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Ronald Parsons

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

A Word About This Edition

The Land of Promise

Shipping of the Era

Emigrant Ships

The Voyage

At Sea

Entertainment

Arrival

Glenelg

Port Adelaide

The New Port

List of Ships Arriving in South Australia from Overseas to the End of 1840

Descriptions and Details of Ships

A Brief Explanation or Description of Different Ship Rigs

Artists Impressions of Typical Ships

Some Observations from a Typical Diary of a Migrant of the 1840s

Agencies/Groups which may be of Assistance to Family Researchers

Index of Captains