Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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ship Lady Milton, 905 tons, Captain W.C. Davis, from London 2nd August, Plymouth 16th August, 1865 arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 29th November 1865... including some boys from the Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Boys, No. 8, Great Queen-street, Holborn (see Immigration report above).

The South Australian Advertiser, Thursday 30 November 1865 p. 2

Wednesday 29 November:— Lady Milton, ship, 905 tons, W.C. Davis, master, from London August 2 via Plymouth August 16. Phillip Levi & Co., agents.
Passengers—Dr. Henry Rickard (Surgeon-Superintendent), in the cabin ; and 353 Government and assisted emigrants in the steerage, whose names will be found elsewhere:—

. . . . — 11th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1865 ; —11— births and —-6— deaths on the passage ; Henry Rickard, surgeon-superintendent.

The Passenger List indicates the class of Emigrants, so in the list below, I have combined those lists, but have made notations alongside the family name, thus, Assisted Passage = AP ; Colonial Nominees = CN ; General Emigrants = GE ; General Passengers = GP ; Passage Paid = PP ; Remittance Emigrants = RE. — Robert

The South Australian Advertiser, Thursday 30 November 1865 p. 2

IMPORTS

LADY MILTON, from London— 100 casks. H. L. Vosz-4 cases, 2 pieces, 4 casks, F. Clark and Sons; 21 bales G. yon der Heyde and Co.; 1 case, l bale, Schluter and Hartmann; 734 cases, 5o tons coal Philip Levi and Co ; 3 cases. Order; 100 casks. J. Hill; 6 pkgs, S. Mayfleld and Son; 42,000 slates, 400 bdls. 14 bales. Elder, Smith, and Co ; 100 pigs, S. Mocatta; 310 Cases, 200 pkgs, Ripley Webb and Co.; 8 cases, G. A. and H. Bartleet; 92 cases. 30 casks, 50 brls, J. Robin and Co.; 2 cases, 3 tierces, S. H, Isaacs - 20 tanks. 624 Sacks, I6O casks, 200 brls. 46 cases, 100 boxes, E. Spicer ; 53 crates, 48 cases, A. Cunningham; 34 casks, 18 cases, D. Battams

Miscellaneous Shipping

The Lady Milton, a very fine spacious vessel, arrived on Wednesday morning with Government and assisted immigrants after a passage of 104 days, which would have been materially reduced but for light winds and calms being met with outside Kangaroo Island, which prevented her entering the Gulf. The Captain reported leaving Plymouth on August 16, but only took final departure from the Lizard on the 19th, when westerly winds set in and continued for seven or eight days, and on reaching the parallel of the trades they proved so light as to be of little avail, in as much as she was 39 days to the line, and afterwards fell in with very indifferent S.E. trades, and between 13° and 17° S. had calms and light southerly winds. The meridian of the Cape of Good Hope was crossed on October 23 in lat. 43° S., but no favourable winds marked the voyage, which passed monotonously away without any important event till on reaching 45° 30' S., 62° 48' E., an iceberg was seen, and being out of the ordinary latitude of such phenomena, more than ordinary interest was excited by it. It was calculated to be five miles in circumference, by about 200 to 300 feet high, with broken ice-floes extending to the E.S.E. and W.N.W. of the main berg, which, it appears, was not entirely alone on the route, for after running about 95 miles another was seen, but from the darkness of tbe night its dimensions was not calculated. Captain Davis desires to express his pleasure at the courtesy of Captain Paddle, who met him when about 63 miles west of Cape Borda, and not only exchanged longitude, but exhibited bearings and distance of the lighthouse in such a manner that the Lady Milton had no trouble In picking up the land. Her arrival would be doubtless reported by the City of Adelaide.

The South Australian Advertiser, Thursday 30 November 1865 p. 3

ARRIVAL OF THE LADY MILTON WITH GOVERNMENT AND ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS.

