Kindly transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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ship Thetis, 550 tons, Captain Dodds, from London / Plymouth 30th May 1851, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 6th September 1851.

The Sydney Shipping Gazette (SSG) reports . . September 6:- Thetis, 550 , James Dodds, from Plymouth 30th May, with 235 emigrants.—9th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1851 ; John Bernard Kierney, surgeon-superintendent ; four births on the passage

South Australian Register Monday 8 September 1851

Saturday September 6 the Ship Thetis 550 tons, Dodds Master, From Plymouth 30 May 1851
with Dr. Kierney Surgeon-Superintendent in cabin and the following government Emigrants,

Births: Langley, Candy, Judd, Bews all daughters.

note: where maiden name of wife is indicated, it has been included in the given name column within ( ) ; some adult children are listed with their parents, noted in remarks (some of those may be duplicated in the single men or single women list) ; the passenger list comprises three sections arranged alphabetically, i families, ii single men, iii single women ; transcriber notes in italics.

Names		Age	Occupation	B-index	Birthplace	Remarks
Last	Given
Families
Bain	William	31	Agr. Labourer	58/1	Caithness
	Christina	25
Bain	Donald	33	Agr. Labourer	58/1	Caithness
	Margaret	27
	Alexander	9
	Janet	5
	Margaret	1
Bews	John	30	Agr. Labourer	122/3	Orkney
	Jane	26
	daughter	inf				born at sea
Braithwaith	John	33	Farm Labourer	? 164/2	Queens Co.	Braithwaite ?
	Margaret	33
	William	5
	John	4
	Martha	inf
Brett	Frederick	32	Agr. Labourer	172/1	Suffolk
	Hannah	32
	Emma	3
	Ellen	inf
Bryan	Michael	30	Labourer	-	Meath, Ire.
	Ann	28
	Ellen	inf
Candy	Thomas	23	Farm Labourer	234/2	Wilts.
	Harriet (Stagg)	29
	daughter	inf				born at sea
Carah	Joseph	22	Miner	236/3	Cornwall
	Grace	25
	Anna M.	inf
Chittock	Henry	32	Miner	-	Helston, Cornwall
	Ursula (Lyne)	28
Collins	Levi	33	Farm Labourer	301/1	Alderbury, Wiltshire
	Letitia (England)	27
	George	6
	Laben	2
	Mary	inf
Cooper	Thomas	32	Agr. Labourer	316/1	Orkney
	Barbara	28
	Thomas	1
Crimeen	Michael	25	Agr. Labourer	-	Wicklow
	Bridget	22
Crossman	John	24	Agr. Labourer	348/2	Somerset
	Sophie (Frampton)	24
	Frederick	2
	Joshua John	1
Dickson	John	22	Agr. Labourer	403/3	Edinburgh
	Martha	21
Duffy	James	29	Agr. Labourer	434/2	Wicklow
	Fanny (Cullen)	27
	Hugh	1
Driver	John	30	Agr. Labourer	430/3	Orkney
	Elizabeth	25
	Elizabeth	4
	Ellen	1
	John	inf
Futchen	Thomas	33	Farm Labourer	540/2	Wilts
	Sarah	29
Ferguson	Joseph	23	Agr. Labourer	493/1	Midlothian
	Jane	30
Fry	Joseph	31	Farm Labourer	537/1	Wilts.
	Fanny	25
	Letitia	6
	John	4
Gaunt	Joseph	28	Agr. Labourer	-	Derby
	Hannah	25
	Mary E.	2
Giddings	James	26	Agr. Labourer	565/3	Huntingdon
