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The 105 ton schooner JOHN PIRIE was under the command of Captain George Martin when she arrived in Nepean Bay, Kangaroo Island on 16 August, 1836. She had sailed from London and was said to have left England on 1 March, 1836, travelling via Mauritius. The vessel was in the service of the South Australian Company and all of her passengers worked for the company. With a crew of ten, the total complement on board amounted to 24 souls.

         Surname      Given Names                       Comments

         ALFORD       Henry           labourer
         BROWN        John            farm labourer
         CHANDLER     Chas.           ploughman
         CHANDLER     Elizabeth        ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
         COLLINS      Mrs. Elizabeth   ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
         JONES        Jos.            labourer
         JONES        Jas.            labourer
         MARTIN       Mrs.             ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
         NASH         John            carpenter
         NEVILL       Saml.           bricklayer
         SESSONS      Stephen         labourer
         SMITH        Jas.             ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
         TINDALL      Thos.           smith
         WALDRON      Thos.           labourer

         Surname      Given Names                       Comments

         CANTILLION   Jas.           ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
         CLARK        C.B.           ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
         DAVIS        Thos.         Chief Mate
         GRANSMORE    John          Cook
         MARTIN       George        Captain
         MARTIN       R.G.          Apprentice
         SIMPSON      Henry         2nd mate
         SINKSON      Wm.            ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
         THOMPSON     Fredk.         ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....
         WOOD         Wm.            ....    ....    ....    ....    ....    ....

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SOURCES

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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