Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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barque Pestonjee Bomanjee, 596 tons, Captain J. Montgomery, from Southampton 18th June 1854, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 7th October 1854

South Australian Register Monday 9th October 1854
Saturday, October 7th :- the barque Pestonjee Bomanjee, 595 tons, Montgomery, Master, from Southampton June 18th 1854.
— 21st ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1854 ; 5 births and 8 deaths on the passage ; William H. Motherall, surgeon-superintendent.

The Pestonjee Bomanjee . . .
. . when in lat. 9.41' south, long. 83.26' west, was spoken and boarded by the American sloop of war Saratoga, 52 days from Thiela. The captain of the American sloop reported that they had succeeded with the Japanese Government in obtaining a coaling station there for the convenience of the communication between China and America. The Pestonjee Bomanjee also spoke a large English emigrant ship, 57 days out, bound from Liverpool to Port Macquarie.— Adelaide Times, October 9th.
South Australian Government Gazette, February 1st 1855
The Pestongee Bomanjee arrived from Southampton on the 7th October, having made the voyage in 112 days ; 303 souls were landed. Five births and ten deaths were the casualties during the voyage. Fever to a considerable extent prevailed during the voyage. It seems to me that cleanliness had not been sufficiently enforced ; and I have little doubt that the prevalence, if not the origin of the sickness, was caused by that neglect. In all other respects the surgeon-superintendent used every means to promote the comfort and health of the people, so that there is little doubt that his want of experience in the management of emigrants was the cause of the laxity of discipline at first; which, during the voyage, he found it difficult if not impossible to rectify. The stoppage of the certificate for return passage money to England, was considered as a sufficient warning to him to act with more decision if he were again entrusted with the charge of an emigrant ship ; as his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor was pleased to approve this recommendation, and to order that the certificate should be withheld. H Duncan M.D., Immigration Agent
PESTONJEE BOMANJEE - from 1849 Lloyds Register Master: Captain Baker Rigging: Barque; sheathed in felt and yellow metal in 1848 Tonnage: 595 tons Construction: 1835 in Dumbarton; some repairs in 1848 Owners: J. & F. Somes Port of registry: London Port of survey: London Voyage: sailed for Hobart Town
The South Australian Government Gazette 1866 p. 86
Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Where buried
Falstone, Emma (Fullston)	4	June 20	Apoplexy	at sea
Brand, Clara	1	September 03	Diarrhoea	at sea
Prior, George	59	September 09	Diarrhoea	at sea
Ellis, Harriet	inf	September 25	Diarrhoea	at sea
Morgan, Ann	22	September 26	Inflammation of brain	at sea
Wiltshire, Elizabeth	32	September 29	Fever	at sea
Tubb, Arthur	1	September 29	Epileptic fits	at sea
Tardiff, William	inf	October 05	Diarrhoea	at sea
Chapman, Mark	22	October 22	Fever	on shore ?
Wiltshire, Henry	2	October 21	Water on the brain	on shore ?

Surgeon Superintendent Report
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
Brown, Jane		June 19, 1854	female
Tubb, Jane		July 09, 1854	female
Wiltshire, Elizabeth		July 21, 1854	male
Donavan, Ellen		July 27, 1854	female
Brand, Mary		September 04, 1854	female

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)

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