Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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ship Salamanca, 861 tons, Captain George N. Livesay, from London 23rd October, Plymouth 1st November 1865, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 18th January 1866

The South Australian Register, Friday 19 January 1866 p. 2

Thursday 18 January:— Salamanca, ship, 861 tons, G. N. Livesay, master, from London October 23, via Plymouth Sound November 1. Acraman, Main. Lindsay. and Co., Town; K. and R. Main, Port, agents.
Passengers— Dr. Jonas King. Surgeon-Superintendent, in the cabin ; and 368 Government emigrants in the steerage:—

. . . . — 1st ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1866 ; —3— births and —-1— death on the passage ; Dr. Jonas King, 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, Friday 19 May 1866 p. 2

IMPORTS

Cargo of the Salamanca, from London—6 cases galvanized iron, Pearce, Wincey, and Co. ; 45 eases, 143 pkgs., Order ; 260 bdls., Harrold Brothers ; 96 cases, 1347 bars, 280 bdls, P.Santo ;  50 half-hhds., S. Mocatta ;  54,000 slates. Elder, Smith, and Co. ; 200 casks, W. Peacock and Son ; 18 casks, Robin and Le Messurier ; 4 bales, Martin and Sash ; 40 boxes, J. Hill and Co. ; 124 pkgs, J. Robin and Co. ; 20 half-brls., Whyte, Counsell, and Co. ; 3 casks, E. S. 'Wigg ; 16 pkgs.. J. Cussin and Co.;  1 tierce. L. Healey ; 250 casks, F. Clark and Sons ; l case, 991 pipes, South Australian Gas Company ; 530 bags, D. and J. Fowler ; 34 pkgs, Heriot, Fullarton, and Co.

Miscellaneous Shipping

The Salamanca is the same vessel which graced our waters some five or six years back, and is in command of the same gentleman, whose courtesy in those days made him esteemed by all with whom he came in intimate contact. Capt Livesay reports leaving London in October and Plymouth the 1st of the following month ; so that her arrival here on Thursday morning in 77 days may be considered one of the best passages of the season. The ship made the line in 27 days, though part of that time was spent contending with contrary winds after leaving the Channel ; indeed, so much so that she made a course inshore of the Cape de Verde Islands. After crossing the Equator, for three days calms continued ; but subsequently for 37 days an average of 205 miles was made. The voyage furnished no important incident from departure up to making the land, when the extensive bush fires on Kangaroo Island proved a guide throughout the night, enabling a course to be shaped up the Gulf. After passing Glenelg, a pilot from the Young St. George took charge and anchored to leeward of the bell buoy in order to be ready for the next morning's tide. On letting go the first anchor the shackle parted, and it was necessary to start the second, and immediately one of the youngsters, who was standing on the fore side of the windlass, and being in the wake of the range, was thrown down and bruised, but not seriously injured. The officers from the Semaphore stations had the benefit of bad weather on Thursday, and on boarding the Salamanca the shipping reporter's boat Corsair fouled the davits, and carried away the afterleech cloth of the lug. Spare sails were in the boat, however, and she beat ashore all right.

The South Australian Register, Friday 19 January 1866 p. 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SALAMANCA, WITH 368 GOVERNMENT IMMIGRANTS.

