1. ^^1 2 3 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44579008 |title=Our Pioneer Ships — A Narrative of 1836 |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=27 July 1886 |accessdate=6 June 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160634101 |title=Things That Happened Here a Hundred Years Ago |newspaper=Sydney Mail |volume=L, |issue=1284 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 November 1936 |accessdate=9 February 2019 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Passenger Lists|url=http://boundforsouthaustralia.com.au/ships/passenger-lists.html |website=Bound for South Australia |publisher=HistorySA |accessdate=25 June 2015}}
4. ^The Company's barque South Australian which brought Samuel Stephens's replacement David McLaren to Kingscote, Kangaroo Island on 22 April 1837 is not included in the list.
5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159446207 |title=The Pioneers of South Australia |newspaper=Adelaide Observer |date=10 November 1877 |accessdate=6 June 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
6. ^Disagreement exists in the primary sources as to the arrival date of the Duke of York at Nepean Bay. George Kingston gives the date of the arrival as 28 July whereas Robert Russell, the second mate, gives the date as 27 July.
7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49778363 |title=The First Vessel |newspaper=South Australian Register |volume=XXII, |issue=3509 |location=South Australia |date=5 January 1858 |accessdate=12 January 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
8. ^^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8} Passenger names included here are those which might be found elsewhere in Wikipedia and in newspapers of the 1800s. For further names, refer to the external links at the end of the article.
9. ^Disagreement exists in the primary sources as to the arrival date of the Lady Mary Pelham at Nepean Bay. George Kingston gives the date of the arrival as 28 July whereas Robert Russell, the second mate, gives the date as 30 July, which is probably correct, as the two vessels spoke to each other on the voyage out, and the Lady Mary was in close company with the Duke.
10. ^Mrs Hoare gave birth to John Hoare near Cygnet River 7 November 1836, claimed to be the first white child born in the colony
11. ^¹ Osborne and Slater never made it to the mainland, having perished on an exploratory trek on Kangaroo Island