and Sarah Moyse ; Wm. and Henry Farnell ; Mary A. Moyse ; Richard and George Pearce ; Isaac Shipton ; Noah Clack ; Abel Goldsworthy ; Charles H. and Ann Thornton ; Samuel, Mary, Robert W. and Thos. Davies ; Wm., Louisa, Adam, and Wm. Parkinson ; Wm., Mary and Isabella Watson ; Henry, Elizabeth, Thos., Henry and Mary G. Rindle ; John, Emma, Wm., Samuel, Hester and Joseph Pearce ; Peter, Rosina, Wm. and Elizabeth Coad ; Joseph, Mary and James Chennall ; Wm., Maria and Wm. Bone ; Wm. and Eliza Pascoe ; Wm. and Fanny Rapson ; John Gray ; John Bridgeman ; Thomas Spencer ; Ellen Welsh ; Emily Tritchett ; Caroline Anstey ; S. and S. Symons ; Ellen Dean ; S. Amelia., Mary A. and Elizabeth Smith ; Emma Tyler ; Mary Ann and Ellen Ellis ; Mary Ann Cooper ; Ann Sewell ; Catherine Duffy ; Sarah Megson ; Samson, Mary Ann, and Gertrude Eastwood ; Phineas, Ann and Henry Lee ; Joseph, Harriet, Emma, and Alfred Megson ; John, Honor and Emily Wills ; Olivia Vivian ; Peter Herkes ; James Jelly ; John and Isabella How ; James M. and Mary Drummond ; Daniel, Betsy, John and William Kier ; Alexander, Elizabeth and Alexander Halden ; Michael, Elizabeth and Ann Smith ; William, Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret and Josiah Weir ; John and Catherine McAllister ; Philip and Mary Caghens ; William and Catherine Tait ; Montgomery, Susan and Alexander Kennedy ; Thomas, Mary and Mary Holbert ; Archibald, Catherine and Agnes Mcpherson ; Alexander and Ann White ; John, Isabella, John and Elizabeth McDonald ; William, Catherine and Jane Devlin ; John, Jane and Neil McEichen ; John and Jane Hogg ; John, Mary and Hugh Wilson ; Wilhelmina Kilgour ; Agnes and Jessie Fergusson ; Betsy and Ann Ross ; Ann and Janet Tait ; Ellen Gibson; Janet Kamlow ; Mary Jelly ; Elizabeth Brown ; Ann Brodie ; Mary Munro ; Mary McLean ; Margaret Carmichael ; Mary Mofatty ; Margaret Christie ; Eliza and Margaret Morrison ; Margaret McLay ; Marion Weir ; Catherine Rennie, Cecilia Wright ; Marion Anderson ; Margaret Pincott ; Elizabeth Cairns ; Mary Ann Park ; Mary Park ; Mary McFarlane ; John McDonald ; James Mackie ; John Ramsay ; William Fergusson ; James Wright ; Nathan Cunningham ; James Brown ; John McAuley ; Jacob and Elizabeth Burrows ; Edward, Maria and Elizabeth Cock ; Mary Wright ; James H. Allen ; Frederick Baker ; Charles Baulch ; John Chidzey ; Joseph, Jane, John, Francis and Joseph Hessy ; Robert Wilson ; Margaret Mann ; Margaret G. Greenwood ; Fanny Hessy ; Harriet. Bird ; Anna Parkin ; Mary Stone ; Jane R. Dixon ; Christina McLaren ; Ann. Read ; Mary Stevenson ; Barbara McEllister ; Mary Stevenson ; Margaret Ferguson ; Stephen and Emma Harris ; Robert, and Jane Scriven ; Elizabeth Fowlls ; Sarah A. and Ellen Scriven ; Charles and Caroline Bellman ; Abel and Sarah Grenfell ; Jas. and Sarah Booth ; Richard and Maria Snellgrove ; John, Grace, John and Charles Penberthy ; Henry and Jane Lasky ; Wm., Ellen and Evangeline Rowe ; Joseph, Priscilla and Wm. J. Hocken ; Christopher and Elizabeth Sellick ; Wm. H. and Mary Ann Pearce ; Henry, Mary Ann, Jennifer, Matthew, Alfred and Mary Ann May ; Richard and Elizabeth Ann Stevens ; Wm. H. and Elizabeth G. May ; Edward and Jane Blewett ; Robert, Miriam and Philadelphia Millard ; Elizabeth White ; Elizabeth Andrews ; Mary Pearse ; Mary Ann Kearn ; Eliza. King ; Lavinia Moyse ; Anna Robinson ; Elizabeth Walker ; Mary Ann, Susan and Alice Jones ; Eliza Breer ; Elizabeth Holmes ; Sarah and Ellen Burns ; Harriet Preece ; Elizabeth Coleman ; Sarah Ann Rapson ; Susan and Nancy Blondell ; Elizabeth Martin ; Harriet Smith ; Elizabeth Lloyd ; Martha Hinckliffe ; Wm., Mary, and Mary Ann Dixon ; Thos. and Anna Smith ; Peter and Eliza Inns ; James, Ann, and George Reeves ; Joseph and Elizabeth Grant ; John, Mary C., Samuel, John, William, Thomas and Alfred Buckett ; E., Martha, Henry, Sarah, Emma, John, Ephraim, Louisa and James Bates.
MISCELLANEOUS SHIPPING. The emigrant ship Melbourne (arrival reported on Monday) was towed into port early yesterday morning. This vessel when brought into port was drawing 17 feet 9 inches of water, being 3 inches more than the draught of any vessel that has yet been brought into harbour. The ship was inspected by Dr. Duncan yesterday, and to judge from the classification of the emigrants as specified, we think they are well suited to the wants of the colony, and will be, no doubt, quickly absorbed.

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
Bone, William	1	September 1st, 1858	Teething	at sea
Pearce, Joseph	2	October 1st, 1858	Teething / fits / diarrhoea	at sea
Mahoney, Bartholomew	inf	October 9th, 1858	Inflammation of the chest	at sea
Kier, William	inf	October 9th, 1858	Teething	at sea
Penns, Richard	inf	October 9th, 1858	Mesenteric diesease	at sea
Nation, Bessy	1	October 15th, 1858	Diarrhoea / teething	at sea
Rowe, William ?	inf	October 17th, 1858	Whooping cough / diarrhoea	at sea
Scriven, Ellen	1	October 24th, 1858	Teething	at sea
Willard, Philadelphia	inf	November 7th, 1858	Teething / diarrhoea	at sea
McPherson, Agnes	inf	November 19th, 1858	Teething / diarrhoea	at sea
Pearce, ___	2 days	November 19th, 1858	Debility	at sea
Grenfell, ___	2 days	December 14th, 1858	Debilty	on shore

Surgeon Superintendent Report "Births on Board"
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
Nation, Caroline		September 23rd, 1858	female
Parkinson, Louisa		October 26th, 1858	female
Cock, Maria		November 12th, 1858	female
Pearce, Emma		November 17th, 1858	female
How, Isabella		November 20th, 1858	female
Rowe, Ellen		December 7th, 1858	female / in port
Grenfell, Sarah		December 12th, 1858	male / in port

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 in italics

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 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 number for further research) ; FreeBMD ; 1851 UK census'

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