The Ships List - Emigrants from Great Britain & Ireland to Australia: 1825-1832 This information has been extracted from the British Parliamentary Papers (1833, XXVI, 279). It is arranged by colony and lists name, trade, number of persons in each family and amount (£) given to each. The ship of arrival is not listed.
Ozships: Australian
Shipping
1788-1968 This site by
Peter Larson lists shipping arrivals and departures. It also includes 92,000+
passenger list entries which can be browsed alphabetically. These are linked to
transcripts of the passenger lists.
Highlands and Islands Emigration Society Passenger Lists
(1852-1857) These lists are on the Scottish Archive Network's digital archive. The Society, set up by private subscription, promoted and
assisted the emigration of destitute Highlanders to Australia. The lists are
organised by ship and by family and record name, age, residence and sometimes
notes on health and situation.
Highland and Island Emigration Society This site, by William Clarke, includes a list of ships that carried the emigrants from Scotland to Australian ports plus names and other details for these emigrants.
Immigrants Recruited by the Launceston Immigration Aid
Society 1855-1862. This book, by Kevin Green, is available online. Includes a
bibliography and index of the 850 immigrants recruited. Descendants of the
immigrants can add their details so contact can be made with other
researchers.
Invisible Australians - Living under the White Australia
Policy This emerging site is assembling biographical information about the
Chinese, Japanese, Indians, Afghans, Syrians and Malays who faced discriminatory
laws and policies designed to deny them their place as Australians. Over 7,200
photographs from series ST84/1, Certificates of Domicile
and Certificates of Exemption from Dictation Test, held by the National Archives of Australia
are online.
Irish Famine Memorial, Sydney This site
commemorates over 4,000 single young women, most of whom were
orphans who arrived under a special emigration scheme (the Earl Grey
Scheme) designed to resettle destitute girls from the workhouses of Ireland
during the Great Famine. Online Resources include the Famine Orphan Girl
database, a ships database which includes shipping lists for the 20 ships that
brought orphan girls to Australia (Sydney, Adelaide and Port
Phillip) 1848-1850. There is also a list of the 400+ names on the
monument.
First Female Emigration
Scheme between Great Britain and the Australian Colonies
A site by Elizabeth Rushen. The fourteen ships that brought 2,700 female
emigrants to Sydney, Hobart and Launceston (1833-1837) are listed plus an
alphabetical list of the women.
Emigrants An online aid for those seeking emigrant
passenger lists. It allows family history researchers to link with others
searching for emigrant passenger lists.
New South
Wales
State Records New South Wales - Indexes Online
- Immigration include:
•Assisted Immigrants to Port Phillip (Vic) 1839-1851, Sydney and Newcastle 1844-1859,
Moreton Bay (Brisbane) 1848-1859, Sydney
1860-1879 and 1880-1896. This index lists names, age, ship’s
name, arrival year, port of arrival, remarks and references (microfilm reel
number) for access to the passenger lists. You can search these indexes
separately or do a combined search.
•Miscellaneous Immigrants 1828-1843 index lists
9000+ names of passengers who paid their own fare
and some assisted immigrants. Details given include ship, names, age, date of
arrival, references (microfilm reel, page and item numbers), remarks and records series
(NRS) number. It does not cover all arrivals for this period.
•Unassisted Immigrants
1842-1855 index lists
136,000+ passengers who paid their own way. It also includes ships' crew and
interstate or colonial arrivals. A search returns names, age, ship, status
(passenger, crew or master), arrival date, origin port, reference/reel and
remarks.
State Records offer a copying service of some indexes for a
fee but check below to see if the film reel is available as a free online
digitised microfilm. Alternatively many of the original records are
available at $$ Ancestry.com.
