Kindly transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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barque Elgin, 518 tons, Captain Burns, from Liverpool 17th May & Plymouth 1st June 1849, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 10th September 1849

South Australian Register Wednesday 12th September 1849

Monday September 10th, 1849:- the barque Elgin, 518 tons, Burns, Master, from Liverpool and Plymouth.
Passengers: William Hewer, surgeon-superintendent in the cabin and the following emigrants and 221 female orphans [193] . . . . from Irish poor-houses in the steerage. . . . The orphan girls were from institutions at Clonmel (15), Fermoy (30), Killarney (35), Lismore (25) and Skibbereen (85). — 17th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1849 ; 0 births and 1 death on the passage ; William Hewer, surgeon-superintendent.

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; 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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