The “Diadem” sailed from Plymouth, England on 13 October 1849 and arrived at Port Phillip on 10 January 1850.
Image: “Joseph Cunard”, a similar ship to the “Diadem”. Oil painting by Samuel Walters dated 1839. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Macpherson Collection, ID BHC343
Below is the list of orphan girls who sailed on “Diadem”:
| 1 | ABRAHAMS | Eliza |
| 2 | ACHESON | Mary |
| 3 | ADY | Eliza |
| 4 | ARMSTRONG | Eliza |
| 5 | BELL (BALL) | Alice |
| 6 | BELL (BALL) | Jane |
| 7 | BARNETT | Elizabeth |
| 8 | BARBER | Lydia (Lily A) |
| 9 | BEST | Susan |
| 10 | BETTY | Margaret |
| 11 | BING (BYNG) | Jane |
| 12 | BLACK | Sarah Ann |
| 13 | BOYD | Elizabeth |
| 14 | BRENNAN (BRENAN) | Mary Ann |
| 15 | BRENNAN (BRENAN) AKA STEWART | Ellen |
| 16 | BROOKS | Margaret |
| 17 | BROWN | Nancy aka Annie |
| 18 | BROWNE (BROWN) | Isabella |
| 19 | BROWNE | Anne |
| 20 | BRYAS (BRIERS, BRYERS) | Anne |
| 21 | BURNS (BYRNES) | Mary |
| 22 | BYNG (BING) | Mary |
| 23 | CAHILL | Catherine |
| 24 | CALDWELL | Margaret |
| 25 | CAMBRIDGE | Rebecca |
| 26 | CAMPBELL | Eliza |
| 27 | CARR (KERR) | Anne |
| 28 | CHRISTIE | Eliza |
| 29 | COCHRANE | Mary Anne |
| 30 | CONALY (KIRDY) COULDY, KEARDY, CONIDY, KINIDY, KIRDY | Margaret |
| 31 | CONROY | Mary |
| 32 | COSGROVE | Mary Anne |
| 33 | COWAN (COWEN) | Anne |
| 34 | COWLEY | Margaret |
| 35 | CRAMSTON (CRAMPSTON) | Catherine |
| 36 | CRANE (CRAIN) | Mary |
| 37 | CRIGHTON (CREGAN, CREIGHTON) | Margaret |
| 38 | CUNNINGHAM | Jane |
| 39 | DANAGHE (DONAGHUE, DONAGHY) | Mry |
| 40 | DARSEY OR DAWSON | Catherine |
| 41 | DEMPSEY | Anne |
| 42 | DEVELIN | Margaret |
| 43 | DOGHERTY | Maria |
| 44 | DOLAN | Jane |
| 45 | DOLAN (DOOLAN) | Mary |
| 46 | DOLAN (DOOLAN) | Alister (Alice) |
| 47 | DORAN | Sarah |
| 48 | ELLIOTT | Jane |
| 49 | ELLIS | Eliza Jane |
| 50 | EWING | Eliza |
| 51 | FERGUSON | Mary |
| 52 | FITZSIMMONS | Helen (Ellen) |
| 53 | FITZSIMMONS | Mary |
| 54 | FOREMAN (FARMAN, FORMAN) | Catherine |
| 55 | GAGE | Margaret |
| 56 | GALLAGHER | Elizabeth |
| 57 | GEATINS (GEATENS) | Isabella |
| 58 | GIBBONS | Mary Anne |
| 59 | GIVINS (GIVIN) | Jane |
| 60 | GORDON | Susan |
| 61 | GOWDY | Maria |
| 62 | GRADON (GRADY, GRAYDON) | Anne |
| 63 | GRAHAM | Mary Jane |
| 64 | GRAHAM | Mary |
| 65 | GRAY | Jane |
| 66 | GWYN (GWYNN, MCQUINN) | Jane |
| 67 | HAGAN (CAGAN) | Jane |
| 68 | HALL | Rebecca |
| 69 | HALLADAY (HALLIDAY) | Catherine |
| 70 | HALLIDAY | Sarah |
| 71 | HALLIDAY | Nancy |
| 72 | HARDY | MaryAnne |
| 73 | HARRISON | Maria |
| 74 | HARTON | Jane |
| 75 | HETHERINGTON | Isabella |
| 76 | HIGGINSON | Eliza |
| 77 | HILL | Sarah |
| 78 | HILLARD | Jane |
| 79 | HOINES (HINES) | Biddy |
| 80 | HUGHES | Catherine |
| 81 | HUGHES | Margaret |
| 82 | HUME | Eliza |
| 83 | HUNT | Margaret |
| 84 | HUNTER | Eliza |
| 85 | HUNTER | Jane |
| 86 | JAMISON (JAMIESON) | Mary |
| 87 | JEFFREYS | Mary Jane |
| 88 | JOHNSTON | Mary |
| 89 | JOHNSTON | Catherine |
| 90 | KEAN | Mary |
| 91 | KEAN | Catherine |
| 92 | KEARNEY | Eliza |
| 93 | KELLY | Arabella |
| 94 | KELLY | Anne |
| 95 | KELLY | Mary Jane |
| 96 | KELLY | Susan |
| 97 | KERR | Eliza |
| 98 | LIDDEY | Jane |
| 99 | LITTLE | Anne |
