S.S. Arawa
Steamship: tons
Captain:
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed Plymouth 8th November 1884 - arrived Dunedin 24th December 1884
Taking Emigrants for Otago, Canterbury, Auckland, Hawke's Bay, Invercargill and
Wellingon
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Bound for Otago | ||||
| Andrews | Edward | 31 | Hants | Bricklayer |
| Elizabeth | 31 | |||
| Sara A. | 13 | |||
| Charles Henry | 2 | |||
| Barlow | John | 38 | Derby | Miner |
| Emily | 36 | |||
| Chapman | Albert H. | 24 | Derby | Miner |
| Albutina | 20 | |||
| Oliver C. C. | 1 | |||
| Curey | James | 21 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 22 | |||
| Fisher | Eliza | 40 | Cornwall | Nurse |
| Eliza | 18 | Cornwall | General Servant | |
| Arthur | 16 | Cornwall | Labourer | |
| John | 13 | |||
| Nathaniel | 11 | |||
| Heaslip | Benjamin | 21 | Cavan | Farm Labourer |
| Sister to Benj. | Olivia | 18 | Cavan | General Servant |
| McQuinn | Michael | 22 | Kerry | Ploughman |
| Sister to Michael | Bessie | 20 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
| Rodgers | George | 20 | Antrim | Ploughman |
| Sister to George | Ellen F. | 18 | Antrim | General Servant |
| Stewart | James M. | 35 | Down | Labourer |
| Mary | 33 | |||
| Matthew | 11 | |||
| Margaret | 9 | |||
| William | 5 | |||
| Mary J. | 1 | |||
| Templeton | Samuel | 43 | Antrim | Hammerman |
| Margaret | 25 | Dublin | ||
| Catherine | 20 | Lanark | Nurse | |
| Elizabeth | 18 | Lanark | General Servant | |
| William | 16 | Lanark | Labourer - Promissory note taken at Depot for £10. William on coming forward being found blind in one eye and this not being mentioned in Dr's Certificate. | |
| Margaret | 14 | Lanark | General Servant | |
| Jane | 12 | |||
| Mary A. | 6 | |||
| Wilkinson | Sarah | 35 | Down | Housekeeper |
| Johnstone | 12 | |||
| Thomas | 10 | |||
| William | 8 | |||
| Wright | George | 29 | Armagh | Labourer |
| Annie | 29 | |||
| Sarah | 3 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Curran | Nicholas | 22 | Waterford | Farm Labourer |
| Doughy | John | 22 | Derry | Farm Labourer |
| Heslip | William | 19 | Down | Ploughman |
| Hume | Adam | 24 | Ross | Shepherd |
| Walter | 21 | Ross | Shepherd | |
| McMullan | James | 20 | Antrim | Ploughman |
| Mowat | John | 26 | Caithness | Ploughman |
| Rodden | Michael | 20 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
| Thompson | Samuel | 21 | Down | Ploughman |
| Thornton | Richard | 33 | Westmeath | Farm Labourer |
| John | 19 | Westmeath | ||
| Walsh | Edward | 22 | Waterford | Baker |
| Single Woman | ||||
| Douglas | Margaret | 25 | Derry | General Servant |
| Gray | Isabella | 19 | Lanark | General Servant |
| Jones | Harriet | 24 | Stropshire | General Servant |
| Page | Margaret | 22 | Galway | General Servant |
| Mary | 21 | Galway | General Servant | |
| Potter | Alice | 16 | Somerset | Nurse |
| Eva | 20 | Somerset | General Servant | |
| Tullock | Lydia | 27 | Midlothian | Dressmaker |
| Waddell | Maggie C. | 19 | Lanark | General Servant |
| George | 1 | |||
| Bound for Canterbury | ||||
| Archiblad | Joseph | 41 | Middlesex | Plumber |
| Emma | 39 | |||
| Thomas | 16 | Labourer | ||
| Harriet | 15 | General Servant | ||
| Joseph | 9 | |||
| Frederick | 7 | |||
| Gertrude | 6 | |||
| Florence | 3 | |||
| Casey | William | 23 | Cork | Labourer |
| Sister to William | Hannah | 13 | ||
| Sister to William | Ellen | 11 | ||
| Gallagher | Dennis | 45 | Donegal | Labourer |
| Daughter to Dennis | Maggie | 20 | General Servant | |
| Daughter to Denis | Cecilia | 18 | ||
