Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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ship Lady Macdonald, (Lady McDonald) 567 tons (680 tons, new measurement), Captain Henry Biles, from Plymouth 15th December 1854, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 7th April 1855

South Australian Register Monday 9th April 1855
Saturday, April 7th :- the ship Lady M'Donald, 587 tons, H. Biles, Master, from Plymouth December 15th 1854.
Passengers: Mr. & Mrs Santo and seven children in the cabin and 283 Government Emigrants in the steerage.
— 9th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1855 ; 5 births and 7 deaths on the passage ; John Black, surgeon-superintendent.

ship Lady Macdonald . . .
. . was built by Dunbar in 1847. She was grounded 1 mile NE of Algoa Bay, February 1876.
The ship Lady M'Donald, is owned by Mr. Dunbar of London. The log reports a somewhat rough passage out. On the 19th March there was a experienced a sad loss through the boiterous state of the weather; the ship being [—] in Lat.11' 29 S., 50"7' E., the barometer ranging at 28' 10' a very heavy sea struck her starboard quarter, to the davit of which was strung a lifeboat, one of the crew, a lascar, being near the boat at the time. The immenese body of water came with such force as to carry away the boat from here lashing, and, together with here, the unfortunate lascar, who was not seen afterwards. Only one vessel has been mentioned to our reporter as having been spoken by the Lady Macdonald, namely, on the 11 January in Lat, 36' 39' N., long 18"30' W., the American barque Janet Bryan, from New Orleans, bound to Genoa, out 30 days.
Arrived from Plymouth on the 7th of April with 282 immigrants. She was commanded by Mr Henry Biles, and Mr John Black was the surgeon-superintendent. Seven deaths and five births occurred during the voyage. The immigrants by this vessel were well selected and found ready employment. A great proportion were miners from Cornwall and agricultural laborers from the southern and western counties of England ; selected chiefly by Mr Wilcocks, the agent for the Commissioners. A few persons arrived by this ship aided by the funds of Highland and Island Society of Scotland and were selected by the Rev. Otto Trevelyan from among his own parishioners. All persons by this ship seem to have found ready employment, as all were finally disembarked several days before the lay days of the ship had expired.
The South Australian Government Gazette 1866 p. 89
Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Where buried
Shugg, Johanna (Julia)	1	December 26, 1854	Convulsions	at sea
Chaplin, Eli	7	December 31, 1854	Inflammation of glands	at sea
Collins, James	4	January 13, 1855	Remittent fever	at sea
Rodda, Selina	20	March 3, 1855	Consumption	at sea
Lean, Rebecca	14	March 21, 1855	Diarrhoea	at sea
Mitchell, William	15	April 8, 1855	Diarrhoea	on shore
Lawrence, Eliza	26	April 13, 1855	Diarrhoea	on shore

Surgeon Superintendent Report
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
Meech, Sarah		December 31, 1854	male
White, Mary		January 30, 1855	male
Dennis, Elizabeth		February 05, 1855	female
Higgins, Mary		March 19, 1855	female
Jones, Jane		April 08, 1855	female (Jane)

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