Victorian Genealogy
Finding People and Places in Victoria, Australia.
See Shipping Records.
See Passenger Departure Records.
Also see Alien Records.
Also see Internee and Prisoner of War Records.
The length of time a person has spent in the various Australian colonies is given on a person's death certificate in Victoria. See Death Registration Records.
If a person was of non British origin he or she may have been naturalized. The ship and date of arrival are usually given in the naturalization records. See Naturalization Records.
If a person was a convict, the ship and date of arrival may be given in convict records. See Convict Records.
If a person was hospitalized, the ship and date of arrival may be given in the hospital records. See Hospital Records.
If a person was a prisoner, the ship and date of arrival may be given in the prison records. See Prison Records.
For births at sea see Marine Birth Records.
For marriages at sea see Marine Marriage Records.
For deaths at sea see Marine Death Records.
Assisted immigration records include passengers arriving from the United Kingdom who had their voyage subsidised by the Victorian Government. From 1871 until 1883 the assisted immigration records are included with the unassisted immigration records.
Between 1844 and 1849, 1727 ex prisoners who had served their sentences were sent to Victoria. They were known as “Exiles”. They were also referred to as "Pentonvillians" because most of them came from Pentonville Probationary Prison in England. Their immigration records can be found under assisted immigration records. The dates of arrival, names of ships and numbers of ex-prisoners on board are listed below:
11 November 1844 - Royal George (21 landed at Melbourne)
20 March 1845 - Sir George Seymour (175 landed at Geelong)
27 January 1846 - Stratheden (51 Landed at Melbourne)
9 November 1846 - Maitland (291 Landed at Melbourne)
4 May 1847 - Thomas Arbuthnot (288 Landed at Melbourne)
24 September 1847 - Joseph Somes (248 Landed at Geelong)
25 January 1848 - Marion (292 Landed at Melbourne)
22 June 1848 - Anna Maria (163 Landed at Geelong)
4 February 1849 - Eden (133 Landed at Portland and 65 at Geelong)
Assisted immigrants may have also been helped to emigrate by their local parish (see Poor Law Records in Great Britain and Ireland) or they may have been helped by various schemes in Britain: for example an emigration scheme assisting Scottish people was the Highland and Island Emigration Society. Government assistance was also given to the wives and families of convicts (these may be included with convict records see Convict Records), and reuniting families where emigrants had left children behind in Great Britain and Ireland.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN JOINT COPYING PROJECT - COLONIAL OFFICE NEW SOUTH WALES: ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE 1783-1900 (CO 201)
These are the chronologically arranged correspondence of the Colonial Office including despatches and their enclosures, reports and other papers from Governors and Commissions of Inquiry, letters from British government agencies, and letters from individuals, societies and companies in Great Britain and New South Wales. It includes correspondence relating to Van Diemen's Land (later Tasmania) up to 1825. They include petitions for assisted passages, emigrants' lists and records of emigrants on board ship.https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-728202615/findingaid
The Australian Joint Copying Project is searchable through Trove.
TROVE - DIARIES, LETTERS, ARCHIVES
This includes:
To find these using keywords: use the pulldown menu to do a specific search for "Diaries, Letters, Archives".
Victoria was the Port Phillip District of the Colony of New South Wales from 1788 to 1851.
MUSEUMS OF HISTORY NEW SOUTH WALES, STATE ARCHIVES COLLECTION - MISCELLANEOUS IMMIGRANTS INDEX 1828-1843
This includes passengers who paid their own fare and also assisted immigrants. Information includes: name, ship, date of arrival, age and events (e.g. shipwreck).
https://mhnsw.au/indexes/immigration-and-shipping/miscellaneous-immigrants-index/
MUSEUMS OF HISTORY NEW SOUTH WALES, STATE ARCHIVES COLLECTION - ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS
Assisted Immigrants Digital Shipping Lists 1828-1896 - This includes immigrants arriving in the Port Phillip District from 1839 to 1851 (NRS 5318).
https://mhnsw.au/guides/assisted-immigrants-digital-shipping-lists/
Assisted Immigrants Index 1839-1896 - This includes immigrants arriving in the Port Phillip District from 1839 to 1851 (NRS 5318).
https://mhnsw.au/indexes/immigration-and-shipping/assisted-immigrants-index/
FAMILYSEARCH - AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, INDEX TO BOUNTY IMMIGRANTS 1828-1842
This index covers the following series: Persons on early migrant ships, 1828-1832 (4/4823); Persons on early migrant ships, May 1832 - Jan 1833 (4/4824); Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships, 1832-1842 (4/4825-4891). It is searchable.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1542665
FAMILYSEARCH - AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS INWARDS, 1828-1890
Records are searchable. Original records filmed at the Public Library of New South Wales.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3661064
ANCESTRY - NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, ASSISTED IMMIGRANT PASSENGER LISTS 1828-1896
These are provided in association with State Records Authority of New South Wales.
These are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/1204/
ANCESTRY- NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA 1828-1842: BOUNTY IMMIGRANTS LIST
The New South Wales Government encouraged people to migrate to Australia to help colonize the country. Immigrants from the British Isles were initially sought, and a bounty reward system was set up to help entice people to migrate. They are searchable.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/7385/
ANCESTRY - NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, IMMIGRATION RECORDS, 1840-1902
This collection contains a variety of immigration records from New South Wales, Australia. Types of records available include:
These are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/62356/
ANCESTRY - NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, PASSENGERS ARRIVING AT PORT PHILLIP, 1846
These records are from the State Records Authority of New South Wales.
