Kindly transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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ship Omega, 762 tons, Captain Samuel Potter, from Liverpool 5th April 1851 / Plymouth 19th April 1851, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 28th July 1851.

The Sydney Shipping Gazette (SSG) reports . . July 28th: Omega, ship, 762 [tons], Potter, master, from Liverpool 5th April and Plymouth 19th April with 332 Government emigrants.—7th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1851 ; Robert . . . . . ., surgeon-superintendent ; four births and eight deaths on the passage

South Australian Register Tuesday 29 July 1851

Monday July 28: the Ship Omega 762, Potter master, from Liverpool 5 April and Plymouth 19 April 1851

Passengers: Government Emigrants 328 in number
Born: three children named Milan, Errington and Woodman.
Died: three adults of fever - T. Cole on the 10th June, George Ward on the 24th June and W. Work on the 20th June. And three children named Lines, Rawley and Blight.

note: where maiden name of wife is indicated, it has been included in the given name column within ( ) ; some adult children are listed with their parents, noted in remarks (some of those may be duplicated in the single men or single women list) ; the passenger list comprises three sections arranged alphabetically, i families, ii single men, iii single women ; transcriber notes in italics.

Names		Age	Occupation	B-index	Birthplace	Remarks
Last	Given
Families
Badge	Thomas	30	Miner	52/2	Cornwall
	Elizabeth	31
	Elizabeth	10
	Sarah	7
	Joseph	2
Bentley	Cornelius	24	Agr. Labourer	115/2	Salop	[Shropshire]
	Sarah	20
Blight	John	39	Miner	132/3	Cornwall
	Jane	30
	John	9
	Henry	5				died at sea, July 4th
Box	Daniel	28	Agr. Labourer	157/3	Wilts.
	Edith	25
	William	7
	Mary	5
	Sarah	2
Brown	Charles	23	Bricklayer	-	Middlesex	28 years ?
	Mary	29
	John	9
	Charles	5
Congdon	John	32	Miner	305/3	Cornwall
	Jane	26
	John	5
	Mary	2
	William	1
Cox	Job	22	Farm Labourer	333/2	Somerset
	Jane	30
	John	inf
Crick	John	24	Agr. Labourer	341/3	Suffolk
	Maria	20
	Margaret	2
Davey	William	22	Farm Labourer	376/1	Cornwall
	Emma (Gray)	20
Davison	Gardner	35	Stone Miner	384/1	Lanark
	Charlotte	36
	John	13
	Elizabeth	10
	Martha	8
Deeble	Daniel	21	Miner	393/3	Cornwall
	Jane (Roach)	21
Edwards	John Henry	26	Agr. Labourer	457/3	Wilts.
	Mary	23
	George	5
	Fanny	3
	Mary	inf
Errington	Thomas	36	Shepherd	472/2	Bedford
	Anne	36
	John	9
	Mary	7
	George	4
	Peter	2
	female	inf				born at sea, June 7th
Ewes	Henry	21	Cooper & Carpenter	-	Bucks.
	Ann	21
Felstead	Thomas	31	Agr. Labourer	491/1	Cambridge
	Sarah	29
	Anne	8
	Mary	6
	John	1
French	Robert	31	Agr. Labourer	533/1	Wilts.
