Last
update July 2009 Created by Tony Maple: imlac2005@grapevine.com.au
Arrival in South Australia in 1853
Arriving
at Port Adelaide on 19 Jan 1853, Thomas and Elizabeth would have been
witnesses to the furore created by the news of the many deaths during the Shackamaxon’s
voyage. Reports of the shortcomings of the ship’s doctor and the matron
also circulated. These reports led to a government enquiry with due sanctions
following.
All
this probably passed over Thomas and Elizabeth who having been met by the
local immigration agent, would probably have travelled by covered bullock dray
through the “German” village of Klemzig to the emerging City of
Adelaide. They would have then moved on south, again probably by bullock dray,
to the comparatively established district of Willunga where Thomas is known to
have worked for two years.
Hindley St., Adelaide, c.1849