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In 1838 there were approx. 6,000 persons in the new colony.
SHIPS ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
ABEONA from Hobart arrived Pt Adelaide January 3rd, 1838 - with Passengers
ABEONA from Hobart arrived Pt Adelaide March 15th, 1838 - 30 Passengers
ABEONA from Hobart arrived Pt Adelaide May 24th, 1838 - 18 Passengers
ABEONA from Hobart arrived Pt Adelaide June 24th, 1838
ABEONA from Hobart arrived Adelaide September 1st, 1838
ABEONA from Hobart arrived Port Adelaide November 10th, 1838
AFRICAINE from London arrived Pt Adelaide September 30th, 1838. First ship to unload at Kingscote Jetty, SA. Voyage No.38/18
HMS ALLIGATOR warship from Plymouth arrived Port Adelaide July 14th, 1838 Voyage No.38/11 - No passengers reported
BENCOOLEN from Sydney arrived Adelaide April 8th, 1838 Voyage No.38/12
BENGALEE from Hamburg-the Downs arrived Kingscote, King Island November 16th, 1838. Voyage No.38/12 - "a temperance vessel"
BLACK JOKE from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide May 17th, 1838
BLACK JOKE from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide December 23th, 1838 - Sheep.
BRITANNIA from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide December 20th, 1838.
BRITON from The Cape arrived Pt Adelaide October 23rd, 1838. Voyage No.38/22 - No Passengers
BROUGHAM from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide June 16th, 1838 - Stock
CANTON from London arrived Port Adelaide May 2nd, 1838 - 143 passengers. Voyage No.38/05
CATHERINE JAMIESON from Leith arrived Port Adelaide on December 1st, 1838. Voyage No.38/26 - 37 adults passengers
HMS CONWAY from Sydney arrived Pt Adelaide Glenelg November 19th, 1838
DART from Sydney arrived Adelaide March 22nd, 1838 - Passengers names not listed. . Wrecked Troubridge Shoal Mar 29th 1838
DAVID from London arrived Pt Adelaide July 16th, 1838. Voyage No.38/12 - No Passengers
DAVID from Hobart arrived Pt Adelaide November 15th, 1838
DAVID WITTON from London arrived Port Adelaide December 3rd, 1838. Voyage No.38/28 - 2 passengers
DUKE OF ROXBURGHE from London arrived Kingscote, King Island, Holdfast Bay July 28th, 1838. Voyage No.38/14 - 84 passengers
DUKE OF ROXBURGHE from Glenelg - arrived Kingscote October 3rd, 1838 - 1 Passenger
EAGLE from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide March 7th, 1838 - Sheep
EAGLE from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide April 2nd, 1838 - sheep
EAGLE from Launceston arrived Port Adelaide - August 13th, 1838
EAGLE from Pt Fairy VIC arrived Pt Adelaide September 6th, 1838 - sheep
EDEN from London-Portsmouth arrived Adelaide June 24th, 1838 - 228 passengers Voyage No.38/09
EDEN from Pt Adelaide arrived Nepean Bay October 14th, 1838
ELIZABETH (51t schooner) from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide April 17th, 1838 - 37 Passengers.
ELIZABETH (50t schooner) from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide June 17th, 1838
ELIZABETH from Launceston arrived Adelaide October 9th, 1838
ELIZABETH from Swan River, WA arrived Pt Adelaide October 12th, 1838
ELIZABETH (Barque) from Singapore arrived Pt Adelaide Oct 28th, 1838. Voyage No.38/21 - No Passengers
ELIZABETH from India arrived Port Adelaide Nov 3rd 1838 - No passengers
ELIZABETH from Pt Leschenault WA arrived Pt Adelaide November 27th, 1838 - 4 Passengers
ELIZABETH from Launceston - arrived Pt Adelaide December 7th, 1838.