State
Records New South Wales - Online microfilm of Shipping
Lists. Use the online indexes listed
above to locate the reel number and then use the free online reel to scroll
through the digital copies of the passenger lists, ship by ship, just as you
would if using microfilm. Reels for these records series (NRS) are currently
available:
• List of Irish passengers arrived on the ship Sir Joseph
Banks, Oct 1828, NRS 5309
• Persons on early migrant ships, 1828-1832, NRS
5310
• Persons on early migrant ships, May 1832-Jan 1833, NRS 5311
• Women
on the ship Red Rover and other early migrant ships, 1832, NRS 5312
• Persons
on government ships, Aug 1837-1840, NRS 5313
• Persons on bounty ships
(Agent's Immigrant Lists), 1838-1896, NRS 5316, reels 2134-2145
• Persons on
bounty ships arriving at Port Phillip, 1839-1851, NRS 5318
• Germans on
bounty ships, 1849-1852, NRS 5320
• Members of the Family Colonization Loan
Society, 1854-1857, NRS 5322
• Passenger lists of the Family Colonization
Loan Society, 1854-1855, NRS 5323.
Note: More reels will be added as
they become available.
Ancestry.com - New South Wales Assisted
Immigrant Passenger Lists 1828-1896 and Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists
1826-1922 There is a
free name search with subscription, or pay to view, options available to access
the digitised records. This database covers the following records held by State
Records New South Wales:
• Returns of convicts applications for wives and families to
be brought to New South Wales at Government expense. (NRS 1190, reel 699)
• Persons on bounty ships (Agent’s Immigrant Lists). (NRS
5316, reels 2134-2143)
Mariners
and Ships in Australian Waters This site, hosted by State Records of New South
Wales, is indexing and transcribing unassisted passenger lists 1845-1922 held by
SRNSW (NRS 13278). This ongoing project currently has lists for 1845-1883,
1886-1889 and 1909 complete with lists for 1884-1885, 1890-1902 and 1922 almost
complete. Lists for 1903-1921 are ongoing and are being added as they become
available. The transcripts of the passenger lists are linked to images of the
original records (free). Ship crew members are also listed on these records.
Ships Muster Index: Passengers
and Crew Departing NSW, 1816-1825 This index,
by Norma Tuck, is part of the Society of Australian Genealogists - Online databases and can be searched by names, ship and year.
Pure
Merinos and Others: The 'Shipping Lists' of the Australian Agricultural
Company This book by P. A. Pemberton,
originally published in 1986, is online in PDF format. Between 1825 and
1862 the Australian Agricultural Company and its subsidiary, Peel River Land and
Mineral Company brought over 700 men to New South Wales from England, Ireland,
China, Germany and Chile to work on their extensive pastoral estates or at their
colliery in Newcastle. Many were accompanied by wives and families. This book is
a must if you have family associated with these companies.
FamilySearch
The free searchable Historical Record
Collections for Australia and New Zealand
include:
• Index to Bounty
Immigrants, 1828-1842
The online images are of the
original index cards. This index, compiled by Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints members is also available on SRNSW reels 30-37. It covers
persons on early migrant ships, 1828-1832 (SRNSW series NRS 5310); persons on
early migrant ships, May 1832-Jan 1833 (SRNSW series NRS5311) and entitlement
certificates of persons on bounty ships, 1832-1842 (SRNSW series NRS 5314). The
original records are held by SRNSW.
Peter
Madden's Emigrant Databases There are
databases for Galway,
IRL (1828-1864), Tipperary,
IRL (1828-1865) and Inverness, SCT (1828-1866). These databases record
the details of assisted emigrants from these counties to New South Wales
and Queensland with some to Victoria. They list name, age, year and ship of arrival,
native place, parents' names and residence plus the names of relations in the
colony.
Donegal Relief Fund Passenger Lists Includes the
following ships to Sydney: Queen of England, Sapphire,
Lady Elma Bruce, Caribou, Nile, Abyssinian, Montrose, Sandringham and Queen of the East.
Indexes mostly relating to
Immigration by
Pastkeys. These indexes available for sale on CD-ROM.
Migration Heritage Centre New South Wales This Centre is a virtual immigration museum
and identifies, records, preserves and interprets the heritage of migration
and settlement 1788 to the present day. Use this gateway to learn about the
State's migration heritage through community collections, family belongings,
people's memories and special places. The publications link lists a wealth of
resources - books, CDs and DVDs.
State
Records New South Wales - Immigration from Many Lands This resource page
includes information on the Chinese on the Goldfields, Italian arrivals on the
Saint Ludwina, Lebanese hawkers, Russian migration
and settlement in NSW plus much more.