These are searchable and may be browsed.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=8821
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIA ASSISTED EMIGRATION 1811-1856
These are provided in association with the State Records Authority of New South Wales. They include the following:
These are searchable and may be browsed.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/australia-assisted-emigration
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIA, INWARD, OUTWARD AND COASTAL PASSENGER LISTS 1826-1972
These include the following:
These are searchable and may be browsed.
MYHERITAGE - AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS INDEX, 1839-1896
This collection contains records of passengers traveling to New South Wales Australia as assisted immigrants. This means their passage was paid for by an immigration scheme. These passengers arrived in Sydney, Newcastle, Moreton Bay or the Port Phillip District. They are searchable.
MUSEUMS OF HISTORY NEW SOUTH WALES, STATE ARCHIVES COLLECTION - INDEX TO LETTERS RE MIGRATION TO NEW SOUTH WALES 1838-1857
These letters were sent by the Immigration Agent in response to complaints, transport arrangements, advertisements and financial arrangements relating to migration between 1838 and 1857. This index covers the names of individuals found in the letters.
https://mhnsw.au/indexes/immigration-and-shipping/letters-re-migration-to-nsw-1838-1857/
MUSEUMS OF HISTORY NEW SOUTH WALES, STATE ARCHIVES COLLECTION - CONVICT EXILES INDEX 1849-1850
Exiles were transported to New South Wales. They had served part of their sentence in a penitentiary in Britain and were granted a conditional pardon or ticket of leave on arrival in the colony.
https://mhnsw.au/indexes/convicts/convict-exiles-index/
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA - ASSISTED IMMIGRATION RECORDS 1839-1871 (VPRS 14)
These are indexed through the catalogue on the Public Record Office Victoria website and include images of immigration records. This is a finding aid for assisted passenger lists.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA - NOTIFICATIONS OF PARDON OF EXILES (VPRS 89)
This series consists of notifications to the Governor of New South Wales, the Governor of Van Dieman's Land and the Superintendent of the Port Phillip District of prisoners under the sentence of transportation who were to be pardoned from their arrival in the colony on the condition that they were conveyed to and remained in the Port Phillip District for the duration of their original sentence. Details given are the name of the prisoner and the date and place of conviction. These records have been digitized.
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/VPRS89
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA - REGISTER OF INWARD SHIPPING (OVERSEAS AND INTERCOLONIAL PORTS) 1846-1852 (VPRS 22 UNIT 29)
The register records the arrival of ships in the Port of Melbourne between January 1846 and December 1852. It appears to record the arrival of all ships, whether from British, foreign or intercolonial ports, during this period.
Entries are listed chronologically by date of ship's arrival.
Basic information is given about each ship, its movements, passengers and cargo. Between January 1846 and October 1847 passengers are named. However it is not known how complete the lists are for each ship. When a distinction is made between cabin and steerage passengers the latter are rarely designated.
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E89C65EB-F1B1-11E9-AE98-7D9121803C53?image=1
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA - ASSISTED GERMAN IMMIGRATION RECORDS 1849 (VPRS 8810)
These records include German passengers arriving from Hamburg who had their voyage subsidised by the New South Wales Government. There were four ships arriving in 1849 that carried assisted German immigrants. These were the Godeffroy, Wappaus, Dockenhuden and Emmy. Note that not all passengers on these ships were assisted. The records are held by the Public Record Office Victoria.
Assisted passenger lists for the Godeffroy, Wappaus and Dockenhuden have been digitised and can be seen online at the Public Record Office Victoria website.
Assisted passenger list for the Godeffroy 1849:
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/7FD95F53-F843-11E9-AE98-7992AA71CCAB?image=1
Assisted passenger list for the Wappaus 1849:
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/7FDA70C4-F843-11E9-AE98-E1ABF0D8F652?image=1
Assisted passenger list for the Dockenhuden 1849:
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/7FDBD055-F843-11E9-AE98-D5A93864ECA2?image=1
FROM HAMBURG TO HOBSON'S BAY BY THOMAS DARRAGH AND ROBERT WUCHATSCH. PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE WENDISH HERITAGE SOCIETY AUSTRALIA IN 1999. (BOOK) - RECONSTRUCTED GERMAN PASSENGER LISTS 1849-1851
This book has partially reconstructed passenger lists for the ships Godeffroy, Wappaus, Dockenhuden, Emmy, Pribislaw, Alfred, Sophie, Dockenhuden (second visit) and Antonie. It is not online.
FAMILYSEARCH - AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, ASSISTED IMMIGRANT ARRIVALS AT VICTORIAN PORTS INDEX, 1839-1871
Card file index to arrivals of assisted immigrants at Victorian ports. Approximately 65,000 cards located in the Geelong Heritage Centre, Geelong. Images may be browsed.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2302154
ANCESTRY - VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, ASSISTED AND UNASSISTED PASSENGER LISTS 1839-1923
This includes the following:
These are searchable and may be browsed.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1635
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIA, INWARD, OUTWARD AND COASTAL PASSENGER LISTS 1826-1972
These include the following:
These are searchable and may be browsed.