EMERALD ISLE from Calcutta (via Mauritius) arrived Pt Adelaide July 24th, 1838. Voyage No.38/13 - 2 passengers
EMMA from Hobart Town arrived Pt Adelaide March 28th, 1838
EMMA from Hobart arrived Pt Adelaide August 22nd, 1838
EMMA from Pt Adelaide Nepean Bay October 8th, 1838 - Passengers
EMMA EUGENIA arrived Adelaide April 13th, 1838
FANNY from Hobart June 22nd, 1838. Wrecked at Encounter Bay
GEM from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide February 10th, 1838
GEM from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide April 1st, 1838
GEM from Port Phillip arrived Pt Adelaide December 9th-10th, 1838
GIRAFFE from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide Pt Adelaide March 5th, 1838
GLENALVON from London arrived Port Adelaide December 28th, 1838 - 17 passengers Voyage No.38/31
GOSHAWK from Hamburg via London arrived Port Adelaide May 14th, 1838. Voyage No.38/07 - 2 passengers
GOSHAWK from Pt Adelaide arrived Encounter Bay August 12th, 1838
GOSHAWK from Encounter Bay arrived Nepean Bay September 30th, 1838.
GUILLARDEN from Calcutta and Swan River via Hobart - 1 passenger listed for Adelaide March 11th, 1838
HARTLEY from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide January 26th, 1838 - 1,000 sheep
HARTLEY from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide March 16th, 1838.
HARTLEY from Launceston arrived Kingscote June 8th, 1838.
HENRY FREELING from Sydney arrived Nepean Bay February 7th, 1838
HENRY FREELING from Sydney arrived Nepean Bay June 8th, 1838 Voyage No.38/10.
HENRY FREELING from Pt Adelaide arrived Nepean Bay July 16th, 1838
HENRY FREELING from Nepean Bay arrived Encounter Bay July 25th, 1838
HENRY FREELING from Sydney via Port Phillip arrived Port Adelaide October 23th, 1838
HENRY PORCHER from London arrived Port Adelaide July 1st, 1838. Voyage No.38/10 - 200 Passengers and cargo
HMS HERALD from India and King George's Sound arrived Adelaide on June 16th, 1838 - No passengers reported
HERO from Sydney arrived Pt Adelaide April 2nd, 1838 - General cargo (principally furniture), no mention of passengers
HERO from Pt Adelaide arrived Encounter Bay June 18th, 1838 - 1 Passenger (name not listed)
HERO from Encounter Bay arrived Pt Adelaide October 22nd, 1838
HETTY from Hobart arrived Pt Adelaide June 7th, 1838
HIND from Sydney arrived Pt Adelaide April 30th, 1838 - sheep
HOPE from Sydney January 27th, 1838 arrived Adelaide February 13th, 1838
HOPE from Portland arrived Pt Adelaide March 26th, 1838 - cattle
HOPE from Portland arrived Pt Adelaide June 13th, 1838 - stock
HOPE from Portland arrived Pt Adelaide September 6th, 1838
INDUSTRY from Port Phillip arrived Pt Adelaide June 8th, 1838
INDUSTRY from Port Phillip arrived Pt Adelaide October 2nd, 1838.
JOHN DUNSCOMBE from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide January 19th, 1838
JOHN DUNSCOMBE from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide March 4th, 1838 - 1 Passenger
JOHN PIRIE from Hobart arrived Pt Adelaide Kingscote March 29th, 1838
JOHN PIRIE from Kingscote with Captain Martin, arrived Pt Adelaide March 29th, 1838 - Passengers
JOHN PIRIE from Pt Adelaide arrived Kingscote April 7th, 1838
JOHN PIRIE from Sydney arrived Pt Adelaide August 17th-18th, 1838.
JOHN PIRIE from Sydney arrived Adelaide November 13th, 1838.
JUSTICIA/JUSTINA from Batavia arrived Pt Adelaide March 30th, 1838. Voyage 38/02 - Possibly passengers, un-named
JUSTICIA/JUSTINA from Batavia arrived Pt Adelaide June 17th, 1838
KATHERINE STEWART FORBES from Launceston arrived Port Adelaide June 17th, 1838
LADY EMMA (formerly HMS Pelorus) from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide March 13th, 1838 .
LADY EMMA from Calcutta arrived Antechamber Bay May 30th, 1838 - No Passengers
LADY EMMA from Pt Adelaide-Nepean Bay arrived Pt Adelaide June 3rd-9th, 1838 - Passenger incl. Gov Hindmarsh, other names not listed
LADY EMMA from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide June 12th, 1838
LADY EMMA from Launceston arrived Port Adelaide August 17th, 1838.