The choice of the Commissioners certainly fell on an eligible vessel when they selected the Lady Milton, for it has not lately occured that such roomy 'tween-decks have been seen by the officers boarding. They even exceed those of some of the old ships we were wont to eulogize. The only objectionable feature seems to be the fore-and-aft division of the single women's compartment a course which tends to deprive the girls of light though in this particular case the ventilation is most complete, not only with regard to side-ports, but ample openings are available in the counter, which aid in some measure the apparatus of Dr. Edmunds, which is not spoken of as favourably as in previous ships, the cowl and deck being of such construction as to admit the water to the married people's compartments. Dr. Rickards has made several voyages with immigrants, and on the present occasion it is evident his previous experience has been of infinite service, for on the offset some difficulty occurred in the prosecution of the ordinary daily duties of the ship, but by judicious display of discipline the opposition to his wishes vanished, and all went smoothly, so that the ship's condition on arrival was perfectly satisfactory. The fact of measles occurring during the voyage is not at all complimentary to the authorities at Plymouth, for it appears the people on board received the infection from a family who had been quartered in the depot, and were allowed to go on board with it, but without fatal results, though 30 cases occurred during the voyage. The excellent arrangements of Dr. Rickards in separating the sick from the healthy unquestionably have contributed to the prevention of fatality. On arrival there were but two cases, one a very mild affair, and the other almost convalescent. Under these circumstances the Health Officer released the ship from quarantine, and as soon as practicable she will be moored in harbour ; but the state of the tides will prevent this for a day or two, so she will remain at the anchorage for a short time. Winchester & Graveley's distiller proved very satisfactory, the quantity of water produced being quite equal to the usual average on the same expenditure of fuel. On looking over the ship too much stress cannot be laid on the height between decks, which, in addition to the number of side-ports, renders the air as pure as possible where such a number of persons are congregated together. Of single females there are not as many as in the last ship, only 35 occupying a fore-and-aft space under the poop-cabins. The married people's compartment is completely overrun with juveniles, there being 41 males between 1 and 12, and 49 females the same, in addition to 14 infants ; but notwithstanding this crowd, the decks were clean and wholesome. In the fore most division the single men had srung hammocks, and the general appearance of the place was highly creditable to them. Although the majority of the people on board are miners and labourers, there are a good many mechanics. During the voyage there have been six deaths, but the births have more than made up for them. Subjoined is the official list of the names of the immigrants :— English —Matthias Abbott, William Abrahams, Peter, Isabella, James, Benjamin, and Francis Adams, James and Mary Alder, Abel, Sarah. Emily, Thomas, and Jane Angoor [sic] Angove, Samuel and Nanny Arthur, Louisa Ashton, John Barnes, Richard Bawden, William Bawden, Alice Bawden, Absalom, Mary A., Catherine, Absalom, and Minnie Bawden, Matthew Betty, James Bishop, Joanna Boaden, Hugh Boaden, William, Susan, William, Henry, and James Boase, Charles Boase, John and Catherine Braham, Thomas, Elizabeth, Thomas, Ambrose, and Elizabeth Bray, James Bray, William Brett, James, Elsie, Elsie, Arthur, and Charles Bruton, Matthew Bryant, Richard, Eliza, John, und Elizabeth Carlish, Henry and Margaret Chambers, Ann Cherrington, Richard Corinth, Philip Cousins, William and Elizabeth Cowl, Elizalteth Cox, Henry, Ann, and Mary Crowgay, Joseph, Louisa, Louisa, Lydia, Elizabeth, Joseph, and Ann Daddow, William and Catherine Davey, Ferdinand, Hannah, William, Ferdinand, Charles, and Mary Daw [sic] Drew, Jane Dawson, Joseph Dixon, James Dunstan, Thomas Dunstan, Henry and Jane Dyer, John, Emeline, and John Eden. John Ellery, William and Caroline Eustis, Joseph, Hannah, Joseph, Hannah, Mary, Kate, and Lucy Fisher, Joseph and Jane Floyd, William Folly, Elizabeth Friggens, William, Mary, Mary, Elizabeth, and William George, Thomas Glanville, Harriet Glastonbury, Priscilla Goldsworthy, William Goldsworthy, Benjamin Goldsworthy, William, Maria, and John Ham, Robert Hampton. John, Mary, and Eliza Hancock, Thomas and George Hancock, Charles Harman, Mary Harrington. Thomas and Cordelia