| Haffender | James | 36 | Sussex | Labourer |
| Mary A. | 33 | |||
| George | 12 | £5 paid in London of George, he being 12 years old but nominated as 11. | ||
| Alice | 11 | |||
| Nellie | 8 | |||
| Irvine | Thomas | 44 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Rose | 42 | |||
| John | 16 | |||
| James | 14 | |||
| Catherine | 10 | |||
| Joseph | 8 | |||
| John | Llewellyn | 27 | Glamorgan | Labourer |
| Sarah A. | 26 | |||
| Eustace | 6 | |||
| Amy | 1 | |||
| Gomer ? J. | 8 mths | |||
| Lewis | James | 32 | Stropshire | Labourer |
| Mary J. | 22 | |||
| Edith A. | 4 mths | |||
| McGrath | John | 27 | Tipperary | Labourer |
| Sister to John | Honora | 28 | General Servant | |
| Moriaty | Daniel | 42 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Dorah | 40 | |||
| Dorah | 15 | General Servant | ||
| Mary | 11 | |||
| John | 9 | |||
| Hannah | 5 | |||
| Regan | William | 23 | Cork | Labourer |
| Mary | 21 | |||
| Annie | 1 | |||
| Ellen | 2 mths | |||
| Reilly | Thomas | 43 | Meath | Farmer |
| Mary | 39 | |||
| Patrick | 21 | Labourer | ||
| Bridget | 19 | General Servant | ||
| Mary | 17 | General Servant | ||
| Kate | 15 | General Servant | ||
| Alice | 13 | General Servant | ||
| Thomas | 11 | £2: 17: 6 paid in London. Thomas nominated as 15 whereas he is only 11, thus making 4 children under 12m hence the didderence. | ||
| David | 9 | |||
| Rose A. | 8 | |||
| John | 7 | |||
| Sullivan | John | 32 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Mary | 30 | |||
| Patrick | 11 | |||
| Margaret | 9 | |||
| John | 6 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Clarke | Edward | 18 | Warwick | Picture Frame Manufacture |
| Henry | 16 | Painter | ||
| Connell | Timothy | 21 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
| Michael | 19 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer | |
| Connolly | Timothy O. | 21 | Cork | Labourer |
| Dolan | Thomas | 29 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
| Fitzgerald | Robert | 22 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Fowley | James | 17 | Kings | Labourer |
| Gallagher | James | 22 | Donegal | Labourer |
| Gregory | Alfred | 17 | Northampton | Fireman |
| Laughlin | John | 20 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Mackay | Hugh | 19 | Sutherland | Shepherd |
| Mahoney | Michael | 20 | Kerry | Labourer |
| McClelland | Thomas | 20 | Down | Labourer |
| McHugh | John | 21 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
| Hugh | 22 | Galway | Farm Labourer | |
| Murray | James | 20 | Westmeath | Coachman |
| O'Brien | William | 18 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
| Quinn | Nicholas | 21 | Down | labourer |
| William | 18 | Down | Labourer | |
| Slattery | Edward | 20 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Smith | Robert | 22 | Ayrshire | Blacksmith |
| Sweeney | Daniel | 16 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Trapnell | George | 21 | Somerset | Miller |
| Vauce | William | 22 | Antrim | Ploughman |
| Single Woman | ||||
| Anderson | Johanna | 24 | Tipperary | General Servant |
| Briggs | Mary | 25 | Yorkshire | Dressmaker |
| Eliza | 20 | Yorkshire | Nurse | |
| Carroll | Eliza | 22 | Cork | General Servant |
| Annie | 17 | Cork | General Servant | |
| Casey | Mary | 16 | Cork | General Servant |
| Connell | Winifred | 40 | Tipperary | General Servant |
| Curley | Mary | 25 | Galway | Housemaid |
| Dickie | Jessie | 18 | Middlesex | Milliner |
| Donovan | May | 33 | Cork | General Servant |
| Gallagher | Mary | 24 | Donegal | General Servant |
| Hoyle | Martha | 17 | ||