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Ballarat

PASSENGER LIST OF THE "BALLARAT" WHICH LEFT LONDON ON ITS INAUGURAL VOYAGE ON 8/9 AUGUST 1852

Columns Represent: Number of passenger given by transcriber, Surname and given name of passenger, and age of passenger if stated.

  1 Adamson     James		31
  2 Adamson     Margaret	22
  3 Ainslie     Eliza		40
  4 Ainslie     John		40
  5 Arnell      Charles		25
  6 Barnes      Albert		24
  7 Barrows     Samuel Charles	20
  8 Baxter      Henry		21
  9 Beckwith    Henry Mr
 10 Blacketer   John 		25
 11 Bradley     John
 12 Briggs      Jonas		26
 13 Bromfield   Joseph
 14 Bromfield   Thomas		23
 15 Bromfield   William		31
 16 Brown       J. Mr
 17 Brown       Joseph		33
 18 Buckley     William		35
 19 Bucknell    Lydia		42
 20 Bucknell    William		42
 21 Buncombe    Harriet, Miss
 22 Butler      Ellen  		19
 23 Carter      Thomas John	16
 24 Cates       William		23
 25 Causer      Henry, Mr
 26 Cawse       Caroline1
 27 Cawse       Charles		 3
 28 Cawse       Charlotte	32
 29 Cawse       Charlotte	 4
 30 Cawse       Charles Light	27
 31 Clothier    George		30
 32 Cobbett     William		25
 33 Colbourne   Thomas		49
 34 Cole        Althea		14
 35 Cole        Ellena		19
 36 Cole        Henrietta	22
 37 Cook        William		38
 38 Coplestone  Reuben		29
 39 Cullum      Jeremiah	19
 40 Dawkins     James		22
 41 Duncan      Alexander	22
 42 Edward      James		30
 43 Edwards     W A
 44 Finch       Charles
 45 Fisher      Charles		31
 46 Francis     William Henry	25
 47 Fraser      Andrew Wm	21
 48 Gardner     Mary		23
 49 Gethen      Francis		25
 50 Giles       Charles		 1
 51 Giles       Edwin		 4
 52 Giles       Henry		 6
 53 Giles       Henry		28
 54 Giles       Isaac		23
 55 Giles       Louisa		25
 56 Giles       William		 2
 57 Good        John		24
 58 Gunning     Thomas		30
 59 Hicks       John		30
 60 Hine        William		19
 61 Hinton      Joseph		18
 62 Hodges      Edward		28
 63 Howard      Alfred H	18
 64 Howard      Geo. Edward	22
 65 Howard      Wm Clay		27
 66 Hutchinson  John		18
 67 Hymas       Jas George	39
 68 Jackson  	A, Mr
 69 Jackson 	A, Mrs
 70 James	Henry		38
 71 Jeffreys	William		26
 72 Jones 	Edward Stephens	54
 73 Jones 	Henry, Capt.
 74 Jones 	John Probart,Mr
 75 Jones, 	Lloyd Mr	17
 76 Jones, 	Lloyd Mr	19
 77 Kaye 	John
 78 Kellow 	Charles		26
 79 Kersely 	Frances		26
 80 Kersley 	Robert		29
 81 King 	Rob Wm		25
 82 King 	William		21
 83 Kirkham 	Frederick	25
 84 Kirkland 	Joseph		32
 85 Lee 	Benjamin	45
 86 Lester 	Harnian		35
 87 Lester 	James		43
 88 Lines 	Charles H	23
 89 Linklater	Thomas		29
 90 Littlewood  Charles		44
 91 Littlewood  Maria		33
 92 LoeJohn 	Johnson
 93 LordFredk 	A
 94 LowAnn 	Dench		23
 95 Low		Elizabeth D	21
 96 Low		Janet		26
 97 Low		Joseph		50
 98 Low		William		27
 99 Lyall	Robert		20
100 Mackenzie	John  		17
101 Mallock	W H Mr
102 Mitchell	Cornelius B	28
103 Mowbray	Joseph		25
104 Norman	Caroline	21
105 Norman	Thomas		28
106 Page	William		21
107 Parker	Daniel		32
108 Payne     	Frederic	19
109 Pertwee   	Thomas		20
110 Pettifer  	Helen		30
111 Pettifer  	Jane		26
112 Pettifer  	Mary		44
113 Pettifer  	Stephen		26
114 Pike	Baxter		29
115 Pike	John		50
116 Pilley	George		24
117 Probart 	Jones John Mr
118 Quinton	Oliver		26
119 Randell	Chs Henry	22
120 Robinson  	William		39
121 Robinson  	Wm Jas		13
122 Romano	Alfred		 4
123 Romano	Catherine	30
124 Romano	Charles		 2
125 Romano	Mark		 8
126 Romano	Mark		40
127 Romano	Thomas		12
128 Russell 	????? 		27
129 Russell	Henry		33
130 Ryder	Master		 3
131 Ryder	Master		15
132 Ryder	Master		17
133 Ryder	Miss
134 Ryder	Mr
135 Ryder	Mrs
136 Ryder   	Servant with
137 Salt	William		28
138 Scott	John B		30
139 Selby	Dr
140 Selby	William		20
141 Shorter	James		25
142 Sinclair	John		26
143 Skelton	Benjamin	25
144 Smith	Henry		28
145 Smith	Joseph		34
146 Smith	Thos B		36
147 Souter	Wm Henry	18
148 Sporton	William		30
149 Stewart	Moinas		19
150 Stormont   	James		42
151 Sweetapple 	Ann
152 Sweetapple 	Wm Deane	22
153 Taylor	Eliza		24
154 Taylor	John		28
155 Thimbleby 	Mary Ann	18
156 Thomson 	Edward		35
157 Waterfall 	Wm Morris	13
158 Webb 	????? 		32
159 Webb 	Alfred		 6
160 Webb 	Arthur		 4
161 Webb 	William		33
162 Wolfe 	W J Capt
163 Wright 	Thomas		23
164 Wright 	William		18
165 Young 	Henry		23

The Captain’s name was Lean.

There are two journals of this journey in existence. Both are in the State Library of New South Wales in whose copyright they remain. (Ref Mitchell Library MSS.3348 Item No 1) Diary of A Voyage to Australia kept by CH Lines on board the Good Ship Ballarat and Maria Ryder’s Journal (she is Miss Ryder of the passenger list,) which is also in the Liverpool Archives in England.

Details of the Ballarat are in Ian Nicholson’s "Log of Logs". S he was built at Aberdeen Scotland by Alexander Duthie & Co. Dimensions: 141.9ft x 27.4ft x 20ft: 637 tons o.m and 713 tons n.m. She was owned by Duncan Dunbar. On her maiden voyage in 1852 she took 78 days from the Lizard to Melbourne, and on the succeeding voyage was 79 days for the identical journey.

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