Yes I have read Trove and checked shipping. I have hundreds of pages on him covering years 1863 to 1918 in Queensland. The earliest reference was unclaimed mail in 1863 at Gayndah. He was one of the Maryborough (Qld) Pioneers but never a mention of his arrival into Australia.
Thanks
Princess
Hi Princess,
In that era, movements between the colonies did not always result in written passenger lists.
This was an era without the need to obtain government permission to move from one colony to any other colony within the British Empire and as Queensland was being established in 1859 (formally hived off from NSW Dec 1859) then perhaps that "new" colony was the attraction.
Some of the reasons may well include
the lack of experienced clerks to record the movements, due in part to the mass exodus of civil servants who, like so many others, were caught up with gold fever episodes throughout Vic and NSW etc.
freight (livestock and deadstock as well as capital items) was frequently fully detailed on manifests, and summarised in the newspapers but it would be unusual for ordinary folk to expect their names to be as fully detailed in the newspapers
individuals, and individual families were self sufficient and adventurous, and willing to simply pack up and move hundreds and hundreds of miles "under their own steam" to the next "greener pastures" that caught their attention. Afterall, many had come half way around the globe enduring long sea voyages under harsh conditions.
They simply did not need to complete any application forms to migrate from the new colony of Victoria to the newer colony of Queensland.
Hope this very brief summary helps, although I am somewhat confused as to why you specifically are asking about 1859. Do you have already have documentation that shows you that the person was actually in Melbourne, or in fact, anywhere in Victoria in
1859?
Cheers, JM