The Salamanca was known to be a fine ship, and her esteemed master was remembered as a very old hand in the trade, but it was scarcely expected she would turn up quite so soon as this. During the strong south-easter which blew on Thursday morning the Young St. George put a pilot on board when near Glenelg, and soon after she came to in the anchorage. The Surgeon-Superintendent Dr. King, has been several times before in charge of emigrant vessels, and on the present occasion may be congratulated for bringing the voyage to a conclusion without any serious case of sickness on board ; indeed, but one death has happened and one birth, consequently the number arrived is the same as on departure. His opinion of the vessel is highly favourable, and the maintenance of the usual system of routine is creditable to the people as well as the officers, who have always viewed cheerful co-operation with his wishes. The immigrants in appearance show little change from the current importations, mechanics, miners, labourers, and servants being on board in the stereotyped proportions. Dr. Edmunds' system of ventilation is not so highly eulogized as in previous ships, but being a novel introduction it may be capable of improvement if the suggestions of practical men are acted on. It is Dr. King's intention to make a full report of the advantages of the system. It is pleasing to notice that a change for the better has been made in the disposition of bulk heads below the single females' compartment, the division being as of old by a partition athwart the ship, instead of the fore-and-aft affair which was always a source of annoyance. It was expected the Immigration Agent would have boarded the vessel on Thursday with his usual promptitude, but perhaps the state of the weather prevented his mustering the people till the ship moored in harbour.:— English —Henry and Elizabeth Alexander, George Alexander, Charles Alexander, Mary Alexander, Henry Banfiied, William Barnett, Richard Barton, Thomas, Mary A., and Rosalind Batten, James, Mary, and Mary Berryman, John, Maria, John, and Mary Blakemore, Benjamin, Ellen, John, and Mary Bone, George Brewer, Margaret Brian, Thomas Bright, Charles Brown, Joseph and Mary J. Bullock, Thomas Burch, John Burke, Mary J. Carpenter, Jeffery Carter, Wm. Chowles, Richard Cock, George, Elizabeth, Mary A., Geo., Wm, and Eliza J. Cooke, Charlotte Combes, Michael Cottar, Jas. Couzens, Alfred Currie, John P. and Susan Dale, William Davey, Charles Davis, Mary Daw, Thomas Doney, Sam and Ann Doney, William, Thomas, and Richard Eastbrook, Thomas, Irenea, Irenea, James, and George Eastbrook, John, Susan, John, Mary, and Ellen Eddy, Stephen and Jane Eddy, Susan and Elizabeth Eddy, Henry Edwards, John E. Edwards, Richard Ellis, Elizabeth A. Ellis, Richard, Elizabeth, and Mary J. Ellis, William Henry, Mary J., Joseph, and Albert Evans, Wm. and Esther Evans, Jabez, Johanna, Nanny, Eliz., and Rosina Geach, George, Ellen, George, Ellen, Minnie, Kate, and Rose Gitsham, Richard and Eliz. Grig, Fred and Mary Grindall, Richard, Ann, and Elizabeth Hall, William, Jane, John, Fred, William, and Jane Hancock, John, Elizabeth, and John Harvey, John. Eliza, William D., Elizabeth, John, and Jane Hartley, Philip, Elizabeth, and William P. Hardey, Thos. Hardey, E. and Grace Hardey, Betsy Hardey, G. Hatherby, William, Anne, Elizabeth, and Edward Herbert, Albert Hirst, James, Philippa, William, and Richard Hooper, Henry Hunt, William, Jane, and William James, Mary and Sarah A. Jeffery, James and Mary A. Jenkins, Hopkins Jenkins. Thomas Jenkins, Richard, Martha, Martha, and Judith Johnson, Henry Kelly, Ann Kite, Thomas Land, John Launder, James and Mary Lawry, William, Maria, Mary A., Sophia, and Ellen Lowry, Henry and Mary Luke, Benjamin Lukey, John Maddern, Jane Mann, John Martin, Daniel, Mary A., Elizabeth, and Arthur Martin, William, Elizabeth, Elizabeth J., James, Elizabeth, Arthur, Ellen, Mary