Passenger and Crew Lists
Twenty three times the City of Adelaide set sail from England to bring passengers to South Australia. She made more visits to the fledgling colony than any other vessel before or since. The various...
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Between 1864 and 1886, the clipper City of Adelaide made 23 voyages to South Australia bringing many hundreds of immigrant families to settle in South Australia. This page is a summary of the number of...
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Companies that shipped goods on the 'City of Adelaide'. As was common in the days of sail, the Adelaide newspapers of the time would provide details of the passengers who had arrived on a newly arrived...
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1/4 Million Descendants
For 23 years the City of Adelaide brought large numbers of British and German migrants to the fledgling colony of South Australia. It is calculated that today approximately a quarter of a million...
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SA 175th Jubilee
Many wonderful ideas came from the audience at the Public Meeting for the City of Adelaide held at Semaphore, South Australia, on 20 November, 2007. In particular, one audience idea gained strong...
View ArticleClippers in the Outback
Port Augusta sits at the head of Spencer Gulf, a unique waterway that extends the sea up to the foot of the majestic Flinders Ranges and the Outback of South Australia. It is 'unique' because it serves...
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The Colonial Clippers
They loaded some of the golden fleece at the Port and the rest perhaps at Port Augusta at the head of Spencer’s Gulf. There one could see at times quite a clump of pretty little clippers lying in the...
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Coat of Arms
City of Adelaide Coat of Arms The clipper proudly bore upon her stern the coat of arms for the City of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, the city she was built to serve and after which she was...
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