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1829 Shipping Arrivals at "Swan River" from Early Newspapers

These Passenger Lists and shipping arrivals have been transcribed from tables published in early copies of the "Western Australian Chronicle and Perth Gazette". The lists appear to be complete and accurate at least with the ships' names and arrival dates.

The tonnages given have nothing to do with the ships weight, but are a measurement of the volume in a ship's hull, calculated at the rate of one ton to 100 cubic feet. The actual weight of the ships was usually much less than the registered tonnage.

The following Passenger Lists and Shipping details have been extracted from the Settlers Gazette newsletter 1996-1998.

From the "Western Australian Chronicle and Perth Gazette" No.2, February 26, 1831
No.	Arrival Date	Ships' Name	Tons	From	Departed	No. of Pass.	List
1	Apr 25th 1829	HMS Challenger	-	Cape	Aug 28th	-
2	June 1st	Parmelia	443	England	-	-
3	June 8th	HMS Sulphur	-	England	Remains	- 63rd Regt.
4	Aug 5th	Calista	-	England	Sept 26th	73
5	Aug 6th	St. Leonard	353	Cape	Sept 22	-
6	Aug 23rd	Marquis of Anglesea	352	England	Grounded	95 + 16 troops
7	Sept 20th	Thompson	266	Sydney	Nov 7th	-
8	Sept 22nd	Amity	175	N.W. Coast	Sept 29th	-

From the "Western Australian Chronicle and Perth Gazette" No.5, March 5th, 1831
No.	Arrival Date	Ships' Name	Tons	From	Departed	No. of Pass.	List
9	Oct 5th	Georgiana	403	Hobart Town	-	40th Regt.
10	Oct 6th	Lotus	437	England	Nov 15th	105
12	Oct 9th	Ephemina	285	Hobart Town	Nov 19th	13
13	Oct 12th	Orelia	382	Hobart Town	Nov 7th	13
14	Oct 12th	Caroline	330	London	Nov 8th	64
15	Oct 12th	Cumberland	???	Bombay	Oct 15th	5
11	Oct 17th	Governor Phillips	173	Raffles Bay	Nov 17th	39th Regt.
16	Oct 19th	Atwick	???	London	Nov 15th	75
17	Oct 21st	Admiral Gifford	43	Timor	Oct 26th	-
18	Nov 11th	Lion (Lyon)	275	Hobart Town	Dec 19th	88
19	Nov 14th	Dragon	131	Hobart Town	Nov 29th	-
20	Nov 28th	HMS Success	-	-	-	-

From the "Western Australian Chronicle and Perth Gazette" No.8, April 9th 1831
No.	Arrival Date	Ships' Name	Tons	From	Departed	No. of Pass.	List
21	Dec 15th	Gilmore	500	London	Mar 20th	179
22	Jan 9th 1830	Norfolk	536	Sydney	Jan 21st	-
23	Jan 15th	Nancy	382	London	Mar 8th	-
24	Jan 15th	Leda	188	Sydney	Feb 1st	-
25	Jan 17th	Skerne	121	Liverpool	Aug 23rd	-

Source:   Early Newspapers the JS Battye Library of West Australian History