Queensland
State Records New South Wales - Indexes Online The Immigration indexes include Assisted
Immigrants includes
those arriving at Moreton Bay (Brisbane) 1848-1859. Note: Passenger
list images are available on Ancestry.com.au. A fee
($) applies. They are also available through SRNSW free online microfilm reels.
Queensland State Archives - Immigration Indexes
Immigration indexes online at QSA include:
•
Assistant Immigration Agent Maryborough 1875-1884
• Assistant Immigration
Agent Maryborough 1884-1907
• Assisted Immigration 1848-1912 - This index
provides free direct access to digital copies of the original passenger lists.
New
• Card index to
nominated immigrants 1908-1922
• Immigration 1922-1940
• Land orders
1861-1874
• Oronsay immigration 1925-1972 New
• Passage Certificates 1887-1906
•
Passport Register 1926-1939
• Register of immigrants 1864-1878
• Registers
of immigrants, Brisbane 1885-1917
Once you have an index reference copies of the original
documents can be ordered from QSA for a small fee.
Ancestry.com
- Queensland Immigration Indexes There is a free name search with subscription, or pay
to view, options available to access further information. Indexes available
include:
• Index to Registers of
Passengers on Immigrant Ships arriving in Queensland 1848-1912
from ports in the UK and Europe. These registers do not include passengers from
New Zealand, the Americas or other non-European ports. Details given vary but
may include name, age, date and place of arrival in Queensland, ship name, date
and port of departure. This database covers records held by Queensland
State Archives, Series ID 13086, Registers of Immigrant Ships' Arrivals, Reels
M471, M473, M1075, M1696–1710.
• Maryborough Queensland Australia
Immigrants from the British Isles & Germany 1861-1891. This index, by
Janet Reakes, is from original data held by the Queensland State Archives. The
index lists name, age, ship and year of arrival.
South
Australia
State Records of
South Australia Offers online searching of Official Assisted
Passage Passenger Lists 1845-1886. Click on Access Collection
Catalogue then choose Searching from the left menu. A search of this
index returns surname or ship name, year, first name/list number, notes and
volume. Use the following sites to access transcripts of the passenger
lists.
Family History South Australia - South Australian Passenger
Lists -
Shipping arrivals and immigration 1803 to 1854+ This ongoing
project currently has passenger lists for 1,320+ ships available. This
database is fully searchable.
Colonial South Australian
Pioneers - Arrivals, births, marriages, deaths & burials 1836-50s This
pioneering South Australian colonists database, by Barry Leadbeater, contains
combined archival collections of passenger lists, births, marriages, deaths and
burials. New
The
Ships List - Immigrants to South Australia, (UK, assisted passage)
1847-1886 This ongoing project by Robert Janmaat
currently has over 200 selected lists for 1847-1866; 1868;
1870-1872 available. Use the Search Australia Lists box to
search all Australian lists hosted by The Ships List.
Bound for South
Australia - Passenger Lists 1836-1851 by Diane Cummings The passenger lists
are arranged by arrival year and alphabetically by ship name within each year.
The passenger lists are presented as scanned images from the original source or
are transcribed. There is no keyword search option. At the bottom of the page
there are some Quick links for access. Choose a year from the list on the right to search. Updated
German
Emigrants to South Australia 1837-1864 This
database, by Robert
Janmaat, is on the The
Ships List site and has transcripts of the passenger lists
online.
Horner
Index to Overseas Departures by Passenger Ship from South Australia
1836-1887 This card
index, compiled by Sally Horner from the Register newspaper, is available online as PDF files
on the State Library of South Australia's site. It does not list interstate or
intrastate departures.
Tasmania -
LINC Tasmania
The online name
indexes include:
• Arrivals - index of passengers and ships arriving in the
19th century. This index includes passengers, crew, ship's masters and ships
arrivals mostly to Hobart. Many of the records have been digitised and are
available online. Updated
•
Departures - index of people leaving Tasmanian ports (1817-1867). This
ongoing index lists names; rank; ship, date and port of departure; where bound;
ship to colony; status and remarks. Records of departures from series POL220
have been digitised and are now available online.
Ancestry.com This
site offers
access to indexes and digitised images of Tasmanian records. There is a
free name search with various subscription options available to access
images of the original records held by the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage
Office. Databases include:
• Tasmania Passenger Arrivals, 1829-1957
- Most of the records are for arrivals to Hobart, with some to
Launceston.