MYHERITAGE - AUSTRALIA, BRITISH ASSISTED PASSENGERS TO VICTORIA 1839-1871
These records contain names of assisted immigrants from the years 1839 to 1871 (those who have had their voyage from the United Kingdom funded by the Victorian government for the purpose of being employed on arrival). They are searchable.
https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20214/australia-british-assisted-passengers-to-victoria?s=833891551/?utm_source=partner_Victoriangenealogy&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=Victoriangenealogy_sep23_textlink&tr_ad_group=textlinks&tr_funnel=supersearch
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA - IMMIGRATION BRANCH, OUTWARD LETTER BOOKS 1849-1851 (VPRS 117)
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/VPRS117
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL INDEX OF NAMES (GIN) - VICTORIAN PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS
The following records have been indexed into the Genealogical Society of Victoria's Genealogical Index of Names (GIN) Database.
https://www.gsv.org.au/article/our-collection
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - PASSENGER ARRIVALS INDEX 1898-1972
It lists passengers arriving:
This index is separate to RecordSearch; it may be accessed on the bar at the head of the RecordSearch page. The index may be linked to digitised images of records. The following is Fact Sheet 220 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-220-passenger-arrivals-index.pdf
ANCESTRY - FREMANTLE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PASSENGER LISTS, 1897-1963
These have been provided by the National Archives of Australia. For most European ships, Fremantle, Western Australia, was the first port of call in Australia. This is a collection of passenger records of arrivals at Fremantle, Perth Airport, and other Western Australia ports. They are searchable and may be browsed.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=5378
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIA, INWARD, OUTWARD AND COASTAL PASSENGER LISTS 1826-1972
These include the following:
These are searchable and may be browsed.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - SHIPS' FILES RELATING TO THE ASSISTED PASSAGE SCHEME 1921-1937 (B4094)
This series consists of correspondence files relating to voyages of ships from Britain to Australia under the Joint Commonwealth and States' Immigration Scheme between 1921 and 1937. The scheme was decided upon in 1920 and commenced 1 March 1921, the aim being to bolster national development. Most files have been digitized.
KEITH PESCOD - A PLACE TO LAY MY HEAD: IMMIGRANT SHELTERS OF NINETEENTH CENTURY VICTORIA. PUBLISHED BY AUSTRALIAN SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING IN 2003. (BOOK)
This is not online.
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA - IMMIGRANTS AID SOCIETY'S HOME ROLL BOOK 1881-1924
The Genealogical Society of Victoria has indexes and digitised hospital records online in its Genealogical Index of Names (GIN). Records included:
https://www.gsv.org.au/article/our-collection
Unassisted immigration records include passengers arriving from British Ports, Foreign Ports and New Zealand who paid the cost of their voyage themselves. From 1871 until 1883 the assisted immigration records are included with the unassisted immigration records.
Victoria was the Port Phillip District of the Colony of New South Wales from 1788 to 1851.
MUSEUMS OF HISTORY NEW SOUTH WALES, STATE ARCHIVES COLLECTION - MISCELLANEOUS IMMIGRANTS INDEX 1828-1843
This includes passengers who paid their own fare and also assisted immigrants. Information includes: name, ship, date of arrival, age and events (e.g. shipwreck).
https://mhnsw.au/indexes/immigration-and-shipping/miscellaneous-immigrants-index/
MUSEUMS OF HISTORY NEW SOUTH WALES, STATE ARCHIVES COLLECTION - UNASSISTED IMMIGRANTS INDEX 1842-1855
Unassisted (or free) passengers who came to Australia at their own expense, including ships' crew and military.
https://mhnsw.au/indexes/immigration-and-shipping/unassisted-immigrants-index/
ANCESTRY - NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, UNASSISTED IMMIGRANT PASSENGER LISTS, 1826-1922
These are provided in association with State Records Authority of New South Wales.
These are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/1210/
ANCESTRY - NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, PASSENGERS ARRIVING AT PORT PHILLIP, 1846
These records are from the State Records Authority of New South Wales.
These are searchable and may be browsed.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=8821
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIA, INWARD, OUTWARD AND COASTAL PASSENGER LISTS 1826-1972
These include the following:
These are searchable and may be browsed.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA - REGISTER OF INWARD SHIPPING (OVERSEAS AND INTERCOLONIAL PORTS) 1846-1852 (VPRS 22 UNIT 29)
The register records the arrival of ships in the Port of Melbourne between January 1846 and December 1852. It appears to record the arrival of all ships, whether from British, foreign or intercolonial ports, during this period.
Entries are listed chronologically by date of ship's arrival.
Basic information is given about each ship, its movements, passengers and cargo. Between January 1846 and October 1847 passengers are named. However it is not known how complete the lists are for each ship. When a distinction is made between cabin and steerage passengers the latter are rarely designated.
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E89C65EB-F1B1-11E9-AE98-7D9121803C53?image=1
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA - UNASSISTED IMMIGRATION RECORDS 1852-1923 (VPRS 947)
These are indexed through the catalogue on the Public Record Office Victoria website and include images of unassisted immigration records. This is a finding aid for unassisted passenger lists.
FAMILYSEARCH - AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, INWARD PASSENGER LISTS, 1839-1923
Original images held by Public Record Office Victoria. These are searchable.
This includes the following:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2778600
ANCESTRY - VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, ASSISTED AND UNASSISTED PASSENGER LISTS 1839-1923
This includes the following:
These are searchable and may be browsed.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1635
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIA, INWARD, OUTWARD AND COASTAL PASSENGER LISTS 1826-1972
These include the following:
These are searchable and may be browsed.
MYHERITAGE - AUSTRALIA, INWARDS UNASSISTED PASSENGERS TO VICTORIA INDEX, 1852-1923
This collection includes people who arrived into Victoria from overseas ports between 1852 and 1923. The lists are sometimes called “unassisted passenger lists”, as immigrants funded the cost of their own voyage. These are searchable.
WENDISH HERITAGE SOCIETY AUSTRALIA - RECONSTRUCTED PRIBISLAW 1849/1850 PASSENGER LIST BY ROBERT WUCHATSCH
https://www.wendishheritage.org.au/articles/pribislaw-184950-passenger-list/
FROM HAMBURG TO HOBSON'S BAY BY THOMAS DARRAGH AND ROBERT WUCHATSCH. PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE WENDISH HERITAGE SOCIETY AUSTRALIA IN 1999. (BOOK) - RECONSTRUCTED GERMAN PASSENGER LISTS 1849-1851
This book has partially reconstructed passenger lists for the ships Godeffroy, Wappaus, Dockenhuden, Emmy, Pribislaw, Alfred, Sophie, Dockenhuden (second visit) and Antonie. It is not online.
