Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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ship Switzerland, 640 tons, Captain Daniel Doherty, from Southampton 20th July 1856, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 27th October 1856

Passengers: J. Sheldon, Religious Instrustor, in the cabin and the following emigrants.

— 15th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1856 ; 3 + 1 births and 4 deaths on the passage ; James O'Donnell, surgeon-superintendent.

ship Switzerland
__ 640 tons, 3 masted ship, built 1854 (?) Bath, Maine, 130.7 x 28 x 23, owner, James Baines, Liverpool.

The Switzerland arrived on the 27th October, from Southampton, after a passage of 101 days. Four births and four deaths were the casualties at sea ; and 246 souls were landed in the colony. Mr. James O'Donnell was the surgeon-superintendent, this being his third voyage with immigrants, and Mr. Daniel Doherty was the master of the ship. A few complaints were made during the muster of the people, but on the day appointed for investigation by the Immigration Board, only one of the complainants appeared ; the complaint was heard and dismissed as unfounded. The ship was of small tonnage, but afforded good accomodation for the number of emigrants it carried. Eight families and two single men, comprising 37 souls, came out as nominated emigrants, for whose passages certain sums had been deposited. The immigrants by the Switzerland, seem to have found ready employment, as all had left the ship before the 14 days [lay-days] had expired.

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
Ross, Rebecca	1	August 23rd, 1856	Pneumonia	at sea
Jones, Mary A.	1	August 23rd, 1856	Mesenteric diarrhoea	at sea
Larcomb, William	09 mo	September 19th, 1856	Pertussis, exhaustion	at sea
Smith, Sarah	1	October 15th, 1856	Bronchitis	at sea

Surgeon Superintendent Report "Births on Board"
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
Brown, Cecelia		July 27th, 1856	male
Vickermann, Martha		October 17th, 1856	male
Davies, Margaret		October 22nd, 1856	male
Neate, Emma		October 31st, 1856	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) ; "1857 Session 2 (306) Papers relative to Emigration to Australian Colonies: ..... Part II. S. and W. Australia, Van Diemen's Land" ; FreeBMD ; 1851 UK census'

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