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The 189 ton DUKE OF YORK was a whaling and trading bark owned by the South Australia Company. She was under the command of Captain Robert Clark(e) Morgan and left London on 24 February, 1836, equipped for whaling. (Another source said she left England on 5 April). She reached Kangaroo Island on 27, July 1836.
Some passengers, including some adults whose passage was charged to the Emigration Fund, were on board as well. The First Report of the Commissioners of Colonisation of South Australia gave the ship's complement as thirty-eight. A list compiled from the Company's records gave the names of twenty passengers and twenty-six seamen, in addition to the Captain.
Several of the passengers listed had significant appointments in the service of the South Australian Company. Samuel Stephens was the first Colonial Manager, and on behalf of his employers, he established the settlement of Kingscote as a site for their projected whaling venture. From its location in relation to the mouth of the River Murray, and the Gulfs of St Vincent and Spencer, he considered it as a possible shipping port for the future.
Another of the passengers, Thomas H. Beare, was Superintendent of Buildings and Labourers, while D.H. Schreyvogel was engaged as a clerk. Chas. Powell and W. West were gardeners; Henry Mitchell was a butcher; and John Neale was an assistant carpenter.
Surname Given Names Comments
BEARE Arabella Charlotte .... .... .... .... .... ....
BEARE Elizabeth .... .... .... .... .... ....
BEARE Gertrude H. .... .... .... .... .... ....
BEARE Lucy Anne .... .... .... .... .... ....
BEARE Lucy Anne jr. .... .... .... .... .... ....
BEARE Thomas Hudson Superintendent of Buildings and Labourers
BEARE William .... .... .... .... .... ....
HAMILTON W.H. .... .... .... .... .... ....
HAMILTON Mrs. W.H. .... .... .... .... .... ....
HAMILTON W.R. (?)
MAISEY George .... .... .... .... .... ....
MASSING G. .... .... .... .... .... ....
MITCHELL Thos. .... .... .... .... .... ....
MITCHELL Henry Butcher
NEALE D. .... .... .... .... .... ....
NEALE John Assistant Carpenter
POWELL Chas. Gardener
SCHREYVOGEL D.H. Clerk
STEPHENS Samuel 1st Colonial Manager of the South Australia Co.
WEST William Gardener
Surname Given Names Comments
BATCHELOR Thos. .... .... .... .... .... ....
BRANAN Geo. .... .... .... .... .... ....
BUTLER Henry .... .... .... .... .... ....
CARTWRIGHT Geo. .... .... .... .... .... ....
CLAIDEN John .... .... .... .... .... ....
CLAVELL Wm. Edward .... .... .... .... .... ....
COREY Julian .... .... .... .... .... ....
DORRINGTON Geo. .... .... .... .... .... ....
FORBES Chas. B. .... .... .... .... .... ....
GLANSFORD Geo. .... .... .... .... .... ....
GLORIUS Octavius .... .... .... .... .... ....
GREEN Henry .... .... .... .... .... ....
JAMESON Jos. .... .... .... .... .... ....
JONES John .... .... .... .... .... ....
LIDDIARD Thos. .... .... .... .... .... ....
MARSHALL Thos. .... .... .... .... .... ....
MAZERY Israel MAISEY (?)
MORGAN Robert Clarke Captain
PORTEUS Andrew .... .... .... .... .... ....
PRITCHARD Fredk. .... .... .... .... .... ....
RICHARDS Wm. .... .... .... .... .... ....
RICHARDSON .... .... 1st Mate
RILEY Jas. .... .... .... .... .... ....
RUSSELL Robt. 2nd mate
SPRATLEY W.R. .... .... .... .... .... ....
THOMPSON Chas. .... .... .... .... .... ....
WELLS Wm. .... .... .... .... .... ....
WILLIAMS Wm. .... .... .... .... .... ....
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Passenger and crew details were extracted from the periodical Newsletter No. 15 "Before the Buffalo", The Story of South Australia 1800-1836 by H.J. Finnis, President, The Pioneers' Association of South Australia 1964. (Published by The Pioneers' Association of South Australia, Murray House, 77 Grenfell St, Adelaide, South Australia).
"Compilation of a list of passengers carried on the vessels which arrived in South
Australia in the early period of its history is fraught with difficulties. The absence of
records is accounted for no doubt, by accidental destruction by fire of official papers.
Figures given in the S.A. Commissioners' Reports do not accord with the number of names recorded
in the lists of persons carried, when these are available. The South Australian Company's
papers, deposited in the South Australian Archives have made it possible to compile an authentic
list of persons who embarked for South Australia in the Company's vessels".
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