Emigration to Canterbury : Shipping Lists 1856-1874

Zealandia

Sailed 23rd September 1870
Arrived 23rd December 1870 at Lyttelton

View Zealandia passenger list as PDF [6.9 MB]

All blank ledger pages have not been filmed - page numbers may jump accordingly.

Related information

Articles from contemporary newspapers

Title: List of immigrants per ship Zealandia
Source: The Star, Friday, 23 December, 1870, p. 2
Summary: List of government immigrants and summary of trades. List of cabin passengers in shipping arrival note.
Available from Papers Past

Title: Arrival of the ship Zealandia
Source: The Star, Friday, 24 December, 1870, p. 2
Summary: Report of voyage by Captain James White. Details of testimonials presented to Captain.
Available from Papers Past

Title: Shipping
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 24 December 1870, p. 4
Summary: Account of arrival and voyage of the Zealandia, Captain White’s report and testimonials presented to him from the passengers. Government immigrants listed. Analysis of their trades.

Title: Shipping
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 27 December 1870, p. 4
Summary: Chief cabin and second cabin passengers on the Zealandia listed.

Websites

Passenger list from New Zealand Yesteryears
Photograph of ship from New Zealand Yesteryears
Passenger list from RootsWeb

More information about finding passenger lists can be found in the Family History guide.

Microfilm copies of newspapers including The Press, The Lyttelton Times and The Star are available in the Family History area, Tuakiri | Identity, Level 2, Tūranga.

Note about image quality

The embarkation lists were microfilmed, and digital images created from the film.
The originals were faint so black pages were inserted to help contrast of text, and the filming was manipulated to help increase contrast as much as possible.
Blank ledger pages were not filmed.
The limitations of the originals mean some pages may appear faint, and some pages may have text from the reverse showing through.
The text within the PDF documents is not searchable.