LADY EMMA from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide October 12th 1838.
LADY EMMA from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide December 2nd-5th, 1838.
LADY MARY PELHAM from Launceston arrived Pt. Adelaide March 1st, 1839.
LADY MARY PELHAM from Sydney arrived Pt Adelaide December 4th, 1838
LADY OF THE LAKE from Twofold Bay arrived Adelaide January 19th, 1838 - Cows and other stock
LADY WELLINGTON arrived Pt Adelaide March 27th, 1838 .
LADY WELLINGTON from Sydney, arrived Pt Adelaide on August 11, 1838.
LLOYDS from London August 1838 arrived Adelaide December 1st, 1838 - 181 passengers. Voyage No.38/27.
SA Register shows Ed. Garrett as owner. Some records list him as captain as well.
LORD GODERICH from London arrived Port Adelaide April 15th, 1838. Voyage No.38/03 - 157 passengers
LORD HOBART from Timor with Captain Hawson, arrived Port Adelaide 28 04 1838 with ponies.
LORD HOBART from Timor arrived Port Adelaide October 13, 1838. Voyage 38/04
LOWESTOFT from Launceston arrived Adelaide April 1st, 1838
MARY ANN (7T cutter) from Kangaroo Is arrived Encounter Bay August 13th, 1838
MARY ANN (7T cutter) from Nepean Bay arrived Encounter Bay September 21st, 1838
MARY ANN (7T cutter) from Encounter Bay arrived Pt Adelaide October 1st, 1838
MARY ANN (7T cutter) from Nepean Bay arrived Pt Adelaide October 25th, 1838
MARY ANN (7T cutter) from Pt Adelaide arrived Nepean Bay November 6th, 1838
MARY ANN (7T cutter) from Nepean Bay arrived Pt Adelaide November 17th, 1838
MEROPE from Hobart, arrived Pt Adelaide on January, 1838.
MEROPE from Twofold Bay NSW arrived Pt Adelaide on March 10th, 1838 - 160 cattle
MEROPE from Twofold Bay NSW arrived Pt Adelaide on April 11th, 1838 - 50 cattle, 900 sheep
MEROPE from Hobart arrived Pt Adelaide on August 12th-13th, 1838.
MEROPE from Hobart arrived Pt Adelaide on October 26th, 1838
MONA from London arrived Pt Adelaide December 20th, 1838. Voyage 38/29 - No Passengers.
She departed and was at St Helena on October 22nd 1839 - crew mutinous.
MUNFORD/MUMFORD from Launceston arrived Port Adelaide October 26th, 1838
MUNFORD/MUMFORD from Troubridge Shoal arrived Pt Adelaide on December 3rd, 1838
MUNFORD/MUMFORD from Pt Adelaide arrived Troubridge Shoal on December 22nd, 1838 (to the wreck of PARSEE)
NEREUS from Sydney NSW arrived Pt Adelaide October 11th-13th, 1838
PARLAND from Sydney arrived South Australia December 3rd, 1838.
PARSEE from Hobart arrived Pt Adelaide December, 1838. - Wrecked
PERO from Sydney arrived Port Adelaide September 19th, 1838 - With passengers
PERSEVERENCE from Sydney arrived Pt Adelaide April 2nd, 1838
PESTONJEE BOMANJEE from London arrived Holdfast Bay October 12th, 1838. Voyage No.38/19 - 230 passengers (included Governor Gawler)
PETER PROCTOR from Calcutta arrived Port Adelaide January 6th, 1838 - Possibly no passengers
PRINCE GEORGE from Hamburg arrived Adelaide November 18th, 1838. Voyage No.38/25 - 207 passengers (incl. 200 Germans)
PRINCE GEORGE from London, The Downs September 12th, 1838 arrived Port Adelaide December 26th, 1838. Voyage No.38/29.5 - 199 passengers
RAJASTHAN from London on July 26th, 1838 arrived Adelaide November 16th, 1838. Voyage No.38/24 - 235 passengers
RAPID from London-Falmouth arrived Adelaide June 30th, 1838. Voyage No.38/08
RAPID from Troubridge Shoal arrived Pt Adelaide November 20th, 1838 - 27 Passengers (survivors plus 1 body off PARSEE wreck)
REGIA from Sydney via Pt Phillip arrived Pt Adelaide December 2nd, 1838.