A., and William Martin, Eustace Matthews, Frank Mawley, Hugh McCallum, Henry Michell, John, Jane, and Mary Michell, Amelia Millard, John, Philip, and Joseph Millard, William Mitchell, William Mollard, Henry, Ann, Henry, George, and Thomas Moody, James, Elizabeth, James, and Jane Moore, Mary Oppy, Charles Partridge, Henry Parker, John Pascoe, Fanny Pascoe, William Pearce, Michael Pearce, Sarah A. Pegler, Susanna Perry, Francis, Mary J., William, Ann, Thomas John, and George Pope, Eliza Price, Nicholas Raleigh, Henry Reynolds, William Richards, James and Mary A. Rix, George and Susannah Rix, Bill Rouse, Elizabeth, James, Henry, and Benjamin Rouse, William Rowe, Thomas Rowe, Mary A., Amelia, Ellen, and Louisa Rowe, John and Mary Rowe, John Rowe, Thomas, Sarah, Emma, Thomas, Caroline, and Frederick Rudgeley, Ellen Rudgeley, John Samuels, Rhoda Selwood, James Short, Ellen and Elizabeth J. Short, Elizabeth Sincock, Lavinia Sincock, John, Jane, and William Sincock, Jacob, Mary, Jacob, Mary, and Sarah Sincock, James, Mary A., William, James, John, Mary A., and Joseph Sincock, Daniel, Harriett Mary, Eliza, and Elijah Skinner, Sydney Smith, Thomas, Mary, Mary, and Charles Starks, William and Ellen Stephens, Richard Stephens, William and Johnson Symons, Mary Symons, James and Emily Symons, Richard, Ruth, James, Mary, and George Tancock, Samuel, Mary, William H., and Mary J. Thomas, Thos. Thomas, William Thomas, Robert and Elizabeth Thomas, Sam, Elizabeth A., Sam, and Elizabeth Tappett, Thomas Tonkin, James and Grace Tonkin, Mary J. Tozer, John, Mary A., and Mary A Trembath, James Trewery, George, Margaret, Matilda, and Elizabeth Trickett, Joseph and Mary A. Turner, Elizabeth and Jane Tyler, Elizabeth Uren, James and Elizabeth Wallis, William and Elizabeth Waters, Caroline Wathen, Mark Walkes, Edmund Williams, Thos. Williams, Edward, Hannah, and Mary Willis, Mark Witcombe, Robert Wood. Scotch —Alexander Anderson, James Cramond, William Henderson, Alexander Hendry, Catherine Kemp, Charles, Jane, and Elizabeth Lowrie, Jessie McCallum, Margaret McCallum, Hector, Ann, Duncan, Kenneth, Hector, and Ann McKenzie, Elizabeth McKenzie, John Murray, Robert Norrie, Isabella Proden, Ann Ritchie, Helen Sinclair, John Sinclair, George Strachan, Samuel Tait, William Yule. Irish — James Begley, Catherine Buckley, Bridget Donovan, Pat Fitzgerald, Thomas Howard, Michael Keane, John Keane, James McCann, Cornelius Meany, Michael Murphy Bridget O'Brien. Summary.— Colonial passage certificate-holders, English, 30 ; Scotch, 4. Colonial full-paid passage certificate-holders, English, 3 ; Scotch. 1 ; Irish, 1.   United Kingdom full-paid passage regulations,  Scotch, 1. United Kingdom free passage regulations, English  298 ; Scotch, 20 ; Irish, 18. Total, English, 331  Scotch, 26 ; Irish, 11.  Married men, 62 ; married women, 63 ; single men, 97 ; single women, 48. Children from 1 to  12 :— Boys, 43 ; girls, 41. Children under 1 :— Boys,  5 ; girls, 9. Total, 368 equal to 312 statute adults, Industrial Classifications.— Labourers 59, servants 27, miners 38, shoemakers 7, masons 5, wheelwrights 2, laundress I, bricklayers 4 printer 1, engine-driver 1, dairymaids 2, carpenters 6, ploughmen 4, farm servant 1, ironmoulder 1, railway guard 1, stonemason 1, farmer 1, housemaid 1, housekeepers 2, smiths 5, winemakers 2, currier1, butcher 1, matron 1, painter 1, gardener 1, tailor 1, cooks 2, cabinetmaker I, saddlers 2.

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
Harvey, Jane	inf	December 21, 1865	Laryngitis	at sea
Thomas, William Henry	1	January 23, 1866	Croup
Grigg, Joseph Henry	inf	January 27, 1866	Premature birth

Surgeon Superintendent Report "Births on Board"
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
Price, Eliza		December 31 1865	Female
Grigg, Elizabeth		Jamuary 24 1866	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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