from Great Britain to South Australia, most of whom are our ancestors,
or if not, married into one of the families.
The "Mt Stuart Elphinstone"
Date and Port of Departure:
Date of Arrival: 1851
The DIXON family from Deal, Kent - Richard and Jemima with their children William John and Sarah Jane.
The "Anglia"
Date and Port of Departure: 13 January 1852, London
Date of Arrival: 19 May 1852
The PENALUNA family from Cornwall - Thomas and Avis with their family John James, Olivia and Elizabeth Ann.
Also on board were Avis's brother John Peters MANKEY, his wife Elizabeth and their children John Endean, Thomas Henry, and Ann Penrose.
Accompanying these two families was the father of Avis and John Peters - the widowed James MANKEY.
The "Taymouth Castle"
Date and Port of Departure:
Date of Arrival: 3 May 1854
The WHEATLEY family from Derbyshire - Jesse and Jane with their two daughters Mary and Jane.
The "William Stevenson"
Date and Port of Departure: 7 November 1854, Liverpool
Date of Arrival: 1 February 1855
James WEEKS and his sister Jane (with her husband James BUSBRIDGE) arrived with their mother, Sarah Ann WRIGHT and her husband Edward along with 4 children, Edward, Mary, George and Alfred Busbridge from Kent.
The "Taymouth Castle"
Date and Port of Departure:
Date of Arrival: 25 June 1855
The HAWKE family from St Clether, Cornwall - James and Grace with their children Ann, Richard, James, William Henry, John and Francis.
The "Storm Cloud"
Date and Port of Departure: 25 January 1858 from London and 13 February 1858 from Plymouth
Date of Arrival: 28 April 1858
William Gilbert PAYNE from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
The
Date and Port of Departure:
Date of Arrival: 1882
Mary Eleanor EDWARDS and her sister Florence, accompanied by their mother Mary Eleanor NORMANDALE, her husband John and their half brothers and sisters Irene, Audrey, Harold and Ken - all from Durham.
The "Barradine"
Date and Port of Departure:
Date of Arrival: 1927
Robert Temple SMITH was employed as an Able Seaman and was discharged at Port Adelaide.
The "Otterpool"
Date and Port of Departure: 23 July 1927, West Hartlepool, Northumberland
Date of Arrival: 17 September 1927
To see views of the Flinders Ranges - typical of Sturt Desert Pea growing areas - click on the picture.