REUNION French Whaler from Le Havre arrived Kangaroo Is September 1st, 1838. Voyage 38/15 - Taking on supplies, no passengers
ROYAL ADMIRAL from London September 26th, 1837 arrived Port Adelaide on January 18th, 1838
112 Colonisation Commissioners' migrants boarded at Falmouth - Total 208 passengers. Voyage No.38/01
SARAH AND ELIZABETH from Nepean Bay arrived Encounter Bay January 11th, 1838
SARAH AND ELIZABETH from Encounter Bay arrived Kingscote February 3rd, 1838
SIREN from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide January 19th, 1838 - 1 Passenger (names not listed)
SIREN from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide February 27th, 1838 - 1 Passenger (names not listed)
SPECULATOR from London arrived Pt Adelaide September 5th, 1838. Voyage 38/16 - No Passengers
SPECULATOR from Pt Adelaide arrived Kingscote October 12th, 1838 - 2 Passengers (names not listed)
SURRY/SURREY from London arrived Adelaide October 11th, 1838. Voyage No.38/20 - 106 passengers
TAMAR (brigantine) from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide March 14th, 1838
TAMAR from Sydney Port Adelaide November 10th, 1838
TRUELOVE from Launceston Pt Adelaide April 2nd, 1838
TRUELOVE from Launceston October 17th-23rd, 1838 Port Adelaide.
TRUSTY from London arrived Port Adelaide on May 15th, 1838. Voyage No.38/06 - 129 passengers
VICTORIA from Hobart arrived Nepean Bay March 11th, 1838
VICTORIA from Nepean Bay arrived Thistle Island March 16th, 1838
VICTORIA from Nepean Bay arrived Thistle Island July 12th, 1838
VICTORIA from Nepean Bay arrived Thistle Island September 1st, 1838
VICTORIA from Nepean Bay arrived Pt Adelaide September 23rd, 1838
VICTORIA from Pt Adelaide arrived Nepean Bay October 25th, 1838
VICTORIA from Nepean Bay arrived Pt Adelaide November 1st, 1838
VICTORIA from Pt Adelaide arrived Kingscote November 6th, 1838
VICTORIA from Kingscote arrived Pt Adelaide November 14th, 1838
VICTORIA from Pt Adelaide arrived Kingscote November 22nd, 1838
VICTORIA from Kingscote arrived Pt Adelaide November 29th, 1838
VICTORIA from Pt Adelaide arrived Kingscote December 3rd, 1838
VICTORIA from Kingscote Pt Adelaide December 7th, 1838
VICTORIA from Pt Adelaide arrived Kingscote December 10th, 1838
VICTORIA from Kingscote arrived Pt Adelaide December 17th, 1838
WATERWITCH from Hobart arrived Pt Adelaide January 30th, 1838
WATERWITCH from Pt Adelaide arrived Nepean Bay February 28th, 1838
WATERWITCH from Nepean Bay arrived Pt Adelaide March 5th, 1838
WATERWITCH from Pt Adelaide arrived Nepean Bay March 16th, 1838
WATERWITCH from Nepean Bay arrived Pt Adelaide March 20th, 1838
WATERWITCH from Pt Adelaide arrived Nepean Bay March 29th, 1838
WATERWITCH from Nepean Bay arrived Pt Adelaide March 31, 1838
WATERWITCH from Sydney arrived Pt Adelaide October 25th, 1838
WATERWITCH from Pt Adelaide arrived Nepean Bay November 9th, 1838
WATERWITCH from Nepean Bay arrived Kingscote December 31st, 1838
WILLIAM (brig) from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide January 5th, 1838
WILLIAM (brig) from Launceston arrived Pt Adelaide February 9th, 1838
WILLIAM (cutter) from Kingscote arrived Pt Adelaide March 30th, 1838
WILLIAM (cutter) from Kingscote arrived Encounter Bay July 4th, 1838
WILLIAM (cutter) from Pt Adelaide arrived Encounter Bay August 21st, 1838. Wrecked at Yankalilla en route.
