Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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ship Atalanta, 930 tons, Captain John G. Ballingall, loaded at London 25th November 1865, sailed from Plymouth 23rd January, 1866 arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 15th April 1866

The South Australian Advertiser, Monday 16 April 1866 p. 2

Sunday 15 April:— Atalanta, ship, 930 tons, John G. Ballingall, master, from London via Plymouth January 23. Elder, Smith & Co., agents.
Passengers—Dr. J.C. Sanger(Surgeon-Superintendent), in the cabin ; and 394 Government emigrants in the steerage:—

. . . . — 3rd ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1866 ; —8— births and —-8— deaths on the passage ; Joseph Charles Sanger, surgeon-superintendent.

The Passenger List indicates the class of Emigrants, so in the list below, I have combined those lists, but have made notations alongside the family name, thus, Assisted Passage = AP ; Colonial Nominees = CN ; General Emigrants = GE ; General Passengers = GP ; Passage Paid = PP ; Remittance Emigrants = RE. — Robert

The South Australian Advertiser, Monday 16 April 1866 p. 2

IMPORTS

Cargo of the Atalanta, from London— 255 bdls., 1,193 bars, Pearce, Wincey, and Co. ; 2 cases, F. Schilling and Co. ; 1 case, H. E. Hanckel ; 100 casks cement, J. Hill and Co. ; 657 cases, 48 casks, 3 hhds., 20 cases galvanized iron, Order ; 30 hhds. ale, Acraman, Main, Lindsay, and Co. ; 50 cases, E. Spicer; 2,840 bull heads. 1,000 kegs, 50,000 firebricks, Proprietors Wallaroo Mines ; 11 cases, 1 brl, 1 bale, Elder, Smith, and Co. ; 8 cases, 16 casks, A. Tilemann and Co. ; 46 tons Tanfield Moor coal, 1,679 boxes, 271 bdls., 16 bdls., iron hoops, 7 casks, 20 bdls. steel, 12 forge backs and fire irons, 12 extra fireirons, J. Gurr. ; 3 crates, S. Raphae l; 57 cases, 25 hhds., 16 casks, C. Jacobs ; 66 cases galvanized iron, 200 bdls. wire, P. Santo ; 1 box samples, J. D. Solomon; 3 hhds. 5 bdls., 96 pkgs., 27 camp ovens and covers, Virgoe, Son, and Chapman.

Miscellaneous Shipping

The Atalanta. — Whether the class of vessels are at all improving it is rather difficult to determine, but it is certain the Atalanta has accomplished a very good passage of 81 days, and had the weather from the Leeuwin continued favourable she would certainly have reached the Lightship in 75 days ; but contrary winds set in, preventing so desirable a conclusion to a prosperous voyage She left Plymouth on January 23, and was three days before she cleared the channel, owing to the heavy gales from west and west-south-west, which blew with extreme violence. The island of Madeira was passed on Feb. 2 ; on the 27th day out crossed the Line on February 19, and here was stuck by prevailing calms for several days. After rounding the Cape on March 17, she had some very favourable sailing until reaching Cape Leeuwin on April 4, from which time head winds and calms were the only entries in the logbook. On April 3, in hit 41° 36' S., long. 108° 33' E., one of the seamen was lost overboard—a melancholy termination to the life of a tar. It appears he was engaged in putting a stop on one of the flying jib guys when he fell, and as the vessel was heading at about 12 knots per hour the lifebuoys were thrown in vain. The helm was put hard down, bringing the ship to the wind, and throwing all aback. One of the life boats was lowered in a high sea, but it was impossible to save the poor fellow. His name was William Moore, and he was rather a favourite amongst those shipmates who deplored his untimely loss. The pilot boarded when to the westward of Glenelg, and at first expected she would moor in harbor during the day ; but on bringing up, the draught, instead of being 17, was discovered to be 18 feet 9 inches. When a large quantity of cargo had been shifted, to bring the ship as near as possible on even keel, the evening tide would not allow her to pass over the bar, and in consequence she will remain outside till about Wednesday or Thursday.

The South Australian Advertiser, Monday 16 April 1866 p. 3

ARRIVAL OF THE ATALANTA WITH 394 GOVERNMENT EMIGRANTS.

