Omega

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Surname/tag: Omega Immigrant Voyage to South Australia 1851

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• https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+11853

The "Omega"

The voyage of the Immigrant ship Omega to the South Australian Colony in 1851

The ship Omega, 762 tons, Captain Samuel Potter, from Liverpool 5th April 1851 and later Plymouth 19th April 1851, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 28th July 1851.

The 7th ship from England to South Australia with Government passengers for 1851. Dr. Robert Allsop Surgeon-superintendent recorded four births and eight deaths on the passage.

Passenger Lists etc,

• The Ships List: Passenger List - Omega, Liverpool & Plymouth to Adelaide, 1851 Online accessed 22 December 2014.

• 05/04/1851 - 28/07/1851 from the Passengers in History website. an initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. first accessed online on the 29th of February, 2020 at: http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/942149

• OMEGA 1851 from Diane Cummings BOUND FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA website. first accessed online on the 29th of February, 2020 at: https://bound-for-south-australia.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/1851Omega.htm

• 7/1851 - Omega from the State Records of South Australia's Passenger Lists 1845 - 1940. first accessed online on the 29th of February, 2020 at: https://archives.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documentstore/passengerlists/1851/GRG35_48_1_51-7_Omega.pdf - Scan of original passenger list.

Letter

• https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/D+8692(L). Shipboard letter from an English immigrant [D 8692(L)] • Manuscript

Newspapers

• https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207009013 Adelaide Times (SA : 1848 - 1858) Sat 2 Aug 1851, Page 4, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED, Same day (July 28) —The ship Omega, 762 tons, Potter, master, from Plymouth. Three hundred and thirty five Government immigrants.