Link: Passenger Lists - Eastern Mainland Australia

[gennig]

Trish

Just to clarify, the following is from the PRO's website (Unassisted passengers Index)

The Port code (B, F or N) indicates which series of microfiche to look at and does not necessarily indicate the passengers' nationality.

Cheers
Genni

[MarieC]

Just another thought, folks,

If you live in an Australian provincial city it is hard.  I had searched long and unsuccessfully for the arrival of my g-grandparents in New South Wales - I knew approximately when, but they were not assisted immigrants.

Then someone in the local U3A genealogy group told me that the Family History Unit at the State Library of Queensland will do limited research for people in provincial cities.  I got onto the person concerned, and bingo!  She found my people on a microfilm from the NSW State Archives, and she also found me some invaluable info from the Times digital archive which has led me a lot further.

This is a great service.  Other State libraries may have it also, for country Aussies.

MarieC

[kim ter-horst]

information on passenger lists is a bit of a hit and miss affair. 

Assuming they were assisted immigrants,  there will be name, age (including age of wife for marreid couple) where they came from, whether they could read/write, religion and children.  Parents names are not always included. There are indexes eg "bounty index" which are not available on line (sadly) which cover more than the basic shipping lists at records.nsw.gov.au.  Not all ists have survivied.

if they were unassisted (ie paid their own way) you're lucky to find an index card with "Mr and Mrs Jones and 2 children" - if the government wasn't paying the passage they didn't care who they were.

kim

[bart]

Hi everyone,
does South Australia have a site simular to the ones you have posted re QLD,Vic or NSW?

[chrissy]

Hi All
  Any ideas on a crew list for-
"Vulture"-Whaler-23- 7-1806,From england via the New zealand Whale fishery,to NSW.
   So far, Ive found 2 pieces of info on the ship-New Zealand mariners index,Very handy indeed,and the colonial secreterys index NSW.
            Never know your luck................
                ........cheers chrissy.
 

[newbie]

Thank you so much for the links, I've just found a family of mine who went to Australia 1857.
Whoo hoo
Newbie

[trish251]

Hi everyone,
does South Australia have a site simular to the ones you have posted re QLD,Vic or NSW?

Hi Bart

I know little about SA immigrants. Post a new topic with a little detail on who you are looking for & someone with knowledge of SA may answer. This thread was meant to be for info only - rather than queries.

Trish

[beeby]

Trish
My thanks for posting the above links, very kind of you.  So far they haven't turned up my Whifield but I will continue lurking on this topic.

Regards, Pauline

[cjamesuk]

Hi
I dont know if you can be of help to me.  I have looked at the websites you put here but could not get anywhere with my question.  My grandad brother went to Brisbane in the 1920'30's not sure when, we think he may have had connections with the Salvation Army maybe being sponsored by them his name was George Cox and he came from Leytonstone in East London.  My mum had contact with the family until the 19780's but when she died I lost touch.  I would very much like to get in touch again.  I know it is a long short but I am trying to at least trace what boat they/he went on.  Could you let me know how practical this is, thanks
Christine