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL INDEX OF NAMES (GIN) - VICTORIAN PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS
The following records have been indexed into the Genealogical Society of Victoria's Genealogical Index of Names (GIN) Database.
https://www.gsv.org.au/article/our-collection
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - PASSENGER ARRIVALS INDEX 1898-1972
It lists passengers arriving:
This index is separate to RecordSearch; it may be accessed on the bar at the head of the RecordSearch page. The index may be linked to digitised images of records. The following is Fact Sheet 220 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-220-passenger-arrivals-index.pdf
ANCESTRY - FREMANTLE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PASSENGER LISTS, 1897-1963
These have been provided by the National Archives of Australia. For most European ships, Fremantle, Western Australia, was the first port of call in Australia. This is a collection of passenger records of arrivals at Fremantle, Perth Airport, and other Western Australia ports. They are searchable and may be browsed.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=5378
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIA, INWARD, OUTWARD AND COASTAL PASSENGER LISTS 1826-1972
These include the following:
These are searchable and may be browsed.
Australian immigration records from 1924 are held by the National Archives of Australia. The records are not available for 20 to 30 years after their creation unless access is approved under the Freedom of Information Act or the Archives Act.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - PASSENGER ARRIVALS INDEX 1898-1972
It lists passengers arriving:
This index is separate to RecordSearch; it may be accessed on the bar at the head of the RecordSearch page. The index may be linked to digitised images of records. The following is Fact Sheet 220 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-220-passenger-arrivals-index.pdf
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIA, INWARD, OUTWARD AND COASTAL PASSENGER LISTS 1826-1972
These include the following:
These are searchable and may be browsed.
ANCESTRY - FREMANTLE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PASSENGER LISTS, 1897-1963
These have been provided by the National Archives of Australia. For most European ships, Fremantle, Western Australia, was the first port of call in Australia. This is a collection of passenger records of arrivals at Fremantle, Perth Airport, and other Western Australia ports. They are searchable and may be browsed.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=5378
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - AIRCRAFT PASSENGER RECORDS
The National Archives of Australia, Canberra office holds inwards aircraft passenger records for all Australian airports. The following is National Archives of Australia Fact Sheet 38.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-38-Passenger-records-held-in-Canberra.pdf
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - SHIP PASSENGER RECORDS FOR ALL AUSTRALIAN PORTS
The National Archives of Australia, Canberra office holds inwards ship passenger records for all Australian ports. The following is National Archives of Australia Fact Sheet 38.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-38-Passenger-records-held-in-Canberra.pdf
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - PASSENGER RECORDS HELD IN PERTH
The National Archives office in Perth holds inwards and outwards passenger lists for the port of Fremantle and other ports in Western Australia including Albany, Broome, Bunbury, Busselton, Carnarvon, Cossack, Derby, Geraldton, Onslow and Port Hedland, Point Sampson and Wyndham and Perth airports. As Fremantle was often the first port of call for passenger ships from Europe and Britain, many of the Fremantle arrival lists also contain the names of 'in-transit' passengers who were intending to disembark at later ports. The following is National Archives of Australia Fact Sheet 56.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-56-Passenger-records-held-in-Perth.pdf
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - SHIP PASSENGER RECORDS FOR MELBOURNE, GEELONG AND PORTLAND
The following is National Archives of Australia Fact Sheet 172.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-172-passenger-records-held-in-melbourne.pdf
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - PASSENGER LISTS FOR SHIPS ARRIVING AT THE PORT OF MELBOURNE 1924-1964 (B4397)
The passenger lists have been digitized but are not indexed. To find the arrival date of a ship use the Name Index of Ships Arriving in Melbourne 1924-1964 (B4425).
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - MIGRATION CASE FILES 1945-PRESENT
The National Archives of Australia holds migration case files dating from 1945. The records are not available for 20 to 30 years after their creation unless access is approved under the Freedom of Information Act or the Archives Act. They may be seachable through RecordSearch. The following is National Archives of Australia Fact Sheet 66.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - OTHER IMMIGRATION RECORDS 1924-1961
These are held by the National Archives of Australia, Canberra Office.
These are seachable through RecordSearch.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - MIGRANT SELECTION DOCUMENTS 1945-PRESENT
The National Archives of Australia holds migrant selection documents dating from 1945. Migrant selection documents are the documents completed by or for migrants applying to migrate to Australia under one of the many assisted passage schemes that came into place after World War II, including those for resettlement of refugees and displaced persons. The records are not available for 20 to 30 years after their creation unless access is approved under the Freedom of Information Act or the Archives Act. They may be seachable through RecordSearch. The following is National Archives of Australia Fact Sheet 66.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - BRITISH MIGRANT RECORDS
The following is National Archives of Australia Fact Sheet 123.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - SHIPS' FILES RELATING TO THE ASSISTED PASSAGE SCHEME 1921-1937 (B4094)
This series consists of correspondence files relating to voyages of ships from Britain to Australia under the Joint Commonwealth and States' Immigration Scheme between 1921 and 1937. The scheme was decided upon in 1920 and commenced 1 March 1921, the aim being to bolster national development. Most files have been digitized.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA - SPONSORED BRITISH IMMIGRATION TO VICTORIA 1947-1979
Public Record Office Victoria holds records relating to sponsored British immigration to Victoria. These are not online.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - WAR SERVICE PENSION CASE FILES 1923-PRESENT
Pensions for British ex-servicemen and women who later became residents of Australia were administered by the Australian Government. These include merchant seamen and civilian employees attached to the Armed Forces during World War 2. The following is National Archives of Australia Fact Sheet 123.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - CHILD MIGRATION RECORDS
While the child migrants were mostly British, there were also Maltese child migrants. The following is National Archives of Australia Fact Sheet 124.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-124-child-migration-to-australia.pdf
CHILD MIGRANTS TRUST
Child Migrants Trust (CMT) is a registered charity in both Australia and Britain. CMT provides a range of social work services, including counselling and support for family reunions. CMT's offices in Nottingham, England, as well as Perth and Melbourne in Australia also offer information, advice and family research to former child migrants and their families.
