Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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barque Clara, 708 tons (650?), Captain Joseph R. Pizzey, from London 20th September & Southampton 1st October 1858, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 20th January 1859

. . . . — 1st ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1859 ; —1— birth and —11— deaths on the passage ; Dr. Henry Lannigan, surgeon-superintendent.

The South Australian Advertiser: Friday 21st January 1859

The voyage out of the barque Clara has been lengthy, owing to the very light winds she experienced ; no casuality has transpired relative to her sailing, of an interesting nature. .... Dr. Duncan's inspection of the immigrants on board the Clara resulted in her proceeding to the Quarantine Station, there to disembark those who are suffering at the Torrens Island Station, and after that will proceed into harbour. The following are the names of the deceased :— Catherine Weller (infant) ; Frederick J. Blackley (infant) ; Mary Jane, Harry and Elizabeth Brundel ; Eliza Bassing ; Ann Thomas ; Frederick Obby ; Issachar Vergin ; Thomas Warrin, and — Goss. The last-mentioned expired in the Gulf of St. Vincent. [these newspaper names are mostly misspelled.]

In the Reports by the Emigration Officer, Dr. Duncan, there was often mention made in regard to Nominee's or General Emigrants ; the list below made a special effort to separate those into two lists, so, I have combined these but made notations alongside the family name, thus, General Emigrants = GE and Nominee = N. — Robert

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
Witters, Catherine (Whitters)	inf	Novomber 15th, 1858	Dysentery	at sea
Blakely, Frederick J. (Blackeby)	11mo	November 23rd, 1858	Dysentery	at sea
Whitters, Mary Jane	18	November 24th, 1858	Dysentery	at sea
Randell, Elizabeth	24	December 11th, 1858	Typhus Fever	at sea
Basing, Elizabeth	18	December 22nd, 1858	Dysentery	at sea
Thomas Ann F.	5	December 22nd, 1858	Croup	at sea
Oddy, Frederick H.	1	December 31st, 1858	Hydrocephalus	at sea
Virgin, Isaac	18mo	January 3rd, 1859	Croup	at sea
Goss, Thomas H.	19	January 20th, 1859	Typhus Fever	at sea
Oddy, Emma	14	January 29th, 1859	Typhus Fever	at sea
George, Ellen	30	February 3rd, 1859	Typhus Fever	at sea

Surgeon Superintendent Report "Births on Board"
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
Burgess, [Hannah]		December 15th, 1858	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 in italics

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; 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 number for further research) ; FreeBMD ; 1851 UK census'

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