	Elizabeth	25
Fuller	John	44	Agr. Labourer	538/1	Bucks.
	Mary	43
	Charlotte	16
	James	14
	Jonathan	12
	William	5
Gemmel	Alexander	29	Agr. Labourer	556/3	Ayr
	Ellen	26
Hancock	Richard	20	Miner	661/3	Cornwall
	Lavinia	20
Harris	Simon	51	Miner	680/2	Cornwall
	Ann	53
	Josiah	22
	Elijah	20
	Jane	17
	Cathe.	17
	John	11
Hodges	George	38	Agr. Labourer	754/1	Northampton
	Mary	30
	James	4
Hunter	George	29	Agr. Labourer	798/2	Wilts.
	Emily (Hobbs)	30
	Mary	2
Jeffrey	Grace	47	Housekeeper		Cornwall
	Stephen	19	Miner	835/3
	Sarah	17	Domestic Servant
	Thomas	15	Miner	835/3
	Christina	12
Jenkins	James	23	Miner	838/2	Cornwall
	Caroline (Polkinghorne)	23
Jenkins	James	29	Miner	838/2	Cornwall
	Elizabeth	29
	William	2
	John	inf
Jewell	William	24	Miner	842/3	Cornwall
	Jenefer	22
	William	2
	John	inf
Jewell	John	21	Miner	842/2	Cornwall
	Olivia	22
Kean	William	25	Agr. Labourer	877/3	Wilts.
	Mary	28
	Elizabeth	2
	Alfred	inf				died at sea , July 29th
? Lannun	Michael	47	Blacksmith	-	Kilkenny, Ire.
	Mary	36
	Bridget	17	Dom. Servant
Lawrence	Thomas	35	Agr. Labourer	-	Wilts.
	Jane	32
Lines	Joseph	25	Agr. Labourer	-	Bucks.
	Mary	36
	Mary	inf				died at sea, May 18th
Martin	Henry	26	Miner	1027/3	Cornwall
	Caroline	22
McDonnell	Hugh	36	Farm Servant	-	Down, Ire.
	Jane	36
	David	14
	Ellen	10
	Robert	4
	Jane	inf
Mitchell	Thomas	35	Miner	1121/1	Cornwall
	Mary (Penail)	32
	James	8
	Elizabeth	6
	Charlotte	2
Mitchell	Joseph	20	Miner	1120/1	Cornwall
	Hannah	19
Morcom	James	19	Miner	-	Cornwall
	Jane	20
Moylan	James	30	Shepherd	1141/1	Tipperary, Ire.
	Bridget (Dwyer)	28
	Anne	7
	Michael	5
	Mary	3
	male	inf				born at sea
Musson	Richard	22	Mason	1159/2	Lincoln
	Frances (Priest)	26
Newton	John	23	Mason	-	Roxburghs.
	Isabella	30
	Margaret	4
Osborne	Henry	24	Farm Labourer	1222/3	Cornwall
	Keziah	18
Pearce	Henry	29	Miner	1255/3	Cornwall
	Elizabeth	22
Pearson	Thomas	32	Agr. Labourer	1258/3	Suffolk
	Leonora	24
	Sarah A.	1
Priest	James	21	Bricklayer	1311/1	Lincoln
	Matilda	18
Priest	George	47	Bricklayer	1311/1	Lincoln
	Frances	47
	John	17
	Charles	11
	Emma	7
Rawlings	Charles	33	Miner	1332/3	Cornwall
	Mary (Martin)	35
	John	5
	Mary	2
	Louisa	1				died at sea, May 21st
Reynolds	Francis	23	Miner	-	Cornwall
	Mary	25
Reid	George	34	Agr. Labourer	1340/1	Roxburghs.
	Jessie	36
	Isabella	2
	Robert	inf
Saunders	William	47	Miner	-	Cornwall
	Anne	47
	William	23	Miner
	Anne	21	Domestic Servant
	Susan	14	Dom. Servant
	Robert	12
	Jane	2
Saunders	John	28	Miner	-	Cornwall
	Avis	25
	Jane	inf
Saunders	James	26	Miner	-	Cornwall
	Mary	24
	John	5
	Edward	3
	William	1
Searson	Thomas	39	Agr. Labourer	1495/2	Tipperary, Ire.
	Nancy	38
	William	21	Agr. Labourer
	Margaret	19	Dom. Servant
	Richard	17	Agr. Labourer