• Tasmania, Immigrant Lists, 1841-1884
•
Tasmania, Immigrant Applications and Bounty Tickets, 1854-1887
Our Digital Island
Indentured Servants of the Van Diemen’s Land Company site This was archived 2000. There are transcripts of the
passenger lists for the twelve ships that brought the indentured servants and
their families to Van Diemen’s Land 1825-1837. Details include name, place of
origin, occupation and spouse. Not all details are available for all
ships.
Victoria
State Records New South Wales - Indexes Online - Shipping and Immigration The index to Assisted
Immigrants
includes those arriving at Port Phillip 1839-1851. Note: Passenger list
images are available on Ancestry.com.au. A fee ($) applies. They are
also available through SRNSW free online reels (See New South Wales).
Public Record Office of Victoria -
Index to Assisted
British Immigration 1839-1871 A search returns names, age, month, year and
ship of arrival plus book and page number which refer to the passenger lists
held on microfiche. Note: Passenger list images are available on
Ancestry.com.au. A fee ($) applies.
Public Record Office of Victoria -
Index to
Unassisted Inward Passenger Lists to Victoria 1852-1923 This database lists unassisted
passengers to Victoria from British, Foreign and New Zealand Ports. A
search returns name, title, age, arrival date, ship name and fiche reference to
the relevant passenger list. Note: Passenger list images are available on
Ancestry.com.au. A fee ($) applies.
Public Record Office of Victoria -
Index to Outward Passengers to Interstate,
UK, NZ and Foreign Ports 1852-1923 A search of this index to passengers on
ships leaving Victoria returns names, age, ship name, departure month and year,
destination, film references (month and year) and page number. The
passenger lists are held on microfilm by PROV (VPRS 3506) and can be viewed in
PROV reading rooms.
Ancestry.com - Assisted
and Unassisted Passenger Lists 1839-1923 - Victoria There is a free name
search with subscription, or pay to view, options available to access the
digitised records. This database covers the following records held by the Public
Record Office Victoria:
• Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports).
(Microfiche VPRS 7666, copy of VRPS 947)
• Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (Foreign Ports).
(Microfiche VPRS 7667, copy of VRPS 947)
• Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (New Zealand Ports).
(Microfiche VPRS 13439, copy of VRPS 947)
• Register of Assisted Immigrants from the United Kingdom.
(Microfiche VPRS 14)
Origins -
Immigrant Communities in Victoria This site
contains the migration histories of 82 communities. There are photographs,
graphs and statistics based on official government census data collected since
1854.
Western Australia
Passenger Arrivals Index 1921-1949 This database by the National Archives of Australia indexes the Inward passenger manifests for
ships and aircraft arriving at Fremantle, Perth Airport and outports. Currently arrivals at WA ports
(1921-1949) and Perth airport (1944-1949) are available for searching. For
access click on Search the collection then Begin your
search. You can then search using the Passenger
arrivals index tab
(RHS). These records include all passengers disembarking but also those
travelling onto other Australian ports.
Ancestry.com - Western Australia, Crew and
Passenger Lists, 1852-1930 There is a free name search with subscription, or pay to
view, options available to access the digitised records. This database covers
the following records held by State Records Office of Western Australia.
• Registers of Inward and
Outward Passengers, 1893-1896. Accession Number 113, AN
371
• Lists of Emigrants by Colonial Land and Emigration
Commissioners’ Ships, 1851-1867. Accession Number 115, AN 371
• Survey
Office, Passenger Lists – Inwards from Overseas, 1829-1930. Accession Number
297
• Arrivals and Departures for Fremantle and Outports, 1898-1915.
Accession Number 457
• Colonial Secretary’s Office, Passenger and Crew
Lists, Manifests Inwards for Fremantle, 1880-1898
(incomplete)
• Colonial Secretary’s Office, Passenger Lists of
Immigrants for Certain Ships, 1876-1877. Series 1243, Consignment
633
• Register – Expirees and Conditional Pardons, 1863-1894. Series
1135, Consignment 318, Item 1
1829
Shipping Arrivals to the Swan
River Colony Use the Western Australian Genealogical Society site and click on
Genealogy WA Data for access. This information has been
transcribed from early newspapers and includes passenger lists.
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