Location: South Australia

The Immigrant ship Hesperus's voyage to South Australia in 1884 was under the command of Captain Thomas Rowe Harry RNR and Dr. Freeland the Surgeon-superintendent carrying 450 immigrants.
"IMMIGRANTS BY THE HESPERUS
The sailing ship Hesperus, which left Plymouth on August 15, bound direct to Adelaide, is expected to arrive within the next few days. The immigrants on board are classified as follows:— Colonial passage certificate holders— English, 143 ; Scotch, 26½ ; Irish, 143 ; foreign States, 10½. Colonial full-paid passage, certificate holders— English, 8 ; - United Kingdom assisted passages, 3 ; ditto free passages, 57. There are in all 450 souls, equal to 391 adults, 108 being children under twelve years of age." in the South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) on the Wed 22 Oct 1884, Page 7.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43805199
PASSENGER LISTS
- 8/1884 - Hesperus from the State Records of South Australia's Passenger Lists 1845 - 1940. first accessed online on the 26th of April, 2020 at: https://archives.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documentstore/passengerlists/1884/GRG35_48_1_84-8_Hesperus.pdf
- 09/08/1884 - 15/11/1884 from the Passengers in History website. An initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. at: http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/944110
- The South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) of Wednesday 22 October 1884. at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43805199
Additional Information
- Diary of the voyage kept by passenger, Esther Pocock (Transcribed by Fiona Hemstock, Volunteer at the State Library of South Australia, 2001) at: http://www.slsa.ha.sa.gov.au/archivaldocs/d/D7506_Pocock_diary_transcript.pdf
- ARRIVAL OF THE HESPERUS. from The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) of Monday 17 November 1884, Page 6. first accessed online on the 26th of April, 2020 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35971181?
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