Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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ship Shackamaxon, 1090 tons [2,500 tons?], Captain H.W. West, from Liverpool, 4th October 1852, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 19th January 1853

South Australian Register Thursday 20 January 1853

Wednesday January 19th, 1853:-The ship Shackamaxon, 1,090 tons, West, Master, from Liverpool, October 4th 1852. Passengers:— Mrs. West ; Mrs. Allison ; Mr. James Faucett [Fawsett] ; Miss Dixon and Miss M. Dixon in the cabin..

— 2nd ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1853 ; ninteen births and sixty-four deaths on the passage, Dr. Edward Duffin Allison, surgeon-superintendent.

under Miscellaneous shipping:- The Shackamaxon sailed in company with the Constane (Condor ?) and the Lady Elrington bound for Melbourne; spoke the Mary Cannon bound for Calcutta, and the ship Indus, bound

The American ship Shackamaxon, sailed from Liverpool with almost 700 passengers. Nearly 10% of the passengers, mostly children, died from Scarlet Fever on the passage, or after arrival. There was a Court of Enquiry into the competence of the surgeon-superintendent. It appears that the results were never published.

A letter to the Editor of the South Australian Register dated January 29th 1853, by Thomas Barlow, who acted as Chief Constable aboard the Shackamaxon. Thomas Barlow was accompanied by his wife, grown children and a niece.

Sir,— It is much to be regretted that the investigation prayed for by about 100 heads of families and now going on in Port Adelaide, was not commenced on board the ship, or at least before so many of the passengers had left Adelaide for distant parts of the colony. When I attended on Friday last, with so many others, I saw several who I am sure, could very badly afford to ride or walk to and from Port Adelaide, or remain there for hours at their own expense and loss of valuable time; and the least that can reasonably be done by the Court of Enquiry is to examine the most important witnesses first instead of taking a whole day to examine a very few and comparatively unimportant cases as was done on Friday. I am going down for a second time on Monday at my own expense, but I know many of my fellow passengers who either cannot or will not be kept waiting for a protracted examination. I hope you will have no objection to let these, my sentiments appear in your paper.

I am, Sir, your humble Servant,
Thomas Barlow
late Chief Constable on board the Emigrant ship Shackamaxon
January 29, 1853

Sydney Shipping Gazette Feb. 26 1853: . . The Court of Enquiry into the charges against the surgeon of the Shackamaxon is still sitting daily with closed doors.

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; 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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