The early Adelaide Hospital admission registers included length of time in the colony and the name of the ship on which the patient arrived. The original registers can be viewed on the website of the State Records of South Australia.
The Destitute Asylum admission registers are held at State Records of South Australia.
Migration and Crew - Immigration records held at State Records of South Australia.
There are no official records for most of the deaths which occurred at sea during the journey to South Australia.
In 1865 the South Australian government released a list of deaths which had occurred on board passenger ships. This was published in the South Australian Government Gazette on 25 June 1866.
A transcription of the list in PDF format can be viewed on the State Records of South Australia website:
Deaths on Board Immigrant Ships 1849-1865.
This list was later updated to 1867. The State Library holds a printed copy of the updated list: