Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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ship Peeress, 777 tons, Captain John Stephens, from London 23rd March, Plymouth 8th April 1865 arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 9th July 1865

The South Australian Register, Monday 10 July 1865 p. 2

Sunday 09 July:— Peeress, ship, 777 tons, John Stephens, master, from London March 23 via Plymouth April 08. Elder, Smith & Co., agents.
Passengers—Dr. Arthur D. White (Surgeon-Superintendent), in the cabin ; and 332 Government emigrants in the steerage, the names of whom will be found in another column:—

. . . . — 6th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1865 ; —3— births and —-3— deaths on the passage ; Dr. Arthur David White, 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, Assisted Passage = AP ; Colonial Nominees = CN ; General Emigrants = GE ; General Passengers = GP ; Passage Paid = PP ; Remittance Emigrants = RE. — Robert

The South Australian Register, Monday 10 July 1865 p. 2

IMPORTS

PEERESS, from London-200 cases brandy, Order; 10 bales, F. J. Beck and Co.; 42 cases P. Santo: 30 tanks malt, J. Primrose; 912 rails, 2 casks, 25 cases. Order; 30,000 firebricks, Proprietors of Wallaroo Mines; 110 cases, 100 casks, 2o hhds., 30 bales, 1,000 boxes. C. Jacobs; 10 casks, 3 cases, 50 tons coil, 40 tanks, 540 pieces deals. Elder, Smith, and Co.: 7 casks, 2 cases, 6 bdls.. J. Gurr; 1 box, 1 case, 112 casks, Order; 9 cases, W. and J. Htorne: 5 do., W. Goddard; 10 bales, A. Scott; 400 coils wire, 63 pkgs., Jones Brothers; 1 case, E. JL Young.

Miscellaneous Shipping

The Peeress arrived on Sunday morning, after a 92 days' passage, during which she has experienced a singular succession of very fine weather. She crossed the Line on the 8th May. and passed the Cape on June 6. From thence she ran down the longitude in the parallel of 39°, and after passing the Leuwin experienced light easterly winds, or she would have considerably shortened the voyage. She was most fortunate in arriving at a time of tide when there was ample water over the bars, consequently the steamer Eleanor was in attendance, and towed her into harbour. Vessel Spoken.— By the Peeress— On June 20, in lat. 39° 11' S., long. 73° 35' W., the barque Oceanica, from Liverpool bound to Melbourne, with Government immigrants.

The South Australian Register, Monday 10 July 1865 p. 2

ARRIVAL OF THE PEERESS WITH 332 IMMIGRANTS.

