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The barque Amazon, 767 tons, Captain Frederick Cootes from London via Plymouth 26th November 1851, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 20th February 1852.
The Sydney Shipping Gazette (SSG) reports . . February 19 -- Amazon, barque, Cook, from Plymouth 26th November. passengers-- Mr. & Mrs Joyner and three children, and Dr. Edward Gregory, Surgeon-Superintendent, with 286 emigrants.
The Amazon arrived on Thursday from Plymouth, which port she left on 26th November last, and we regret to learn there have been the great number of seventeen deaths on board during the voyage, sixteen of them have been children, which have been taken off by the measles and hooping cough [sic] and which we understand is still prevalent on board. —5th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1852; five births & nineteen deaths on the passage; note spelling and name variations and age discrepancies
A copy of the official passenger list is available on the State Records of South Australia website.[1]
See the passengers currently on Wikitree here.
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RMS Amazon, 1852 |
- type: barque
- size: 797 tons
- built: Dundee Scotland
- sailed: from Plymouth 26th November, 1851
- master: Captain Frederick Cootes (sometimes listed as Coots or Cook)
- surgeon superintedent: Dr. Edward Gregory,
- arrived: Port Adelaide 19 Feb 1852
- passengers: 286 Government immigrants
Passenger Lists
- 5/1852 - Amazon from the State Records of SA, Passenger Lists. first accessed on the 23rd of November, 2019 at: https://archives.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documentstore/passengerlists/1852/GRG35_48_1_52-5_Amazon.pdf
- Results for South Australia, Passenger Lists 1847-1886 from the Find my Past database. first accessed online on the 23rd of November, 2019 [1]
- barque Amazon, 767 tons [sic?], Captain Frederick Coots [sic?], from London / Plymouth 26th November 1851, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 20th February 1852. transcribed and submitted to The Ships List by Robert Janmaat. first accessed 23rd of November, 2019 from the http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/amazon1852.shtml
- SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from the South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) of Saturday 21 February 1852, Page 2. first accessed online on the 23rd of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/38465657?
- 26/11/1851 - 19/02/1852 from the Passengers in History website an initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. first accessed online on the 23rd of November, 2019 at: http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/942169
Sources
- THE SHIP AMAZON. from the Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) of Saturday 21 February 1852, Page 5. first accessed online on the 23rd of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/160108432?
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