https://www.childmigrantstrust.com/
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - NAME INDEX CARDS, MIGRANTS REGISTRATION, BONEGILLA MIGRANT CAMP 1947-1971 (A2571, A2572)
The Australian Government provided temporary accomodation for many migrants when they first arrived. One of these was Bonegilla near Wodonga in northern Victoria which operated from 1947 to 1971. The name index cards from 1957 to 1971 are searchable through RecordSearch (A2572).
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - THE IMMIGRATION PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE 1946-1999 (A12111)
From 1946, the Department of Immigration employed photographers to record the arrival and resettlement of migrants and their integration into the Australian community. The collection comprises 36,000 black and white and colour images of which more than 10,000 images have been digitized. The following is Fact Sheet 254 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-254-the-immigration-photographic-archive.pdf
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - DESTINATION: AUSTRALIA
This features more than 20,000 photographs of migrants who arrived in Australia from all over the world after World War II. It also includes migration stories uploaded by the public. This snapshot is dated 22 August 2022.
Coastal passengers lists are inward passenger lists from Australian ports.
FAMILYSEARCH - GEELONG AND PORTLAND BAY IMMIGRATION SOCIETY; PORT FAIRY IMMIGRATION SOCIETY; GEELONG IMMIGRATION FUND - VARIOUS MIGRATION RECORDS BETWEEN VICTORIA AND TASMANIA 1844-1847
This includes indexes. Records were housed at the Geelong Historical Centre, Geelong.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/455702?availability=Family%20History%20Library
GEELONG AND DISTRICT WEBSITE - GEELONG AND PORTLAND BAY IMMIGRATION SOCIETY 1845-1846
This collection includes inward migrants from Tasmania per ships David, Julia, Shamrock, Platina, Scotia. They have been indexed into the Geelong and District Database.
http://zades.com.au/gandd/index.php/databases/potpourri/ppindexes
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA - REGISTER OF INWARD SHIPPING (OVERSEAS AND INTERCOLONIAL PORTS) 1846-1852 (VPRS 22 UNIT 29)
The register records the arrival of ships in the Port of Melbourne between January 1846 and December 1852. It appears to record the arrival of all ships, whether from British, foreign or intercolonial ports, during this period.
Entries are listed chronologically by date of ship's arrival.
Basic information is given about each ship, its movements, passengers and cargo. Between January 1846 and October 1847 passengers are named. However it is not known how complete the lists are for each ship. When a distinction is made between cabin and steerage passengers the latter are rarely designated.
https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E89C65EB-F1B1-11E9-AE98-7D9121803C53?image=1
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA - VICTORIA COASTAL PASSENGER LISTS 1852-1923
These are indexed through the catalogue on the Public Record Office Victoria website and include images of passenger lists. This is a finding aid for coastal passenger lists.
FAMILYSEARCH - VICTORIA COASTAL PASSENGER LISTS 1852-1924
These are searchable.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2484773
ANCESTRY - AUSTRALIA, COASTAL PASSENGER RECORDS 1852-1924
This collection contains images of passenger registers for ships traveling between ports in Victoria, Australia, and ports in other Australian cities. They are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/62625/
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIA, INWARD, OUTWARD AND COASTAL PASSENGER LISTS 1826-1972
These include the following:
These are searchable and may be browsed.
The British government kept records of people departing from Britain and Ireland from 1890.
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND, OUTWARD PASSENGER LISTS, 1890-1960
They are searchable and may be browsed.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=2997
FINDMYPAST - PASSENGER LISTS LEAVING UNITED KINGDOM 1890-1960
They are searchable.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/passenger-lists-leaving-uk-1890-1960
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN - THE SCOTTISH EMIGRATION DATABASE
The Scottish Emigration Database currently contains the records of over 21,000 passengers who embarked at Glasgow and Greenock for non-European ports between 1 January and 30 April 1923, and at other Scottish ports between 1890 and 1960.
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/emigration/
SCOTLANDSPEOPLE - POOR RELIEF AND MIGRATION RECORDS 1852-1857
This includes the records for the emigration society set up to relieve Highland destitution. They are searchable.
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search
SCOTTISH ARCHIVE NETWORK - EMIGRATION RECORDS 1852-1857
The Highlands and Islands Emigration Society was set up by private subscription to alleviate destitution in the Highlands by promoting and assisting the emigration of Highlanders to Australia. The emigration records are searchable.
https://www.scan.org.uk/researchrtools/emigration.htm
FINDMYPAST - SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ASSISTED EMIGRATION 1852-1857
This includes the names of those who received assistance from the Highlands and Islands Emigration Society in emigrating from the Highlands of Scotland for Australia. The aim of the Society was to help to alleviate destitution in the Highlands.
These are searchable.