	Mary A.	23
Gooding	Charles	23	Agr. Labourer	589/3	Devon
	Elizabeth	22
	Charles H.	inf
Grose	William	22	Miner	624/1	Cornwall
	Eliza	19
Gubbins	Richard	25	Agr. Labourer	627/1	Oxford
	Mary A.	28
Hawker	Richard	21	Agr. Labourer	-	Somerset
	Eliza	20
Irvine	William	24	Agr. Labourer	-	Orkney
	Mary	37
	John	9
	Christopher	7
	William	4
	David	2
Irvine	Thomas	39	Agr. Labourer	-	Orkney
	Mary	39
	Mary	14	Servant
Jenkins	Thomas	24	Miner	838/3	Cornwall
	Jane	23
	Henry	5
Judd	Joseph	35	Agr. Labourer	868/3	Wilts.
	Ann (Jerrard)	32
	Jesse	7
	Jane	2
	daughter	inf				born at sea
Langley	Charles	24	Agr. Labourer	952/2	Norfolk
	Mary (Hewison)	21
	daughter	inf				born at sea
McDonald	Alexander	27	Ploughman	1058/1	Banffshire
	Ann	29
	Margaret	2
	Mary	1
Moule	Robert	27	Agr. Labourer	1140/2	Devon
	Elizabeth (Horwood)	28
	Agnes	inf
Norman	John	27	Ploughman	1194/3	Cambridge
	Ann	26
Peter	William George	31	Miner	1271/3	Cornwall
	Mary A.	33
	William George	6
	Thomas Henry	3
Robertson	Alex.	47	Agr. Labourer	1367/1	Stirling
	Elizabeth	47
	Cathe.	20	Housmaid
	Isabella	18	Nursemaid
	Peter	12
Sayer	George	35	Agr. Labourer	1432/3	Kent
	Esther	35
Schatter	Robert	37	Agr. Labourer	1435/3	Orkney
	Margaret	35
	Angus	13
	Robie	7
Shearer	William	23	Agr. Labourer	1473/3	Orkney
	Betsy	19
Statton	William K.	49	Miner	1537/1	Cornwall
	Martha (Prior)	44
	Josiah	18	Miner			Joshua ?
	Mary	15	Servant
	Anne	13
	Edward	4
Statton	William Knight	22	Miner	1537/1	Cornwall
	Jane Hocking (Davey)	21
Stevenson	John	37	Agr. Labourer	1547/2	Orkney
	Janet	37
Stock	James	28	Blacksmith	1551/2	Norfolk
	Mary	24
	Harriet	4
	Letitia	2
	Elizabeth	inf
Tonkin	Phillip	37	Miner	1611/3	Cornwall
	Anne	36
	Thomas	14	Miner
	Mary	12
	Phillip	9
	Elizabeth	7
	Rachel	4
Townsend	John	26	Miner	1615/2	Cornwall
	Elizabeth	25
Vanner	James	23	Farm Labourer	1641/2	Wilts.
	Elizabeth	23
Vickery	Henry	39	Farm Labourer	1647/2	Wilts.
	Mary	27
	Samuel	7
Whitlock	Jesse	19	Farm Labourer	1705/2	Wilts.
	Maria (Self)	16
Names		Age	Occupation	B-index	Birthplace	Remarks
Last	Given
Single Men & boys
Allen	Richard	18	Shephard	19/3	Inverness
Angel	Edward	21	Agr. Labourer	32/1	Wilts.
Angel	William	19	Farm Labourer	32/1	Wilts.	Angell
Armstrong	William	27	Agr. Labourer	37/3	Herts.
Ashmore	Joseph	18	Agr. Labourer	41/1	Derby
Ball	George	21	Agr. Labourer	67/1	Wilts.
Banks	George	18	Agr. Labourer	70/1	Wilts.
Brokenshire	John	23	Miner	180/2	Cornwall
Clifford	William	17	Agr. Labourer	286/1	Wilts.
Donohue	Thomas	27	Agr. Labourer	419/2	Clare, Ire.
Duplock	Ephraim	26	Agr. Labourer	443/2	Sussex
Farus	William	23	Agr. Labourer	-	Kent
Gardiner	Francis	15	Labourer	547/2	Limerick
Gardiner	Robert	39	Farmer	547/3	Limerick
Giddings	Frederick	22	Agr. Labourer	565/2	Wilts.
Hardy	Nathaniel	27		670/3	-
Hawkes	Math. . .	27	Agr. Labourer	-	Somerset