Harris, John Harvey, Charles Hellings, Nicholas Hocken, William and Ann Hook, James, Elizabeth, Elizabeth, and William Hosking, John Howard, Joel C. and Mary A. Hurie [sic] Ham, Thomas and Mary Hutchings, Francis Hyde, Lucilla Hyde, Emily, Fanny, and Elizabeth Isaac, James, Harriet, James, William, John, Mary, Ellen, and Caroline Isaac, William James, Hugh James. Edwin, Henrietta. Edward, and James Jane, Thomas, Eliza, Elizabeth, James, and Eliza Jeffrey, John and Frances Jeffery, Martha and Martha Jeffery, James and Elizabeth Jewell, Richard and Sarah Jewell, Sam., Elizabeth, and Samuel Jury, Alfred Kingsley, Elizabeth Lavars, William Leslie, David Lloyd, John, Elizabeth. John, William, and George Lord, Fanny and Elizabeth Lord, Letitia Lumbard, James Lumbard, James Marshall, John, Elizabeth, and John Martin, Robert McDonald, Elizabeth McDonald, Helen and George McDonald, Jane McGillivrey, Caleb and Mary Mill, Clementina Minto, William Moore, Thomas Morgan, Charles Moss, Thomas, Mary, and James Munday, Joseph Nicholas, Henry and Sarah Odgers, John, Elizabeth, Mary, and John Parish, Ann Parker, J. and E. Pascoe, William, Helen, and Bessie Pearce, Robert Pcntall, James Penna. Jane Penna, James, Johanna, and James Phillips, James and Sarah Piper, Thomas Purvey, James Reid, James Reynolds, David Reynolds, Thomas Richards, Francis, Mary, and James Richards, George Roberts, Daniel, Eliza, Frances, Eliza, Emily and Luida Roberts, Ann Rodway, Henry and Eliza Rosewarne, William, Elisa, and William Rowley, Robert Salmon, Martin Sampson, John Semmens, Jacob Simmonds, Richard Smith, Hugh Smith, Thomas and Nancy Sprague, Samuel Stevens, James, Elizabeth, and Windham Stocker, Johanna Tonkin, James Foy, Sam, Margaret, Jane, Julia, Elizabeth, and Sam Trebelcock, George Treglown, Arthur, Elizabeth, Thomas, and Eliza Treglown, James, Mary, John, Edwin, Ellen, and James Trembath, Elizabeth and Mary Trembath, William, Jane, and William Trenery, Harry Trevan, John, Lavinia, Lavinia, and John Trevena, John Uren, William and Eliza Uren, Richard and Martha Walls, Robert Ward, Francis Warren, John Wearne, William Whimen, Samuel Whymen, John, Elizabeth, and Elizabeth Whymen, Peter Williams, Jeremiah Williams, Josiah, Ann, and Mary Williams, Thomas, Mary A., and Emma Williams, Ruth Wills, Robert Winterton, Thomas Woolcock, William B., Clara, and William Wynn. Scotch — George Birrell, William Blacklaws, Alexander Drysdale, Charles, Mary, James, Helen, Margaret, and Peter Gordon, John, Janet, and Janet Hillson, Charles Hunter, Alexander Hutchen, James, Rosanna, James, Mary, and Ann Jordan, Peter, Jessie, Mary, James, and Margaret Kellett, Hugh and Adam Lowe, Francis Lynch, William Mclntosh, William McLennon, Donald McLeod, Robert Morrison, George Munro, Donald Murray, George and Janet Ross, Peter and Andrina Tait, James Taylor, Ellen Wark, Hugh Williams. From the industrial list it appears there are—64 miners, 3 mine labourers, 20 labourers, 11 blacksmiths, 1 tinsmith, l railway labourer. 20 servants, 3 cooks, l carpenter, 2 gardeners. 10 farm labourers, 1 housekeeper. 2 painters, 2 masons, l pitman, 1 tailor, 1 woodworker, 5 shoemakers. 1 sawyer, l butcher, 1 groom, l ploughman, 1 bricklayer, 1 saddler, l teacher, l quarryman, l wheelwright, 1 carter. As to national classification, the following figures are correct:— Nationalities— English— Adults 233, children between one and twelve 73, infants 12, total 318 Scotch— Adults 30, children between one and twelve 8, infants 2, total 40 Grand total 358 equal to 303½ statute adults.

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
Roberts, Lydia	2	September 9th, 1865	Convulsions	at sea
Eden, Jonathan	1	September 14th, 1865	Diarrhoea	at sea
Hosking, William	1	September 19th, 1865	Diarrhoea	at sea
George, William	1	September 23rd, 1865	Diarrhoea	at sea
Angove, female	16 days	October 23rd, 1865	Aphtha	at sea
Crowgay, twin	07 days	November 29th, 1865	Coma	-

Surgeon Superintendent Report "Births on Board"
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
Daddow, Louisa		September 9th, 1865	male
Hosking, Elizabeth		September 19th, 1865	male
Richards, Mary		October 4th, 1865	male
Angove, Sarah		October 7th, 1865	female
Williams, Mary Ann		October 12th, 1865	female
Trevena, Lavinia		November 6th, 1865	male - Thomas Henry
Eustis, Caroline		November 14th, 1865	male
Odgers, Sarah Jane		November 19th, 1865	male
Ham, Mary Ann		November 20th, 1865	male
Crowgay, Anna		November 22nd, 1865	male
Crowgay, Anna		November 22nd, 1865	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

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 (formerly 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 ; FreeBMD ; UK census'

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