Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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barque August, 365 tons, Captain Joachim Meyer, from Hamburg 16th January 1855, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 9th May 1855 ... departed Adelaide 2nd June, arrived Melbourne 7th June ... departed Melbourne June 15th 1855, for Valparaiso with cargo of 20,000 bricks and one box sovereigns £1500.

The South Australian Register, Thursday May 10th 1855:—
Arrival: Wednesday May 9th, the barque August, 365 Tons, T. Meyer [sic], Master, from Hamburg January 16 1855
Passengers: Heinr. and Wilhelm Martens ; Carl Ed. Pichery ; G.P. Hamann ; Dietrich Mancke ; Sophia Mancke ; G.P. Hamann in the cabin.......
The Melbourne Age dated June 7th. August barque, 356 tons, Capt. T. Meyer [sic], from Hamburg, via Adelaide 2nd instant Passengers: Cabin Messrs. G.F.Hamann ; C. Wagener ; C.E. Pichere, Ships Surgeon, and ninety eight in the steerage.
The Argus, Melbourne, Friday 8 June 1855:— June 7. August, Hamburg barque, 358 tons, T. Meyer [sic], from Adelaide 2nd inst., with 93 passengers. Neubauss and Co., agents.
The August left Hamburg on the 17th of January, for Adelaide, at which place she left fifty immigrants and a large quantity of cargo. The remaining portion of the passengers are for Melbourne, and they consist of mechanics and farm laborers.
Imports:
June 7.-August, from Adelaide 1 case ironware, Neubauss, Woolley and Co. ; 7 cases, 1 cask, 1 package corks, 1 case pocket knives, 1 case silk ware, 1 sample box, Kirchner, Sharp and Co. ; 4 cases hams, 4 tons hams, 7 cases shoeware, 25 cases beer, 1 case furniture, 1 ironmongery, 1 waggon, 3 cases smallware, H. Scherff and Co. ; 2 cases, Hopf and Wiedemann ; 1 case millinery &c. De Beer, Monar and Co. ; l8 boxes preserves, Unmack Bros. ; 43 cases fancy goods, Goldschmidt Bros. ; l8 cases paper ware , l case, 2 cases coffee, 1 case furniture, Marwedel, Buck and Co. ; 1 case leatherware, B. A. Boltenius ; 1 case wheat starch, 1 case cigars, 1 case apparel, Mrs. Carp ; 1 case furniture, F. Bohnsack ; 2 pianos, 17 packages crafts, 2 cases dolls' apparel, 1 case saddlery, 5 cases glassware, 8 cases furniture, to Order.
An index from the State Library South Australia (SLSA) shows that 106 German migrants should have been on the August, I have been able to find 156 as listed below. It's very hard to get an accurate number of migrants that landed in Adelaide with the conflict of numbers shown above.— Regards Robert.

note.— There are very few surviving original lists of German passengers, so the data below has been compiled from a variety of sources, such as contemporary newspaper(s), internet sources, input from descendants and the South Australian Heraldry Genealogy society, (SAGHS).
I know the list is incomplete and may contain errors, so any feedback with additions or corrections, will be most appreciated. Please contact me using the link above. Regards Robert, Adelaide

NAA http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/ResearcherScreen.asp

GMI http://graememoad.com/Family/WC_IDX/SUR.HTM

BBI Brandenberg Index from Ancestry

note: where maiden name of wife is indicated, it has been included in the given name column within ( )

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 (formely ACC 313); Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Register; The South Australian Government Gazette; Biographical index SA 1836-1885 (the B-index column indicates individuals who may be found in that index, with corresponding reference number for further research)

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