Are your ancestors on this list of passengers?

I've often wondered about my great-great-grandparents' fellow passengers on that 101-day voyage. Who were they? Where did they come from and where did they settle? Did they stay in New Zealand, go to Australia or 'Home'?
Here is a list of the passengers' names, including some possible spelling variations. If this list includes your ancestors, I would love to hear from you.

Cabin – Mr William Peter MELLING, Mr. MASEFIELD; Mr Andrew Mrs Isabella and William BONAR & Mr John BONAR (Andrew’s brother); Miss PATON; Mr. ALLOTT – his name was possibly Charles Aaron; Mr. & Mrs. HUSTON/HOUSTON; Albert GULY as his name appears on the passenger lists but was in fact GYULAI/GYULAY/GUYLAI/GUYLAY; 
Steerage –  George Mary, Eliza, Mabel, George, Agnes, Augusta, Ada, Eva WYATT; Ellen EAMES; James GARDEN; William MURRAY; Samuel JOHNSTON; Hugh (see note below) James WYLIE; Teresa and/or Caroline/Catherine SWIFT (she married Hugh Wylie during the voyage); George CRAIG; Walter HUMES; James, Mary, and Mary LAMB; Edward LEYLAND; Thomas Mrs., Maryanne, William, Thos., Deborah, Harriet, Lavina, Agnes, Francis, Isabella WHITE; Patrick DARCEY; Thomas BOSTOCK; George ROBERTS; John BEADEW; Daniel PETTIGREW; Patrick O'CALLAGHAN; John COCKCROFT; William Helena/Eleanora, Ann FLAVELL; Septimus MASON; John Sarah Edmondson; John FREEMAN; Thomas FERRIS; Christopher, Isaac SMITH; W. THOMSON; Richard, Mary A., Bridget DALY; John DUDDRIDGE/DUDDERIDGE; John MILLER; John FULTON; Daniel DELANY/DELANEY; Mr. JONES; Mr. DAVIS; William, Mary, Mary, Janet, William, John V. KERR; John, Mrs., Charles, Miriam, Thomas, James McDONALD; Charles John THOMSON; Landey/Landry KITCHING; John FORSTER; John RILEY; William, Mrs., Harriet, William, Florence, Ernest, Meteor, Bridget McKINSTRY; Thomas WARING; Edward, Margaret, Anne, Susan, John, Henry, Edward, James, Eliza, PILKINGTON; David and Anne FISHER; Samuel YOUNG; Thomas SINGLEHURST; James BRANDON; James FAUGHEY; George, Susan LANGLANDS (brother and sister?); Hannah BACKHOUSE; Thos. A., Mrs., Eliza, Georgina, Mary, Helen, Fanny, James KIDD; David CARDEN; Alex. WOODBURY; George, Sarah, Sarah CUMMING; W. STERLING; John and Mrs. BEADON (mother and son?); William McCULLUM; George HUNT; John and Mrs. SWALES and Annie and Job Horton SWALES; William. B., Eliza EVANS; Charles and Eliza (Webb) CLEVELAND; Anne BAGSHAW; James, Mary DURRAND/DURAND; John and Susan DROMGOOL and their children James, Charles, Michael, Patrick, Mary Anne, Peter, John and Bridget DROMGOOL; Mary HANLON; Thomas HIRST; George and William SMITH; John WATSON; James CURTAIN; Patrick KERRISH; Arthur CLEAVER; William, Anne, George, Arthur, Jane, and Wm. APPELYARD/APPLEYARD; Geo. COOPER; Josh. W. AND Mrs. HORTON and infant; John and Mrs. McLEOD and family (3); Chas. H. JONES; James, Mrs., and Thos. WALKER; Mary and Henry THOMSON; Alex and Hugh McLEAN; Joseph/Joshua & Sophia MUVIN/MURVAIN; Wm. BROWN; Rob. ESSAM; Anna McCORMICK; James McKEOWN; Wm. HAWLS/HAWES; George BRADBURY; Amelia, George, and William CLADWORTHY/CLOTWORTHY; Henry and George KENT; Edward MORTON; Ralph SMITH; John KEMP; Joshua RUSHWORTH; John and John MILES (Father and son? Cousins?); James CROSSLEY; R. GOODWORTH; George RYMER; Joseph Isabella, James, Isabella, Joshua, and Robt. DIXON; Mathew HOWAT; John OUSELEY/OUSLEY; Joseph CLIFF; Andrew HUNTER; James BANKS, Daniel CUDDY; John, Sarah, James EDMONDSON; John LONGWORTH; John MOFFATT, Susan, Jane, and Susan DALGISH/DAGLISH/DALGLIESH

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