WINCHESTER from London June 10th, 1838 arrived Adelaide September 23rd, 1838. Voyage No.38/17 - 121 passengers
VOYAGE NUMBER, followed by Ship Name, then arrival
38/01 Royal Admiral 16 Jan 1838 Nepean Bay from London
38/02 Justitia 30 Mar 1838 Pt Adelaide from Batavia
38/03 Lord Goderich 14 Apr 1838 Pt Adelaide from London
38/04 Lord Hobart 25 Apr 1838 Pt Adelaide from Timor
38/05 Canton 2 May 1838 Glenelg from London
38/07 Goshawk 14 May 1838 Nepean Bay from Hamburg
38/06 Trusty 15 May 1838 Pt Adelaide from London
38/09 Eden 24 Jun 1838 Pt Adelaide from London
38/08 Rapid 20 Jun 1838 Pt Adelaide from London
38/10 Henry Porcher 1 Jul 1838 Pt Adelaide from London
38/11 Alligator HMS 10 Jul 1838 Glenelg from Plymouth
38/14 Duke of Roxburghe 27 Jul 1838 Glenelg from London
38/13 Emerald Isle 23 Jul 1838 Pt Adelaide from Calcutta
38/12 David 16 Jul 1838 Pt Adelaide from London
38/15 Réunion 1 Sep 1838 Nepean Bay from Le Havre
38/16 Speculator 5 Sep 1838 Pt Adelaide from London
38/17 Winchester 23 Sep 1838 Pt Adelaide from London
38/18 Africaine 2 Oct 1838 Kingscote from London
38/20 Surry 11 Oct 1838 Glenelg from London
38/19 Pestonjee Bomanjee 12 Oct 1838 Glenelg from London (Blackwall)
38/21 Elizabeth (barque) 28 Oct 1838 Pt Adelaide from Singapore
38/22 Briton 23 Oct 1838 Pt Adelaide from Cape Town
38/24 Rajasthan 16 Nov 1838 Pt Adelaide from London
38/25 Prince George (317t barque) 18 Nov 1838 Pt Adelaide from Hamburg
38/12 Bengalee 16 Nov 1838 Pt Adelaide from Hamburg
38/26 Catherine Jamieson 1 Dec 1838 Pt Adelaide from Leith
38/27 Lloyds 1 Dec 1838 Pt Adelaide from London
38/28 David Witton 3 Dec 1838 Glenelg from London
38/29.5 Prince George (482t barque) 26 Dec 1838 Pt Adelaide from London
38/31 Glenalvon 28 Dec 1838 Pt Adelaide from London
38/30 Zebra 28 Dec 1838 Pt Adelaide from Altona [Refer to 1839 CD - many records say this ship actually arrived Adelaide in January 1839]
38/29 Mona 20 Dec 1838 Pt Adelaide from London
The following arrived in South Australia during 1838 - vessel name not known.
BILLS, John 1822-1886. Bd Laura Cemetery
BONNEY, Charles - arrived SA overland from NSW and Victoria,
CAMPBELL,Charles J F
COGLIN, Frances wife of Patrick Boyce COGLIN,
COGLIN, Rebecca Boyce d1872 [mother of Patrick] arrived SA possibly 1837
CONNOR, Patrick. [Buried St George Church Cem. Meadows]
DAWSON, James and Jane
DUTTON,Charles Christian
DUTTON, Frederick Hansborough (1812-1890)
EMERY, E
GRANT, James [SAR Report November 1838 - Illegal Emigrant from Tasmania]
LAWSON, Thomas Lacey
MAGEE, Michael
SMITH, John
SOWARD, C
TREWENACK, John Henry
VENN, Robt Chas born 1816 Rotherhithe SRY ENG, Butcher. Parents came to SA 1846 on HOOGHLY
WHITE, G
The NLA Trove Newspaper website shows a notice published in the SAust. Register Newspaper November 10th 1838 p3d (Inquest)
of Macklin,James having drowned on 5/11/1838. We are not sure when or how he came to South Australia.
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