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Note: The contents of these pages are the combined work of many people and whilst we aim for accuracy in all we do, remember Murphy's Law. Should you discover your family name or similar on these lists, remember this - many of the names on Passenger lists were written as the writer heard them, and many of the passengers were unable to spell their own names.
Special thanks to Malcolm Frost, Graham Jaunay, Peter Lawson, Barry Leadbetter, and all SAGEN Listers,
Robert D Blair, Kevin J Morton, Robert D Blair, Kevin J Morton, Sue Woods, Cyndi's List
and every researcher who likes to hear these words - THANK YOU.
SOURCES: principally from The South Australian REGISTER newspapers (1836-1860s);
STATE LIBRARIES: South Australia, Victoria, Canberra and West Australia;
OFFICIAL PASSENGER LISTS and RECORDS covering United Kingdom to South Australia (Mortlock Library, South Australian);
LATTER DAY SAINTS Family Research Centre, at Fairfield (Melbourne);
BOOKS: MIGRANT SHIPS FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1836-1860 by R Parsons; FREE PASSAGE TO PARADISE, by P Button;
BAREFOOT AND PREGNANT (covering Irish Orphan Girls scheme) by Trevor McClaughlan; and various books by Don Charlwood
MICROFICHE AND CDs: South Australian Births Registrations 1842 to 1906, South Australian Deaths Registrations 1842 to 1915;
South Australian Marriages Registrations 1842 to 1916; BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX SA 1836-1885;
OTHER RESOURCES: HARZ MOUNTAINS (KINGDOM OF HANOVER) Government Sponsored Emigration 1848-1854 to Adelaide And Beyond
Family histories (family papers, diaries published books, on internet); and many of the websites below.
If you have not located your family via my webpages,
I recommend you visit THESE RESEARCH LINKS:
CONVICTIONS - click CONTINUE at bottom of page, then choose any of the items listed in PUBLIC INDEXES.
This site contains shipping and passenger information for Australia and, to a lesser extent, New Zealand.
As well as arrival and departure details, where possible, background information is also provided.
MALCOLM FROST'S Online sourcing of Australasian Passenger Lists.
This site is designed to help family historians locate passenger lists for migrant ships to Australia/New Zealand.
The entries are listed by alphabetical order of ship's name regardless of the arrival port.
GRAHAM JAUNAY'S Online sourcing of Australasian Passenger Lists 1836-1840
VICTORIA:
PROV (Public Records of Victoria) Their online searchable Index of Unassisted Passengers to Victoria 1852-1911 is excellent.
Immigrant Index Port Phillip, 1839-51
NEW SOUTH WALES:
Ships docking at Australian ports were required to lodge a list of their crew with local customs authorities. It was not unusual for crew lists to be deposited with passenger lists.
Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters The lists on this site are being transcribed from the Australian Archive Office Reels of the Shipping Master's Office, Inwards Passengers Lists, commencing in January, 1873 and will be added to progressively.
Alex Roger's Australian Immigrant Ships - mainly Sydney.
The Australian Government organised a Work for the Dole program, where participants created a new National Archives database of migrant passenger lists containing 130,000 names of migrants who came to Australia by ship between 1926 and 1928. The new database can be found at www.naa.gov.au - click on RECORD SEARCH, then search as a guest or registered user and click on passenger index at the top of the screen. The database is certain to be welcomed by researchers and family historians eager to trace their heritage.
This FACT SHEETS link takes you to the National Australian Archives (an Australian Government website) with the following information:
Fact Sheet 172 - Passenger records held in Melbourne
Fact Sheet 184 - Passenger records held in Hobart
Fact Sheet 190 - Passenger records held in Brisbane
Fact Sheet 38 - Passenger records held in Canberra
Fact Sheet 56 - Passenger records held in Perth
Fact Sheet 64 - Passenger records held in Sydney
Fact Sheet 87 - Family history sources held in Adelaide
Fact Sheet 220 - Index to passenger arrivals arriving at Fremantle, Perth Airport and outports.
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LOTS OF LISTS
Ships and passenger lists sourced by Jenny Brandis. Most of these are readable on line
SKELETON CLOSET Research data includes not only the ship names, but statistical information about the ship, port and date of embarkation,
port and date of arrival, cargo information, passenger numbers, and in some cases passenger lists.
MARINERS AND SHIPS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS
The lists on this site are being transcribed from the Australian Archive Office Reels of the Shipping Master's Office, Inwards Passengers Lists, commencing in January, 1873 and will be added to progressively. Plus Genies' Jottings, Lists, and lists and more lists
THE EDITHBURGH MUSEUM website,
THE SHIPS LIST website and many others were consulted for comparisons
KEN BLAIR'S LINKS to records of immigration to Australia and New Zealand.
The DEAD PERSON'S SOCIETY Melbourne, Victoria, Australia A great website which includes:
* Shipping Lists, by the Dead Persons Society
* Plus some really interesting Links to Genealogy in England
CYNDI'S LIST - AUSTRALIAN LINKS
THE LATTER DAY SAINTS A really good SEARCH FACILITY FOR ANCESTORS almost anywhere in the world. This information has been
taken from the quarterly reports sent by the Minister of each parish to their Bishop - these are referred to as 'The Bishop's Transcripts'.
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