# Immigration: Catherine McLeod & mother on the *Orvieto* (1927)

## Summary

- **Arrived:** [Adelaide](/places/adelaide-south-australia), 7 October 1927
- **Vessel:** *Orvieto*, from Tilbury
- **Travellers:** [Catherine (Cath) McLeod](/people/catherine-mcleod-whillas-b1921) (aged 6) and her mother [Catherine Gunn](/people/catherine-gunn-macleod-b1873)

Cath and her mother emigrated from Scotland as nominated assisted immigrants to South Australia (SA records GRG7/10, unit 39c, File 3798). The passenger list is held. [Norman MacLeod](/people/norman-macleod-b1880) had already returned to Australia (reportedly ~2 years earlier) and had begun his lighthouse career at [Cape Jaffa](/places/cape-jaffa-lighthouse) in February 1927.

## Related pages

- Timeline: [1920s](/timeline/1920s)

## Sources

- Whillas–McLeod family history spreadsheet (Rev 4), *1920s* sheet; *Orvieto* passenger list; SA assisted-immigrant records.