ANCESTRY - IRELAND, IRISH EMIGRATION LISTS, 1833-1839
This collection contains an index for residents of County Antrim or County Derry/ Londonderry in Northern Ireland who emigrated between 1833 and 1839. The records in this collection were compiled from notebooks kept during the Ordnance Survey of Ireland and are organised by county, church parish, and last name. They are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/62369/
IRISH FAMINE FEMALE ORPHAN SCHEME 1848-1850
This was an assisted passage scheme for young Irish females who had been orphaned in the Irish Famine. A total of 4,114 Irish orphans arrived on 20 ships over a two-year period. The ships arrived at Sydney, Port Phillip and Adelaide. The website includes a searchable database.
https://irishfaminememorial.org/
Hamburg authorities kept records of people departing from Hamburg from 1850. These are in German.
ANCESTRY - HAMBURG PASSENGER LISTS, 1850-1934
Staatsarchiv Hamburg, Bestand: 373-7 I, VIII (Auswanderungsamt I). These are in German. They are searchable and may be browsed. The index heading "birth place" may also be "last place of residence".
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1068
ANCESTRY - HAMBURG PASSENGER LISTS, HANDWRITTEN INDEXES, 1855-1934
Staatsarchiv Hamburg, Bestand: 373-7 I, VIII (Auswanderungsamt I). These are for use with Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934. These are in German and may be browsed.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1166
FAMILYSEARCH - HAMBURG PASSENGER LISTS, 1850-1934
These are also known as Auswandererlisten. They are in German. Direct Indexes 1855-1921 and Direct Lists 1892-1934 are online.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/43289?availability=Family%20History%20Library
FINDMYPAST - HAMBURG, GERMANY EMIGRANTS TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 1850-1879
The departure lists are those which shipping companies were required to submit to the Hamburg authorities of all emigrant passengers on ships leaving Hamburg with 25 or more passengers. They are transcriptions by Queensland Family History Society. They are in German. They are searchable.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/hamburg-germany-emigrants
MYHERITAGE - EMIGRANTS FROM HAMBURG TO AUSTRALASIA, 1850-1879
They are searchable.
ANCESTRY - BREMEN, GERMAN DEATHS OF SAILORS AND SHIP PASSENGERS (SEEMANSAMT BREMEN, STERBEREGISTER), 1834-1875
This database contains records of sailors and passengers who died aboard ships sailing from Bremen, Germany between 1834 and 1875. Sailors may have also died at ports of call. Ships included passenger, shipping, fishing and other vessels. They are searchable and they may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/1273/
ANCESTRY - BREMEN, GERMANY, BIRTHS ON SHIPS (SEEMANNSAMT BREMEN, GEBURTSREGISTER), 1867-1911
This database contains records of children born on ships sailing from Bremen, Germany between 1867 and 1911. Ships may have included passenger, shipping, fishing or other vessels. The records are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/1272/
FAMILYSEARCH - BREMEN PASSENGER LISTS 1904-1914
This includes images of the card indexes. The website index includes 1907-1908 and 1913-1914.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1787826
STAATS ARCHIV BREMEN - BREMEN, GERMANY, PASSENGER LISTS INDEX, 1907-1939
These include Bremen ship lists from 1907/1908 and 1913/1914, and passenger lists from 1920-1939. They are searchable.
ANCESTRY - WEB: BREMEN, GERMANY, PASSENGER LISTS INDEX, 1907-1939
Bremen Passenger Lists (the Original). Staats Archiv Bremen. http://www.passengerlists.de/: accessed 3 March 2014. These are searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=9734
MYHERITAGE - GERMANY, BREMEN EMIGRATION LISTS, 1920-1939
They are searchable. These are free to access.
ANCESTRY - GERMANY, ROSTOCK, EMIGRATION LISTS 1855-1900
Rostock is a port in the state of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern in northern Germany. The emigration lists are in German. They are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/62404/
ANCESTRY - POMERANIA, GERMANY, PASSENGER LISTS, 1869-1901
Passagier Listen. Rep. 79 ca. 1804-1924 and Rep 81 ca. 1885-1924. Landesamt fuer Kultur und Denkmalpflege, Landesarchiv Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. This collection contains passenger lists for emigrant ships originating in Stettin and Swinemuende (Szczecin and Swinoujscie in Polish). These are in German. They are searchable and they may be browsed.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=2452
In German states there was a requirement to apply for permission to emigrate if you wanted to leave legally. Many emigrated without official permission and so will not be listed in emigration records.
ANCESTRY - BRANDENBURG, PRUSSIA, EMIGRATION RECORDS
A province of the Prussian Empire, Brandenburg stretched from the Elbe River to beyond the Oder River and into modern Poland in the 1800s. This database is a collection of government records regarding persons emigrating from the province in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The records are in German.They are searchable.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/4121/
ANCESTRY - WÜRTTEMBERG, GERMANY EMIGRATION INDEX
The Württemberg Emigration Index is an eight volume work that represents the thousands of immigrants that made application to emigrate from Württemberg, Germany. This collection, filmed at Ludwigsburg, contains the names of approximately 60,000 persons who made application to leave Germany from the late eighteenth century to 1900. The records are in German.They are searchable.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3141/
FAMILYSEARCH - WÜRTTEMBERG, GERMANY EMIGRATION FILES (AUSWANDERUNGSAKTEN)
Emigration files for Württemberg, Germany may be accessed through the Catalog under "Germany, Württemberg - Emigration and Immigration". The files are grouped under government districts (German: oberamt) in Germany. The Württemberg Emigration Index above may be used to access these files.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/
FAMILYSEARCH - INDEX TO WÜRTTEMBERG PASSPORT APPLICATIONS: STUTTGART PASSPORT OFFICE 1845-1920
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2623988?availability=Family%20History%20Library
MYHERITAGE - GERMANY, HESSE EMIGRANTS 1539-PRESENT
This collection contains records of emigrants departing from the Hessian region of Germany from the year 1539 onwards. Records typically include the name of the emigrant, date of birth, date and place of departure, and emigration destination. They are searchable.