There are very few vessels arriving in the Gulf which cause more interest than immigrant ships. For a period  some slow craft were engaged ; but of late much better passages have resulted, and the Atalanta has accomplished her's in 81 days, against every disadvantage of foul winds and a long continuation of calms on the line. The vessel is American built, of 930 tons, commanded by Captain Ballingall. a gentleman who has before visited Port Adelaide in the Omega. In the Surgeon-Superintendent a. familiar face was recognized in Dr. Sanger, late of the Morning Star. This system of electing gentlemen of experience evidently works well, for it almost invariably produces a degree of co-operation highly necessary in promoting the well being of the persons on board. With regard to the sick list, the cases entered on the hospital record are by no means important ; some few children and persons in delicate health being the principal patients treated, and even those cases were partly attributable to inclement weather experienced while in the depot at Plymouth. The mortality on board was one less than the increase by births, the former being young children and infants two of the latter and on of, the former having succumbed to the damp cold weather experienced while running down the easting in the Southern latitudes. The general appearance of the people was prepossessing in the extreme, indeed, rather more so than some batches of importations; and it is extremely pleasant to add the Surgeon's testimony to a course of good conduct during the voyage. The only disagreement was some fracas between the feminine portion of the population, which, however, ended in nothing. Dr. Sangers experience of the distiller is much to the credit of the machine, which has produced an ample supply of water. In the tropics the usual allowance was increased, and proved a valuable assistance in preserving good health. Of the recently introduced ventilating trunkways. his opinion is decidedly opposite, and he remorselessly condemns the whole affair as calculated only to monopolise valuable space without corresponding good result. In reviewing the figures in the official lists it is evident the mechanical trades are well represented. There is a most singular collection of designations, some of which must be rather altered before finding occupation here, but as they are all hard working people there is room and to spare for the lot. Perhaps the domestic servants may tend in a measure to relieve the demand for that class. There are 94 labourers, 51 domestic servants, 2 house keepers, 1 dressmaker, 2 porters, 1 draper, 3 gardeners, 7 carpenters, 1 printer, 1 papermaker, 1 widow, 1 police man, 14 ploughmen, 6 miners, 5 blacksmiths, 2 tailors, 2 bricklayers, 5 shepherds, 2 masons, 2 grooms, 2 painters, 8 boot makers, 2 butchers, 1 sawyer, 1 quarry man, 1 coachbuilder, 1 saddler, 2 wheelwrights, 1 fitter, 1 waiter, 1 platelayer, 3 cooks. By this it will be seen there is quite a. community on board, and the nationality it appears is as follows:— English,   182;  Scotch,    146;   Irish,          65. There are 61 married couples, 123 single males, 63 single females, 39 male children between 1 and 12, 34 females between 1 and 12, and 12 infants. The following are the names of the children who died on the voyage: Atalanta McCormack, Maria Tucker, Frances Grant, James Mason, Thomas Green, and two infants. We subjoin the official list of the names of the immigrants English —Edward, Anne, Henry, Emily, and Anne Allchurch, John Ainey, Joseph Bailey, Jonathan, Ann, Josiah, and Stephen Baldwin, Richard Bate, Jeremiah Barron, Peter, Mary, William J., Jane, Peter, and Mary Bawden, Charles Bawden, George Bolts, William and Eliza Bonson, Benjamin, Maria, Mary and James Chick, John Coomb, Andrew, Ann and Andrew Cooper, Charles, Martha. and Helena Courtis, John Cragg, John, Christina, Elizabeth, Arthur, Niel, Christina, and Mary Curnow, Mary Curnow, James J., George, Richard and William Curnow, Fanny Davis, John and Alice Davy, James, Amanda, Francis, Thomas, John, and Albert Daymond, Samuel, Ellen, and Ellen Dennis, William Devine, William and Elizabeth Diderah, Robert Duddleston, John and Emma Forseath, Thomas Foster, John, Elizabeth, and Fred. Fowkes, Joseph Freeth, John Fry, John Gill, William Gray, Henry, Sarah, and Thomas Green, John, Mary, Mary, John, and Charles Hawke, Henry and Maria Heath, Elizabeth Helliger, Eliza Henwood, William House, Catherine and Catherine Hunter, William and Amelia Jasper, George and Gilbert Jerden, Robert Johnston, John Jose, Hugh, Elizabeth, James, and Mary J. Kearns, W. Lake, Joseph Lester, Hannah Lovell, James and Henry Loveridge, James Lownds, Eliza Mallett, Tom Marsan, Nicholas, Mary, Thomas, Mary and Edward May, Thomas, Harriett, Mary, and Atalanta McCormack, William Mills, Robert Mitchell, John, Mary, and Anne Mutton, Iltyd Nicholas, Henry and Richard Painter, Richard Parkyn, Sam. Pigeon, Chadwell Pearce, John Poor, John, Rebecca, Mary, and Edward Potter, Joseph and Elizabeth Richards, John Richens, John, Martha, John, James, and Phillip Roberts, James Rule, James Rogers, Henry Bowe, Ellen Sawyer, John Shaw, Philip Snigs, Mary Skewes, Joseph and Ann Townsend, Walter Treharue, Joseph Treloar, James, Harriet, Thomas, Mary, and Fanny Trevaill, Charles, Elizabeth, and Maria Tucker, James and William Turnbull, Edward and Emma Tippond, James Walker, Thomas Watkins, Francis and Anne Weller, William, Frank, Emma, Florence, and Elizabeth Weller, Ann Winifred, and Kate Weller, Elizabeth Welsh, Charles White, William and Adam Whitehall, William and Elizabeth White hall, Mary Whitehall. Scotch — James Abel, John Allan, James Anderson, William Anderson, Christina Ballentine, John Bannerman, Donald and Ann Bremer, James Bradshaw, Sam, Margaret, Janet. John, and Maria Black, Jessie Calder, Alexander Cameron, William Cameron, Catherine Carey, John Chalmers, John Chesser, Alexander Chisholm, David Christie, Adam Clark, Thomas Copland, John Cormack, Ann Cormack, David Cormack, James, Elizabeth, William, Mary, Louisa, and Sam Cormack, Thomas, Craigill, John Chricton, John, Jane, Jane, John, and Eliza Deany, Thomas Duff, John Duncan, David Duncan, David Ferrier, William, Elspet, and Peter Foreman, John Forsyth, Alexander Fraser, John, Ann, and Jessie Fraser, Simon, Mary, James, John, and Elizabeth Fraser, John Gillies, John Grant, Isabella John, Ann, Lodovick, James, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Fred. Grant, Bernard, Catherine, and Ann Grogan, John and Mary Innis, John Inverarity, George Jenkins, David, Rebecca, James, and Mary Johnston, James, Jane, and Isabella Knight, Catherine Meonee, John and Christiana Marton, Edward, Mary, Janet, and James Mason, Archibald McCallister, John and Jane McCann, Duncan and Margaret McCorquidale, Alexander, Eliza, Eliza, and Alexander McDonald Daniel and Welter McFarlane, Daniel and Mary Mclntosh, Alexander McKenzie, John McKay, John, Barbara, and Kenditfeva McLennon, Isabella and Margaret McNaughton, David McQueen, John, Ann, and Elspet Murdoch, John Munro, William Nicol, Thomas Oswald, Mary Pearson, John, Isabella, Isabella, and and Helen Riddell, John Robertson, James Ross, William, Catherine, and Alexander Ross, Mary A. Shaw, William and Isabella Simpson, W. and E. Smith, James Smith, John Smith, James Strachan, James Stirling, Andrew, William, and Peter Sutherland, Thomas Thompson, Eliza Troup, Duncan Urquhart, George Walker, Alexander Wann, George Watt, Alexander, Mary, and Alexander Watt. Irish — Margarett Barrett, James Poucher, Bridget Brady, Hannah Bridle, James Burns, Elizabeth Caverby, Wm. Cleary, Honora Cotter, Timothy Daneter, Johannah Davidson, Margaret Drisbane, Bridget Dunne, Roger Dwyer, John, Mary, James, John, and Margaret Dwyer, Mary Egan, Bridget Faby, John Fitzgerald, Julia Flaherty, Ellen Flanagan, Mary Goomane, Francis Harrison, Margaret Henessy, Ellen Hoolani, Mary Hogan, Mary, Johanna and Margaret Kelly, John, Margaret, John, and Michael Kelly, Mary A. Kenny, Annie Kemmane, Catherine Kenny, Mary and Margaret Kettleby, George and Elizabeth Kidd, Julia Madigan, John Mahoney. Anne McDermott, James, Norah. John, and Annie Madigan, Mary McNamara, Mary McDennott, Ellen Mclvin, Patrick Noher, Ellen O'Brien, John O'Brien, Bridget Quirke, James Rearden, Francis Schoales, Owen, Isabella, Terence, and Frederick Shannon, Mary Sheehan, Mary Walsh. Summary.—Adults—English, 136; Scotch, 114; Irish, 58—total, 308. Children between 1 and 12— English, 39; Scotch, 27 ; Irish, 6—total, 72 Infants - English, 6; Scotch, 5; Irish, 1—total, 12. Grand totals—English. 181; Scotch, 146; Irish, 65. Equal to 344 statue adults.

GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and Immigrant ships papers Surgeon Superintendent report. " Deaths on the voyage"
Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Where buried
McCormick, Atalanta	inf	March 23rd, 1866	Debility	at sea
Tucker, Maria	1	March 20th, 1866	Diarrhoea	at sea
Grant, Francis	1	March 25th, 1866	Marasmus	at sea
Mason, James	3	March 26th, 1866	Marasmus	at sea
Green, Thomas Henry	1	March 27th, 1866	Marasmus	at sea
Hawke, female	inf	April 2nd, 1866	Debilty	at sea
McDonald, female	inf	April 13th, 1866	Inflammation of the Umbilicus
Shannon, Frederick	1	April 24th, 1866	Congestion of the lungs
Fraser, James	2	April 20th, 1866	Marasmus

Surgeon Superintendent Report "Births on Board"
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
Calder, Jessie		February 23rd, 1866	male
Hawke, Mary		March 7th, 1866	female
Mutton, Mary A.		March 8th, 1866	male
Allchurch, Anne		March 9th, 1866	female
Grant, Ann		March 25th, 1866	female
McDonald, Eliza		March 27th, 1866	female
Green, Sarah		April 14th, 1866	female

note: where maiden name of wife is indicated, it has been included in the given name column within ( ) ; the passenger list comprises three sections arranged alphabetically, i families, ii single men, iii single women & children ; transcriber notes

Sources: State Library South Australia, official passenger lists, mainly of immigrants arriving in South Australia under United Kingdom assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886 GRG 35/48a (formerly ACC 313); Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Register; The South Australian Government Gazette; GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and Immigrant ships papers; Biographical index SA 1836-1885 (the B-index column indicates individuals who may be found in that index, with corresponding reference ; FreeBMD ; UK census'

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