Family History Resources Prepared for the opal initiative State Library of Queensland August 2004

Shipping and Immigration

This site indexes 19^th Century immigrant shipping lists for NSW including Port Phillip and Moreton Bay before Separation from NSW. It provides the microform reel numbers needed to view the lists themselves. State Library holds not only the indexes but also those lists.

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  Index to Assisted Immigration arriving in Moreton Bay (Brisbane), 1844-59
  
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  Index to Assisted Immigration arriving in Sydney and Newcastle, 1844-59
  
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  Index to Assisted Immigration arriving in Sydney, 1860-79
  
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  Index to Assisted Immigration arriving in Sydney, 1880-96
  
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  Index to Assisted Immigration arriving in Port Phillip, 1839-51
  
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  Website of Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters (contains inwards passenger lists for international and coastal shipping which usually lists the passengers and crew).
  

This is a site of the Public Records Office Victoria an index to unassisted passengers traveling from British and foreign ports. The index provides the name of the passenger, their age, the name of the ship, the date of arrival and microfiche number. From 1852 to 1899 the State Library holds these microfiche references which shows the passenger list.

This is a site of the Public Records Office Victoria an index to assisted passengers traveling from British ports. The index provides a the name of the passenger, their age, the name of the ship, the date of arrival and microfiche number. The State Library holds these microfiche references which shows the passenger list.

“Queen of the Colonies”

NetLinks: Queensland

http://www.garrisonau.com/queen.html

It covers a lot of the kinds of information available such as:

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  newspaper reports
  
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  government immigration conditions
  
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  shipboard reports
  
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  tickets, advertisements and other public notices
  
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  Colonial-Secretary’s correspondence
  
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  referenced sources
  

European immigrants to Australia up to 1966.

While there is a strong American emphasis in this database, there are shipping lists for Australia and New Zealand. There is a useful explanation of the Hamburg and Bremen shipping lists. Links to pay sites such as Link to Your Roots are included. It is worthwhile noting that the State Library holds the Hamburg lists of those who came to Australia compiled by the Kopittkes. Check http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/scd/famhist/shipping.htm

for current holdings. The Mormon Family History Centres also lists.

See also Germany

The Perth Society is host to a number of shipping lists. These cover

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  the name of the ship
  
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  date and place of arrival, and departure
  
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  the source of lists.
  

Sites include:

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  NSW (1837-1899)
  
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  Qld (1840-1915)
  
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  SA (1836-1860)
  
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  Vic (1837-1899)
  
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  WA (1829-1889)
  
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  NZ (1839-1905)
  
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  Convict Transports (1788-1868) ]
  

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  http://www.list.jaunay.com/ausnzpassengers/
  
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  This page aims to assist in finding passenger lists for migrant ships to Australia/New Zealand.
  
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  List 1 covers passenger data available. Subscribers look up a list for a request
  

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  List 2 allows subscribers to request information for a particular passenger list not in List 1 if they know the name of the ship. Respondents may hold the passenger list or be prepared to check it at a library and e-mail the result or send a photocopy at a nominal cost.
  

This site provides lists of useful resources for researching ships and journeys to Australia. It also includes lists of ships’ pictures held at the Australian and British Maritime Museums.

It has extracts from an article in the Illustrated London News 6 July 1850 of a contemporary account of emigration procedures from the port of Liverpool. It is useful for understanding the conditions in which people travelled to Australia in the 19th Century.

It covers:

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  emigration statistics
  
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  choosing a ship
  
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  medical inspection
  
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  embarkation
  
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  provisions
  
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  entertainment
  
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  departure
  
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  stowaways
  
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  roll-call
  
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  illustrations
  
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  policies
  

This site provides lists of useful resources for researching ships and journeys to Australia. It also includes lists of ships’ pictures held at the Australian and British Maritime Museums.