https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20395/germany-hesse-emigrants?s=833891551/?utm_source=partner_Victoriangenealogy&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=Victoriangenealogy_sep23_textlink&tr_ad_group=textlinks&tr_funnel=supersearch
ANCESTRY - BADEN, GERMANY, EMIGRATION INDEX, 1866-1911
This index, compiled by the Badischen Generallandesarchive Karlsruhe and microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, contains the names of over 28,000 persons who left Baden between 1866 and 1911. The records are in German.They are searchable.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/4610/
ANCESTRY - MAINZ, GERMANY, EMIGRATION REGISTER 1856-1877
This collection contains emigration registers for people departing from Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Norddeutscher Bund (Germany), to various destinations during the years 1856–1877. The city of Mainz is a major river port city located on the west bank of the Rhine opposite its confluence with the Main. These records are in German.They are searchable and they may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/7507/
MYHERITAGE - GERMANY, RHINELAND EMIGRANTS, 1814-1939
This collection contains records of emigrants departing from the Rhineland region of Germany between the years 1814 and 1939.
LANDESARCHIV BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG - SOUTHWESTERN GERMANY EMIGRATION INDEX (AUSWANDERUNG AUS SÜDWESTDEUTSCHLAND)
There is an English button on the right sidebar that may be clicked for an English language version.
https://www.auswanderer-bw.de/auswanderer/
MYHERITAGE - GERMANY, EMIGRANTS FROM SOUTHWESTERN GERMANY INDEX, 1736-1963
This is an index of emigrants leaving Southwestern Germany largely between 1736 and 1963. It is searchable.
FAMILYSEARCH - FÜRTH, BAVARIA, GERMANY, EMIGRATION RECORDS AND CITY DIRECTORIES 1805-1913
This includes emigration records from 1805 to 1874. The images may be browsed.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1976142
ANCESTRY - FÜRTH, BAVARIA, GERMANY, EMIGRATION RECORDS AND CITY DIRECTORIES 1805-1913
This collection includes emigration records from Fürth, Bavaria, Germany. They may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/9942/
MYHERITAGE - AUSTRIA, VIENNA, JEWISH EMIGRANT APPLICATIONS, 1938-1939
In May 1938, Jews living in Austria had to register with the Vienna Israelitische Kultusgemeinde's Emigration Department to leave the country and escape Nazi persecution. The emigration papers are part of the extensive communal archive of the Viennese Jewish Community, which is part of the holdings of the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) in Jerusalem. It is searchable and free to access.
https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-11000/austria-vienna-jewish-emigrant-applications-1938-1939?s=833891551/?utm_source=partner_Victoriangenealogy&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=Victoriangenealogy_sep23_textlink&tr_ad_group=textlinks&tr_funnel=supersearch
ANCESTRY - FREE ACCESS: AFRICA, ASIA AND EUROPE, PASSENGER LISTS OF DISPLACED PERSONS, 1946-1971
This collection consists of passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.The records in this collection are organized by Resettlement Camp location where immigrants began their journey. Most of the records are in German with some in English. They are searchable and they may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/61704/
MYHERITAGE - INDEX OF JEWISH DISPLACED PERSON AND REFUGEE CARDS, 1943-1959
This collection is from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and consists of the following: JDC emigrant registration cards from Munich and Vienna from 1945 to the mid 1950s, refugee case cards from Barcelona from 1943-1945, refugee registration cards from Hungary from 1956-1957, and emigration case files from Warsaw from 1945-1949. It is searchable and free to access.
MYHERITAGE - NETHERLANDS, TILBURG EMIGRATION RECORDS 1914-1919
This collection contains emigration records for Tilburg in the Dutch province of North Brabant. They are searchable.
FAMILYSEARCH - BELGIUM, ANTWERP POLICE IMMIGRATION FILES 1840-1930
Files kept by the Antwerp City Police on foreign nationals residing in the city. The files may contain documents from a later period. Family name, given name, birth date (or age), residence, nationality, and occupation are included.https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2023926
FAMILYSEARCH - BELGIUM, ANTWERP POLICE IMMIGRATION INDEX 1840-1930
This index provides a reference to immigration dossiers compiled by the Antwerp police force between 1840 and 1930.https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1477769
ANCESTRY - BELGIUM, ANTWERP POLICE IMMIGRATION, 1840-1930
Original data: Belgium, Antwerp, Police Immigration, 1840-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. The collection may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/9791/
ANCESTRY - BELGIUM, ANTWERP POLICE IMMIGRATION INDEX, 1840-1930
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/9790/
MYHERITAGE - BELGIUM, ANTWERP, POLICE IMMIGRATION INDEX 1840-1930
This index provides a reference to immigration dossiers compiled by the Antwerp police force between 1840 and 1930.
DANISH EMIGRATION ARCHIVES - THE DANISH EMIGRATION DATABASE
These are emigration records kept by the Copenhagen police from 1868. The emigrants are mainly Danish and Swedish. This database is in Danish. It is searchable.
https://www.udvandrerarkivet.dk/udvandrerprotokollerne/
FAMILYSEARCH - DENMARK, EMIGRATION LISTS (REGISTER OVER UDVANDRERE), 1869-1911
Alphabetical lists of emigrants who emigrated from a port in Denmark (direkte); and from ports of other countries such as England and Germany (indirekte).The original records are in Landsarkivet for Sjælland, København.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/451996?availability=Family%20History%20Library
ANCESTRY - WEB: DENMARK, EMIGRATION INDEX 1868-1908
Original data: The Danish Emigration Data Base. The Danish Emigration Archives. http://www.udvandrerarkivet.dk/udvandrerprotokollerne/: accessed 24 August 2014. It is searchable.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/70772/
MYHERITAGE - DENMARK, COPENHAGEN EMIGRATION INDEX 1869-1908
This collection is an index of police emigration protocols for individuals emigrating from Copenhagen between 1869 and 1908. It is searchable.
