| MELBOURNE | ||||||
| Berthed at Port Chalmers Sunday, 17 March, 1861 | ||||||
| THE PASSENGER LIST (more information on this voyage at bottom) | ||||||
| UNASSISTED PASSENGERS: | ||||||
| Cabins: | ||||||
| Duncan McArthur | wife | 3 sons and 4 daughters | ||||
| Robert Banks | wife | 2 sons and 5 daughters | ||||
| Ann Nimmo | ||||||
| Maitland Weston | ||||||
| Wm. Reid | ||||||
| Thomas A. Weir | ||||||
| Intermediate: | ||||||
| William Whyte | ||||||
| Dunbar McCabe | ||||||
| Mrs. McIntosh and son | ||||||
| George B. Mitchell | ||||||
| Steerage: | ||||||
| Thomas Navin | ||||||
| John and Archibald Thomson | ||||||
| Alex and Janet Gow | ||||||
| James Michie | ||||||
| John McKenzie | ||||||
| John Brien | ||||||
| John Allan | ||||||
| John Henderson | ||||||
| C. Rainton and wife | ||||||
| Wm. Mason | ||||||
| Peter Wright | ||||||
| John A. Graham and wife | ||||||
| Francis Dunlop | ||||||
| Thos. Wright | ||||||
| John and Malcolm Stevenson | ||||||
| David and William Thomson | ||||||
| James Dougall | ||||||
| Adam Purves | ||||||
| Thomas Gellett | ||||||
| Wm. Hodge | ||||||
| ASSISTED PASSENGERS: | ||||||
| Mrs. Andrew Beattie | Arbroath | |||||
| John Biggar | wife | 3 sons and 1 daughter | Arbroath | |||
| Elizabeth Braid | Edinburgh | |||||
| Geo. Brown | wife and daughter | Drumgriffin | ||||
| Thomas Brown | Kinross | |||||
| Thos. Brown | Maybole | |||||
| George Burton | Edinburgh | |||||
| Alex. Campbell | Oban | |||||
| Alex. Cameron and wife | Ullapool | |||||
| Daniel Caulfield | Drumgriffin | |||||
| John Coghill | Wick | |||||
| Mary Collins | Drumgriffin | |||||
| Pat. And Helen Crowe | Drumgriffin | |||||
| William Currie | Alva | |||||
| Peter Dooley | Galway | |||||
| Wm. Drysdale | Stirling | |||||
| Gilbert Duff | Polmomt | |||||
| Mary Edgar | Melrose | |||||
| Mrs. E Farnie | son and 2 daughters | Glasgow | ||||
| John and Daniel Fitzgerald | Rostellan | |||||
| Michael Flinn | Edinburgh | |||||
| John Forbes | Killin | |||||
| Peter Forbes | wife | 2 sons and 2 daughters | Aberfeldy | |||
| John Ford | Annaghdown | |||||
| Patrick Ford | Annaghdown | |||||
| Patrick and Honour Ford | Annaghdown | |||||
| Thomas Hanning | Rostellan | |||||
| B. Jennings | 2 sons and 2 daughters | Ballinasloe | ||||
| Thomas Johnson | Normantown | |||||
| Thos. Kilkelly | Annaghdown | |||||
| James Leven and wife | Annaghdown | |||||
| Honora Lynch | Villerstown | |||||
| Thomas Lynch | wife | and son | Villerstown | |||
| Peter Marshall | Glasgow | |||||
| John Martin | Galway | |||||
| Hugh Miller | wife | 2 sons and 1 daughter | Denny | |||
| Elixabeth Miller | Wick | |||||
| Wm. McAllister | Arran | |||||
| Ann McDonald | Drem | |||||
| Mary McGrath | Affane | |||||
| Roderick McGregor and wife | Ullapool | |||||
| Donald McGregor | Ullapool | |||||
| Alex. McHardy | Leith | |||||
| John McIntosh and wife | Edinburgh | |||||
| Archibald McIntyre | Roseneath | |||||
| William McKay | wife | son and 2 daughters | Latheron | |||
| Alex. McKenzie | Ballater | |||||
| David McLellam | wife | son and 2 daughters | Edinburgh | |||
| Norman McLeod | Glenlivat | |||||
| John and Hughina McLeod | Elgin | |||||
| Donald McPhail | Greenoch | |||||
| John McPhee | Rothersay | |||||
| John McPherson | Edinburgh | |||||
| K. Naysmith | wife | 4 sons and 1 daughter | Tranent | |||
| Wm. Nelson and wife | Edinburgh | |||||
| Gordon Noble | Aberdeen | |||||
| Donald Proudfoot | Aberfeldy | |||||
| Robert Ritchie | wife | son and daughter | Dundee | |||
| Patrick Savelle | Drumgriffin | |||||
| David Simpson and wife | Glasgow | |||||
| Magaret Spiers | Ayr | |||||
| Robt. Stevenson and wife | Greenock | |||||
| Findlay Stewart | Ardrossan | |||||