| 100 | LITTLE | Jane |
| 101 | LOVE | Margaret |
| 102 | LOVE | Sarah |
| 103 | MCALHONEY | Mary |
| 104 | MCALLISTER | Agnes |
| 105 | MCARDELL | Catherine |
| 106 | MCARTHUR | Nancy |
| 107 | MCCABE | Jane |
| 108 | MCCANN | Mary Anne (Marianne) |
| 109 | MCCANN | Mary Jane (Ann Jane) |
| 110 | MCCANN | Sarah |
| 111 | MCCANN | Catherine |
| 112 | MCCARTER [MCARTHUR] | Eliza |
| 113 | MCCONWAY | Isabella |
| 114 | MCDERMOTT | Anne |
| 115 | MCDOUALL | Anne |
| 116 | MCELHILL | Jane |
| 117 | MCFARLANE (FARLAND, MCFARRELL) | Elizabeth |
| 118 | MCGAWLICH (MCGAULICH) | Catherine |
| 119 | MCGEE | Jane |
| 120 | MCGILL | Mary |
| 121 | MCGRATH | Mary Jane |
| 122 | MCGUINNESS (MAGINNIS) | Jane |
| 123 | MCGUIRE (MAGUIRE) | Jane |
| 124 | MCGUIRE (MAGUIRE) | Sarah |
| 125 | MAGUIRE | Margaret |
| 126 | MCKEEVAR (MCKEEVER) | Isabella |
| 127 | MCKENNA (MCCANNA) | Sarah |
| 128 | MCKENNA | Anne |
| 129 | MCKINLAY | Anne |
| 130 | MCKOWN (MCEWAN) | Jane |
| 131 | MCLOUGHLIN (MCLAUGHLIN) | Margaret |
| 132 | MCLOUGHLIN (MCLAUGHLIN) | Jane |
| 133 | MCLOUGHLIN (MCLAUGLIN) | Elizabeth |
| 134 | MCLOUGHLIN (MCLAUGHLIN) | Nancy |
| 135 | MCLAY | Margaret |
| 136 | MCLEAN (MCCLEAN) | Margaret |
| 137 | MCLOUGH | Janet |
| 138 | MCLURE | Mary Anne |
| 139 | MCMASTER | Mary Anne |
| 140 | MCMULLANE (MCMULLEN) | Sarah |
| 141 | MCNALLY | Margaret |
| 142 | MCNEAGH | Anne |
| 143 | MCQUID [MCQUADE] | Biddy [Bridget] |
| 144 | MCSALLY (MCSORLEY) | Mary Anne |
| 145 | MCSAWLEY (MCSORLEY) | Mary |
| 146 | MCSORLEY | Catherine |
| 147 | MCVAY | Biddy |
| 148 | MARSHALL | Elizabeth |
| 149 | MARSHALL | Margaret |
| 150 | MARSHALL | Eliza |
| 151 | MARTIN | Anne |
| 152 | MAYNES | Margaret |
| 153 | MILLER | Elizabeth |
| 154 | MORGAN | Ellen |
| 155 | MULGREEN | Catherine |
| 156 | MULLIGAN | Sarah |
| 157 | MURDOCK | Martha |
| 158 | MURPHY | Anne |
| 159 | MURPHY | Rose |
| 160 | MURPHY | Catherine |
| 161 | MURPHY | Mary Anne |
| 162 | NICHOLS (NICHOLLS) | Elizabeth |
| 163 | ORR | Isabella |
| 164 | ORR | Rebecca |
| 165 | OSBORNE | Mary |
| 166 | PARK | Mary |
| 167 | PAUL (PAULL) | Margaret |
| 168 | PEACOCK | Mary |
| 169 | QUINN | Mary |
| 170 | QUINN | Mary |
| 171 | QUINN | Jane |
| 172 | REED | Sarah |
| 173 | RILEY (RYLEY) | Bridget |
| 174 | RILEY (RYLEY) | Rose |
| 175 | RILEY (RYLEY) | Mary Anne |
| 176 | RILEY (O’REILLY, RYLEY) | Catherine |
| 177 | RILEY (RYLEY) | Jane |
| 178 | ROBINSON | Agnes |
| 179 | ROSS | Margaret |
| 180 | SHANNAN (SHANNON) | Nancy |
| 181 | SHARKEY | Elizabeth |
| 182 | SLOANE | Ann |
| 183 | SLOANE | Jane |
| 184 | SLOANE | Mary (Mary Jane) |
| 185 | SMITH | Margaret |
| 186 | SPROULS (SPROWLES, MORRISON) | Susannah |
| 187 | STEWART | Margaret |
| 188 | STIRRUP | Eliza |
| 189 | STURDY | Margaret |
| 190 | TAYLOR | Elizabeth |
| 191 | TAYLOR | Mary Jane |
| 192 | THOMAS | Susan |
| 193 | THOMPSON | Mary Ann |
| 194 | TODD | Anne |
| 195 | TOTTEN (HOCKLEY?) | Sarah |
| 196 | TROTTER | Letitia |
| 197 | TULLY | Ellen |
| 198 | WEIR | Eliza |
| 199 | WHERRY | Catherine |
| 200 | WHERRY | Jane |
| 201 | WILCOCKS (WILCOX) | Jemima |
| 202 | WILCOCKS (WILCOX) | Charlotte |
| 203 | WILSON | Mary Anne |
| 204 | WOODSIDE | Margaret |
| 205 | YOUNG | Jane |