Art Union, Arrived 22 Aug 1864

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Surnames/tags: Ships Immigration

See the category of the vogage of the Art Union which arrived in South Australia in 1864 for a grouping of profiles of those who sailed.

The voyage of the Immigrant ship Art Union to South Australia in 1864

The ship Art Union sailed from London (9 May), and Plymouth (16 May); arriving in Port Adelaide on 22 August 1864. from The Ships List, submitted by Robert Janmaat

from the Sydney based newspaper the Empire, of Monday 18 July 1864 we see: The Government emigrant ship Art Union sailed from Plymouth on the 16th May for Adelaide, having on board 89 married couples, 107 single men, 56 single women, 31 boys and 30 girls between one and twelve years of age, and 13 infants, in all 326 souls.

type: ship
size: 748 tons
built: In Sunderland in 1857
sailed: from London on May 9, 1864 and later Plymouth May 16. With 326 Government immigrants.
master: Captain George Polson
surgeon superintendent: Dr. John Carroll
arrived: Monday, August 22, 1864
passengers: 319 Government Immigrants. (Deaths recorded on the voyage 12 and births recorded on the voyage 5)

Passenger Lists etc.

• SHIPS LOADING FOR THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES from the Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875) of Monday 18 July 1864, Page 4. first accessed online 24th of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60555000?
• SHIPPING NEWS. from The Adelaide Express (SA : 1863 - 1866) of Tuesday 23 August 1864, Page 2. first accessed online 24th of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207595857?
• SHIPPING NEWS. from The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) of Tuesday 23 August 1864, Page 2. first accessed online 24th of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31840497?
• ship Art Union, 748 tons, Captain George Polson, from London, 9th May, Plymouth 16th May, 1864 arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 22nd August 1864. Transcribed and submitted to The Ships List by Robert Janmaat. first accessed online 24th of November, 2019 at: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/artunion1864.shtml
• 08/05/1864 - 22/08/1864 from the Passengers in History website, an initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. first accessed online 24th of November, 2019 at: http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/942701
• Results for South Australia, Passenger Lists 1847-1886 from the Find My Past database. first accessed online on the 24th of November, 2019 at: [1]
• SHIPPING NEWS. from The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) of Wednesday 24 August 1864, Page 2. first accessed online on the 24th of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31840539?