| Alex. Sutherland | wife | son and 2 daughters | Dunbeath | |||
| G Sutherland | wife | 1 sons and 2 daughters | Dunbeath | |||
| Donald Sutherland | Dunbeath | |||||
| Thomas Tahy and wife | Drumgriffin | |||||
| Isabella Taylor | Polmont | |||||
| David Wemyes | wife | son and daughter | Edinburgh | |||
| John Williamson | wife | 4 sons and 1 daughter | Kirkwall | |||
| STATISTICAL DATA | ||||||
| The occupations of the assisted immigrants are: | ||||||
| Shepherds | 9 | |||||
| Ploughmen | 27 | |||||
| Labourers | 15 | |||||
| Carpenters | 5 | |||||
| Blacksmiths | 4 | |||||
| Masons | 6 | |||||
| Printer | 1 | |||||
| Domestic servants | 19 | |||||
| Miller | 1 | |||||
| Chemist | 1 | |||||
| Brickmaker | 1 | |||||
| Bricklayer | 1 | |||||
| Machine-makers | 2 | |||||
| Teacher | 1 | |||||
| Clerks | 4 | |||||
| Married couples | 24 | |||||
| Single Men | 64 | |||||
| Single Women | 21 | |||||
| Male children between 1 and 1 | 21 | |||||
| Female children between 1 an | 9 | |||||
| Infants Male | 3 | |||||
| Infants Female | 7 | |||||
| A total of 173 souls excluding Cabin passengers. | ||||||
| Transcribed from the Otago Witness, published Dunedin, Saturday, March 23, 1861. | ||||||
| Copy provided by the Hocken Library, Otago University, Dunedin, NZ. | ||||||
| The newspaper gives the following account of the voyage: | ||||||
| The fine new clipper ship "Melbourne," Captain John Robertson, from Leith, with immigrants and general cargo, | ||||||
| arrived off Otago Heads on the 16th instant, and was safely anchored early next morning at Port Chalmers. The | ||||||
| "Melbourne," on starting from Home, experienced very severe weather, which compelled her to put in to Grimsby | ||||||
| until it was abated; after which she set sail, leaving that port on the 10th Decr., Portsmouth on the 12th, and | ||||||
| reached Otago after a pleasant voyage of 92 days. She has brought us upwards of 200 passengers, who appear | ||||||
| to be a robust and healthy set of people, to whom we accord a hearty welcome, and wish them all success in | ||||||
| their new country. Only one death occurred during the voyage, a child, who was in bad health when brought on | ||||||
| board; there was also one birth. | ||||||
| We are informed, that in every respect the passage was an agreeable one, scarcely anything occurring to mar | ||||||
| the good feeling and harmony, which existed on board from the beginning to the end of the voyage. Marvellous to | ||||||
| relate, a sum of £5 was subscribed by the passengers, and presented to their cook for his kindness and attention | ||||||
| to their wants during the voyage. The contrast which this state of things present to the experience of many of the | ||||||
| ships arriving here is highly gratifying, and results, we have little doubt, from the judicious selection of the Captain, | ||||||
| the judicious selection of the Captain, whose experience of the colony and knowledge of the wants of immigrants | ||||||
| on a long voyage, make his services as the commander of an immigrant ship peculiarly valuable. Some delay | ||||||
| occurred in landing the immigrants, in consequence of there being no steamer at command on the arrival of the | ||||||
| Melbourne. Many of the passengers found their way to Dunedin in small boats, the mass were, however, landed on | ||||||
| Wednesday by the "Storm Bird." | ||||||
| The "Melbourne" is laid on for London, and as there is a considerable quantity of wool waiting for shipment, she | ||||||
| will probably meet with quick dispatch. She will be the third wool ship of the season loading at this Port for London | ||||||
| direct. | ||||||
| All the above information was kindly supplied by Terry Chamberlain | ||||||
Copyright Gavin W Petrie 2002