	Roger	15	Agr. Labourer
Shaw	William	63	School Master	1472/3	Cornwall
	Augusta	36	Matron
	Augusta	6
	William Willoughby	3
Skinner	Abraham	32	Agr. Labourer	1494/3	Cambridge
	Elizabeth	27
	Rachel	1
	Abraham	inf
Starling	James	23	Agr. Labourer	1536/3	Suffolk
	Ann	26
Strain	James	32	Miner	1556/2	Ayr
	Jane	31
Peart	Jacob	13				travelling with Strain family group
	David	3
Treloar	James	39	Miner	-	Cornwell
	Elizabeth	37
	James	12
	William	8
	Mary	6
	Henry	4
Treloar	William	22	Miner	-	Cornwall
	Pricilla	17
Trevena	Edwin	27	Carpenter	-	Cornwall
	Martha	21
Usher	George	33	Shoemaker	1639/2	Cornwall
	Charlotte (Rose)	33
	George	10
	James	7
	Anne	5
	Mary	3
	John Henry	inf
Ward	George	24	Miner	1671/1	Yorks.	died at sea, June 24th
	Martha	25
	Mary	4
	Agnes	inf
Waters	Thomas	24	Miner	1680/1	Cornwall
	Jane	23
Waters	William	28	Miner	1680/1	Cornwall
	Ann	26
	Richard	7
White	Charles	43	Agr. Labourer	1700/1	Hampshire
	Henrietta (Hayter)	36
	Keziah	19	Dom. Servant
	Charles	17	Errand Boy
	George	10
	Edward	3
	Elizabeth	1
Williams	John	25	Miner	1718/1	Cornwall
	Sarah	24
Williams	Edward	30	Miner	1715/3	Cornwall
	Elizabeth	30
	Elizabeth	7
	William	5
	Mary	4
Wilson	Andrew	27	Agr. Labourer	1727/1	Ayr
	Agnes (Montgomery)	33
	John	3
	Andrew	2
Wilson	John	28	Stone Mason	-	Antrim, Ire.
	Jane	26
	Ellen	4
Woodman	Samuel	25	Farm Servant	1740/1	Devon
	Charity	26
	male	inf				born at sea
Work	William	39	Agr. Labourer	-	Orkney	died at sea, June 24th
	Mary (Drever)	38				correct age was 29
	Thomas	14
	Janet	12
Young	David	38	Agr. Labourer	1755/2	Tipperary, Ire.
	Margaret	37
	Robert	9
	James	4
Names		Age	Occupation	B-index	Birthplace	Remarks
Last	Given
Single Men
Bain	John	22	Agr. Labourer & Quarryman	58/1	Caithness
Bain	William	28	Agr. Labourer	58/1	Caithness
Banfield	Richard Pearce	23	Agr. Labourer	69/2	Cornwall
Berryman	John	20	Miner	-	Cornwall	died at sea, July 29th
Besley	Lewis	18	Farm Labourer	-	Somerset
Bews	John	21	Agr. Labourer	122/3	Orkney
Brown	Robert	24	Farm Servant	-	Lanark
Chambers	Charles	23	Agr. Labourer	256/3	Wilts.
Childs	Thomas	22	Agr. Labourer	269/2	Hants.
Cockran	John	27	Agr. Labourer	292/2	Ayr	Cochran ?
Coles	Thomas	20	Sawyer	298/1	Beds.	died at sea, June 19th
Congdon	Walter	30	Farm Labourer	306/1	Cornwall
Datson	William	18	Miner	373/2	Cornwall
Dorrill	Henry	24	Agr. Labourer	-	Bucks.
Dunstone	John	22	Agr. Labourer	443/1	Cornwall
Eagle	Samuel	36	Agr. Labourer	448/2	Suffolk
Egdson	James	19	Agr. Labourer	454/3	Leiscester	Edgeson ?
Ewes	Edward	17	Agr. Labourer	-	Bucks.
Gemmell	George	22	Agr. Labourer	556/3	Ayr
Gilbert	William George	23	Agr. Labourer	586/1	Sussex
Goyner	Thomas	19	Agr. Labourer	599/1	Suffolk
Harding	Francis	32	Agr. Labourer	668/3	Sussex