The above ship is a capital vessel for immigrants, for in every respect she is equal to late selections by the Commissioners, and although Sunday morning was far from a desirable day to inspect her cleanliness, by reason of the pouring rain, every corner had evidently been well scoured, and throughout the steerage the people looked a most eligible class of immigrants. In general most of the occupants of immigrant vessels are of similar type, but in the present case they seem better than many previous arrivals. This may perhaps be traced in a measure to the judicious discipline of Dr. White, whose experience in immigrant transport dates as far back as the arrival of the Nugget. There were 331 people embarked at Plymouth. Three births and two deaths took place during the voyage. From the subjoined extracts from the official papers it will be seen that some artizans are added to the colony as well as a con siderable number of miners for Wallaroo. Industrial classifications— Miners 36. labourers 54. servants 25, blacksmiths 7, farm labourers 7, farmers 2, farm boy 1, ploughmen 2, sawyer 1, housekeepers 3, glazier 1, dressmakers 3, fitter 1, carpenters 3, quarrymen 2, smiths 2, miller 1, engineer and fitter 1, brassworker 1, grooms 2, coachmen 2, charwoman 1, cook 1, nurse 1, shepherd 1; wheelwright 1, masons 3, shoemakers, 3, tin miner 1. brewer's boy 1.:— The conduct of the people on the passage is very highly spoken of by Dr. White, very little having occurred to disturb the good feeling which generally prevailed. The following are the names and national classification of the immigrants :— English —George Alloway, Amelia Andrew, Henry, Ann, Henry, and Mary Anguin, William, Sarah, Elizabeth, John, and Sarah Arscott, Frances, Ann, and Rd. Baker, James, Mary, and William Ball. William, Elizabeth, and Elizabeth Ball, Charles, Mary Ann. Thomas, and Wisdom Barker, Charles Behenna, Richard, Mary Ann, and James Berryman, George Bett, Robert and Susan Borlase, Edward and Hannah Bottrell, Thomas and Susan Bray, Joseph, Alexander, and Charles Bray. Grace Bray, Emma Brewer, Benjamin and Maria Brown, Robert, Mary, Mary, John, and Walter Brown. Robert Brown, Thomas Brown, Alfred Brown, Edward, Charity, and Edward Bullock, James Burdin, Alexander Burrell, Walter and Caroline Carter. Lucy. John, and Lucy Cartwright, Richard and Nancy Casley, John Clark, James Clifford, Reuben and Elizabeth Cock, Francis Cocking, Walter Cooper, Fanny Craft, Emma Creebo, Albert Day, Catherine Eastwood, David Edwards, Walter England, William, Catherine, and Henry Evans, Edward French, Edward and Catherine Fry, James Fugler. William Garland, Richard, Nancy, Nancy, and Richard George, Elizabeth Gooding, Joseph and Sophia Green, Nicholas, Jane, Emma, and Nicholas Grigg, Thomas Grose, William. Frederick, George, Ann. Eliza, Ellen, and Charles Growdon, George Greig, Richard H. Haven, John, Honora, Ann, Christina, and Thomas Halls, John and Emma Hamlyn, Thomas Harris, Thos. and Eliza Harvey, Charles, Jane, Charles, Mary, Alfred and C. P. Harvey, William Harvey, Alice Harvey, William Hayward, Ellen Henning, Samuel Charlotte Anne, and Mary A. Heysed, James, Sarah, and Charles Hill, Thomas and Jane Hocking, Ann Holloway, Anthony and Emily Hooper, James Hosking, John and Elizabeth Harris, Henry, Harriet, Henry, and Alfred Ives, Henry Jenkin, Sarah Jennings, James Jones, Richard, Ann, and William Jones. George H. and Julia Keast Mich. Eeaton, David Lawgon, Chas. Macefield, Edward Mann, William Matthews, David Matthews, John, Emma, George, and William Matthews, Sampson and Ann Meaher, George Miles, Emily Miller, William, Ellen, and Grace Mellon, Thomas and Margaret Mitchell, Matthew, Mary A., William, Mary A., Matthew, and James Mitchell, Richard Moppett, James Morris, Stephen, Ellen, Ann, Ann M.. and Agnes Morris, Jane Mower, Thomas, Elizabeth, and William Moyle, Isabella Myers, Henry and Mary Nankervis, John, Elizabeth, and Nanny Nankervis, Edward Neath, William Nelson. Richd. Nicholls, William Nottle, John and Jane Oates, Walter Oddland. William J. and Elizabeth Odds, Louisa Orchard, John Parkyn, Stephen Parkyn, John H. Phillips, Thomas Price, Thomas and Mary Polkinghorne, William Probert, Thomas Reed. William, Elizabeth, William. Hannah, Elizabeth, and David Reynolds, John Roberts, William and Mary A. Robins, Richard Sandercock, Elizabeth Searle, John Searle, Mary Sedgwick, Anne L, and Francis Sheffield, James and Jane Sheppard. John and Anne Shield, Elizabeth Silcox, James Simpson, John Sleeman, Robert Smith, David Smith, Thomas Snell, Thomas and Mary J. Snook, Gregory Squires, Samuel Squires, John and Mary Stott, William Symons, William Thomas, Henry Thomas, Esther Tolhurst, John and Emma Toms, Charles, Cecilia, Charles, and Cecilia Tonge, Grace Tregoning, Henry Turner, Elizabeth Vale, John and Elizabeth Veale, James Veale, John, Elizabeth, Elizabeth, and John Vingoe, Edward Wallis, Nanny Wallis, Elizabeth, Catherine, Mary, and Elizabeth Warne, Mary A. and Ernest Warren. John Webster, John and Eliza Werry, Charles and Mary A. Whitehead, Charles Whitta, James, Elizabeth, Jane, and William Woolcock. Scotch — George Bruce, Angus Campbell, John and Janet Glen, James and Jane Greenless, David Greenless, James Greenless, Jessie Henderson, Ann Hyndman, John, Janet, and Mary Leitch, Hector McDonald, Rosina McGregor, Alexander, Rosina, William, and Mary McGregor, Kenneth Mclvor, William McMillan, Catherine McNeill, Janet McNeill, Duncan, Margaret, Alexander, Dougald, and Marion McPherson, Malcolm McNeill, Robert Orr, John Pottinger, Robert Potson, George Ross, William Thom, Agnes Thom, Isabella Thompson, Elizabeth Train, Christina and Helen Wishart, Archibald, Mary, and Jessie Walker. Irish — Denis Corrucan, Mary Madden, Jane Moffatt, Samuel Moffatt. In nationality there exists a paucity of representatives from the sister Isle, indeed less than on any previous occasion. The following is the summary :— English— Adults 233. children between one and twelve 39, infants 13, total 285 Scotch— Adults 35, children between one and twelve 5, infants 2, total 42 Irish— Adults 4, total 4 Grand total 331 equal to 294 statute adults.

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
Symons, William	21	April 21st, 1865	Quinsy, Pneumonia	at sea
Walker, Mary	31	June 17th, 1865	Phthisis Pulmonalis	at sea
George, Richard	inf	July 7th, 1865	Convulsion	at sea ?

Surgeon Superintendent Report "Births on Board"
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
Polkinghorne, Mary		April 14th 1865	male
Moyle, Elizabeth		April 23rd 1865	male
Shields, Anne		May 23rd 1865	male

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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