Hawks	Thomas	23	Agr. Labourer	-	Oxford
Heath	David	21	Agr. Labourer	708/3	Wilts.
House	George	18	Agr. Labourer	781/2	Wilts.
Houston	William	24	Agr. Labourer	781/3	Antrim, Ire.
Hudd	Isaac	20	Agr. Labourer	788/3	Wilts.
Judd	Richard	28	Agr. Labourer	868/3	Wilts.
Kennane	John	21	Farm Labourer	893/2	Clare, Ire.
Kennane	Pat.	26	Farm Labourer	893/2	Clare, Ire.
Kennane	Pat.	24	Farm Labourer	893/2	Clare, Ire.
Kennane	Peter	20	Farm Labourer	893/2	Clare, Ire.
Lines	John	22	Agr. Labourer	-	Oxford
Lines	Thomas	18	Agr. Labourer	-	Oxford
Lines	William	20	Agr. Labourer	-	Oxford
Lovell	John	24	Agr. Labourer	-	Oxford
Lumber	Thomas	19	Agr. Labourer	-	Middlesex
Lynch	Peter	22	Agr. Labourer	-	Galway
Matthews	Edward	18	Agr. Labourer	-	Wilts.
Mattick	James	22	Agr. Labourer	-	Wilts.
McDonald	Peter	22	Carpenter	1061/1	Morayshire
McRostrie	Alexander	22	Tailor	1087/1	Perth
McRostrie	James	16	Woolpicker	1087/2	Perth
McRostrie	Robert	24	Joiner	1087/3	Perth
Miller	John	20	Agr. Labourer	-	Orkney
O'Brien	Terence	38	Miner	1204/3	Clare, Ire.
O'Brien	Michael	12			Clare, Ire.
Rawling(s)	Richard	27	Miner	-	Cornwall
Rich	Joseph	27	Agr. Labourer	-	Cambridge
Richard	James	25	Agr. Labourer	-	Somerset
Schatter	James	25	Agr. Labourer	1435/3	Orkney
Sherbourne	Jesse	18	Agr. Labourer	1478/3	Sussex
Smith	Samuel	26	Agr. Labourer	-	Lincoln
Smith	William	19	Agr. Labourer	1511/2	Lincoln
Todd	John	19	Agr. Labourer	1608/2	Wilts.
Waldock	William	19	Baker	1659/2	Herts.
White	Isaac	25	Agr. Labourer	-	Wilts.
Williams	Israel	22	Miner	1717/1	Cornwall
Williams	John	25	Agr. Labourer	1718/1	Cornwall
Wilson	David	24	Miner	-	Ayr
Work	Peter	15	Agr. Labourer	-	Orkney
Single Women & girls
Alexander	Margaret	23	Servant		Wicklow
Brodie	Maria	25	Servant		Caithness
Clark	Elizabeth	18	Servant		Antrim, Ire.
Clark	Jane	22	Servant		Antrim, Ire.
Davidson	Agnes	20	Servant		Lanark
Gardiner	Henrietta	17	Servant		Limerick
Hardy	Mary A.	20	Servant		Devon
Kelly	Jane	13			Queens Co.
Kennane	Anne	23	Servant	893/2	Clare, Ire.
Kennane	Margaret	21	Servant	893/2	Clare, Ire.
Kestle	Caroline	31	Servant		Cornwall
Kestle	Grace	27	Servant		Cornwall
Lewis	Mary A.	18	Servant		Orkney
Martin	Helen	21	Servant		Forfarshire
Martin	Jessie	23	Servant		Forfarshire
McRostrie	Janet	46	Housekeeper		Perth
McRostrie	Margaret	18	Servant		Perth
McRostrie	Mary	20	Housemaid		Stirling
Miller	Jane Mary	21	Servant		Antrim, Ire.
Miller	Janet	23	Servant		Scotland
O'Brien	Mary	15	Servant	1204/2	Clare, Ire.
O'Brien	Susannah	10			Clare, Ire.
Robertson	Cathe.	19	Servant		Caithness
Schatter	Eliza	21	Servant		Orkney
Smith	Betsy	29	Servant		Lincoln
Smith	Janet	21	Servant		Lincoln
Smith	Sarah	23	Servant		Lincoln

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 Registe; 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)

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