This is the story of the Hamilton family. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that this is the incomplete story of just a small part of one of the families who bear the name Hamilton and who came to South Australia in 1837. Nevertheless, it is the story of where they came from; how they met; and where they went after that. It is a true story. That is, it is not a fiction. It is about things and people who really existed.
This third edition contains new discussion regarding speculation that the Hamiltons of South Australia were related to James Hamilton, son of the 6th Earl of Abercorn, and Charles Hamilton of Painshill in Surrey. There is also considerable new discussion regarding the presence or otherwise, of William Holmes Hamilton on board the Duke of York in 1836.