Hooper	Edward	22	Farm Labourer	-	Cornwall
Horn	Richard	22	Agr. Labourer	775/1	Kent
Houghton	Uriah	22	Agr. Labourer	780/2	Hunt.	Huntingdonshire
Hunt	Thomas	20	Agr. Labourer	797/3	Yorks.
Jenkins	John	19	Miner	-	Cornwall
Jenkins	Nicholas	22	Miner	836/3	Cornwall
Johnstone	James	22	Blacksmith	854/1	Fife
Lavis	John	29	Carpenter	957/1	Somerset
Lawrence	William	19	Agr. Labourer	-	Kent
Matthews	Henry	24	Agr. Labourer	1038/3	Hants.
Mayall	Robert	23	Agr. Labourer	1045/3	Wilts.
Morris	William	21	Agr. Labourer	-	Bucks.
Mugford	William	29	Farm Servant	1145/1	Cornwall
Nicolson	James	24	Farm Labourer	? 1184/1	Orkney
Northy	Joseph	20	Miner	1197/2	Cornwall
Paynter	John	21	Miner	1252/3	Cornwall
Peart	Thomas	16	Agr. Labourer & Miner	1259/1	Ayr
Peart	Jacob	13		-	Ayr	duplicate, see Strain family, above.
Rogers	James	23	Agr. Labourer	1378/2	Cambridge
Rowe	Richard P.	17	Farm Labourer	1395/2	Cornwall
Roy	John	22	Gardener	1399/1	Stirling
Sampson	Isaac	21	Miner	1419/3	Cornwall
Smith	George	20	Agr. Labourer	-	Yorks.
Stanton	James	22	Miner	1534/1	Cornwall
Stanton	William	27	Miner	1534/2	Cornwall
Suttle	Samuel	19	Agr. Labourer	-	Suffolk
Trevena	William A.	20	Farm Labourer	-	Cornwall
Triggs	Ebenezer	22	Miner	-	Cornwall
Westley	James	19	Agr. Labourer	-	Suffolk
Wild	James	21	Agr. Labourer	1710/3	Wilts.
Willis	George	25	Shepherd	-	Northampton
Willis	John	18	Agr. Labourer	-	Northampton
Wilson	Alexander	24	Farm Servant	-	Antrim, Ire.
Worledge	William	19	Agr. Labourer	1745/3	Suffolk
Young	David	14	Farmers Boy	1755/2	Tipperary, Ire.
Young	John	15	Farmers Boy	1756/2	Tipperary, Ire.
Young	Simon	17	Farm Servant	1756/3	Tipperary, Ire.
Young	Rhody	15	Farmers Boy	-	Tipperary, Ire.
Single Women
Carley	Cathe.	31	Servant		Cornwall
Carley	Cathe.	21	Servant		Cornwall
Ewes	Ann	15	Dom. Servant		Beds.
Hunt	Christina	20	Dom. Servant		Cornwall
James	Martha	28	Dom. Servant		Cornwall
Jibbeck	Jane	29	Servant		Cornwall
Kelly	Bridget	24	Servant		Tipperary, Ire.
McGee	Bridget	19	Dom. Servant		Westmeath Ire.
McNamara	Bridget	24	Dom. Servant		Clare, Ire.
McNamara	Susan	19	Dom. Servant		Clare, Ire.
Osborne	Cathe.	28	Dom. Servant		Cornwall
Reilly	Mary	18	Farm Servant		Cloumel !
Ritchie	Margaret	21	Dom. Servant		Stirling
Russell	Cathe.	24	Dom. Servant		Orkney
Slope / Slape	Ann	18	Dom. Servant		Somerset
Trevena	Jane	53	Houskeeper		Cornwall
Trevena	Eliza	12	child		Cornwall
Vivian	Cathe.	21	Servant		Cornwall
Wilson	Margaret	26	House Servant		Antrim, Ire.
Young	Mary	19	Dom. Servant		Tipperary, Ire.
Young	Judy	20	Dom. Servant		Tipperary, Ire.

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 Registe; 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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