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redgum
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Sweet William
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Hi Stewart,
This site may help you. It is well worth exploring.
It is not exactly what you are after but can direct you to a lot of Australian links. I don't know of one national index but the individual states have their own records.
Under Australian Immigration - Indexes and Passenger Lists give the assisted & unassisted passengers (all free settlers) for each state.
http://www.coraweb.com.au/
Regards
Robyn
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SCOTLAND
Macdonald, Buchan, Stuart, McCook -Angus/ Aberdeenshire
McLeod, McKenzie- Sutherland
IRELAND
McIlhagga, Craig - Antrim
ENGLAND
Stone, Murch, Ireland, Austin, Perryman - Devon
Holder, Robinson -Warwickshire/Staffordshire
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Webby
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Hi Stewart
Depending on what State you are looking for....there isn't a national base as far as I am aware that holds the information. South Australia has a searchable data base, Tasmanian Archives Office has a pretty good data base of names (but if you happen to get the Colonial Data base....just be aware that although it is on the Archives site....it was inherited by them..... not researched by them...). Not sure about the others.
Even with newspapers from the day (at least for Tasmania) most only list the names eg Mr or Mrs Smith. Usually nothing whatsoever about the poor people who couldn't afford a cabin!.
Perhaps the best thing would be to look at the Government sites of the state your looking for, there are lots of info on them. You never know something may turn up!
Regards
Webby
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Wing, Isted,Lashmore, - Horsted Keynes
Green, Goldsmith,Mockford,Blackmar,Geer - Falmer & Brighton
Wing, Hack, Gray, Haywood Brighton
White, Vass, Tolhurst, Thatcher Sussex
Attree, Patching, Earle - Barcombe Sussex
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sparrett
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Hi Stewart,
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10421/20041220-0000/www.firstfamilies2001.net.au/search.html
Is an index of families settling before 1850 [I think I have that right]
It is archived now and no additions will be made to it. It is useful, but of course, not complete listing.
If you would like other help in your searching, maybe you could give details of your people.
Sue
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Parrett:Woolwich,Newington,Bermondsey,Plumstead,Middlesex, West Ham.
Evans: Bermondsey.
Mason: Stepney, Sydney {Aust}
Disney:West Ham.
Cornish: Hull {UK} to Tasmania {Aust.} to Victoria {Aust}
Catchpole:
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trish251
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If you have a look at the Aust resources board, you will find a thread for each state & lots of places where you can search for immigrants. I also have a thread towards the top of this board that provides links to immigration details for the eastern states.
Victoria seems to have the best online lists for free settlers - assisted and unassisted. NSW and Qld have more detail online for assisted immigrants.
Trish
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cando
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I know of no online index however there is a publication available from
http://www.gould.com.au/SearchResults.asp?Search=free+settlers&Search.x=0&Search.y=0
Free Settlers of Australia 1788-1828
If your ancestor arrived in the colony between 1788 and 1828 (way before it was known as Australia) ... how do you find out more information on what ship they came on? This product (which is available in both CD-ROM and book form), makes it easy for you.
The compiler, James Donohoe has done the hard work for you in extracting names from numerous sources, and entering them into tables, and cross-checking etc. The result is this consolidated list of approximately 10,000 immigrants who arrived in Australia as free (migrant) settlers. Many immigrants arrived as soldiers and sailors (even if they didn't stay).
Listed in column format, each person is shown in alphabetical order (by surname) together with their ship of arrival in Australia, and where this information was ascertained.
The other section of the book listed alphabetically by ship is listed in column format, and gives the following information: ship name; date; port; number (of migrants/crew/convicts etc); record (hardcover number); access form (fiche/film number).
The information has been compiled using the official victualling lists, military payrolls and musters as the main sources of information, plus New South Wales Colonial Secretary's Records, and some family records were used as well.
Is this what you are looking for?
cando
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Stewart R
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Thanks for the interest everyone and to answer your question Cando, yes I suspect that this book/CD-ROM may help.
My current puzzle revolves around the possibility that my ancestors may have travelled to NSW twice. They originally travelled to the colony with the first Fleet aboard the "Prince of Wales." my ancestor "William Perry" was a Marine sergeant and travelled with his wife to be, "Anne Scoble." For some time I always believed they had remained with the colony until at least 1803, because when I searched for children on the NSW registry web site I found three candidates. In 1789 they had a son called Thomas, and in 1791 a daughter called Kezzia (who I am descended from). However some years later in 1803 the NSW site reveals the alleged birth of another son called Thomas. This repeated names was easily explained and also confirmed on the same site with the death entry of the 1st thomas in 1792. But where is the mystery? I hear you ask. After some fine research by Trish on a previous topic of mine, it appears that Thomas had actually died aboard the "Gorgon" on the way back to England in 1792. So what were they doing having a child back in NSW in 1803? I can only think of two scenarios for this, either the entry for Thomas has some how been repeated or they returned and settled in the colony of their own free will. 
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Stewart
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Reid, Wolfendale, Hawkin, Tapp
Plymouth, Macclesfield, Liverpool.
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