ANCESTRY - GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, PASSENGER LISTS 1869-1951
Original data: Göteborgs Poliskammare, EIX 1-143, 1869–1950. Landsarkivet i Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden. This collection contains passenger lists for emigrant ships originating in Gothenburg, Sweden. They are in Swedish. They are searchable and they may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/1910/
ANCESTRY - SWEDEN, EMIGRATION REGISTERS 1869-1948
These emigration registers were maintained by local police services at the main ports of embarkation, provide details of those who left, where they left from and their intended place of arrival. The records are in Swedish.They are searchable and they may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/61637/
ANCESTRY - SWEDISH EMIGRATION RECORDS 1783-1951
These records include Swedish passengers travelling through European ports 1859-1951, letters to and from Larsson Brothers and Co, emigrant agents, passport holders 1783-1860, and sailors who were listed in the sailor houses in Göteborg, Lysekil, Marstrand Strömstad, and Uddevalla and who are recorded as discharges, escapees or dead outside of Europe, 1812-1930. They are searchable.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/1189/
ANCESTRY - SWEDEN, EMIGRANTS REGISTERED IN CHURCH BOOKS, 1783-1991
This database contains details on emigrants registered in church records and comprises over 2,300 parishes across Sweden. The index contains over 1.3 million entries, representing a little more than three-quarters of all Swedish emigrants during this time period. The records are in Swedish. They are searchable.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/61085/
ANCESTRY - NORWAY, EMIGRATION RECORDS, 1874-1960
This collection contains emigrant registries from ports in Norway between 1874 and 1960. Original data: Emigrant protocols. Norge: Arkivverket. They are searchable.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/61757/
MYHERITAGE - NORWAY, EMIGRATION REGISTERS, 1867-1973
This is a collection of records created between 1867 and 1973 by local police departments tasked to assist emigrants leaving Norway for foreign ports. Accordingly these records are sometimes referred to as the Norwegian Police Emigration Lists (Norwegian: Emigrasjonsprotokoll). They are searchable.
FAMILYSEARCH - FINLAND, PASSPORT REGISTERS 1900-1920
Passport registers kept by various provincial and municipal governments in Finland. They are searchable.https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/4139415
Shipping arrivals were reported in the newspapers. Additional information given may include details of the ship, date of arrival and departure, places the ship visited on the voyage as well as the further destination of the ship. Other information may include the ship's captain, crew and passengers (usually only cabin passengers are named) as well as the cargo. Problems occurring before and during the voyage may be reported before and after the ship's arrival. See Newspapers, Magazines and Journals.
On the Port Phillip District website there are alphabetical lists of passengers that have been mentioned in newspapers. The ships are from international ports as well as coastal ports.
PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT WEBSITE - OVERSEAS UNASSISTED IMMIGRATION
Passengers from Southern England and Ireland 1839-42
https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/SE_and_I_Passengers_1839-42.htm
Passengers from Southern England and Ireland 1843-48
https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/SE_and_I_Passengers_1843-48.htm
Passengers from Southern England and Ireland 1849-51
https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/SE_and_I_Passengers_1849-51.htm
Passengers from Liverpool 1839-51
https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/Liverpool_Passengers_1839-51.htm
Passengers from Scotland 1839-51
https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/Scotland_Passengers_1839-51.htm
Passengers from Commonwealth and Foreign Ports 1838-51
https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/C_and_F_Ports_Passengers_1838-51.htm
PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT WEBSITE - COASTAL IMMIGRATION
1839 Coastal Passengers to Port Phillip
https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/1839_Coastal_Passengers.htm
1840 Coastal Passengers to Port Phillip
https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/1840_Coastal_Passengers.htm
1841 Coastal Passengers to Port Phillip
https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/1841_Coastal_Passengers.htm
1842 Coastal Passengers to Port Phillip
https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/1842_Coastal_Passengers.htm
1843 Coastal Passengers to Port Phillip
https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/1843_Coastal_Passengers.htm
1844 Coastal Passengers to Port Phillip
https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/1844_Coastal_Passengers.htm
1845 Coastal Passengers to Port Phillip
https://www.portphillipdistrict.info/1845_Coastal_Passengers.htm
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL INDEX OF NAMES - MARION BUTTON PORT PHILLIP HERALD PASSENGER INDEX 1840-1846
https://www.gsv.org.au/article/our-collection
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL INDEX OF NAMES - MARION BUTTON THE ARGUS PASSENGER INDEX 1846-1868
https://www.gsv.org.au/article/our-collection
People may have worked their passage out to Australia. Positions they may held on ships include the people who were sailing the ship such as captain or master, mates and sailors. There were also the positions concerned with maintaining the infrastructure of the ship such as carpenter, caulker, sailmaker, ropemaker and cooper. See Sailors.
In addition to the above, there were positions of authority such as surgeon or ship's doctor, superintendent, matron and chaplain. Surgeons were compulsory on British emigrant ships from the 1840s. For surgeons or ship's doctor see Doctors. For chaplains see Clergy.
THE SHIPS LIST
This website will help you find your ancestors on ships' passenger lists. They also have immigration reports, newspaper records, shipwreck information, ship pictures, ship descriptions and shipping-line fleet lists.
IMMIGRANT SHIP TRANSCRIBERS GUILD
This website has free transcribed immigrant ship passenger lists.
https://www.immigrantships.net/
MYHERITAGE - IMMIGRANT SHIP TRANSCRIBERS GUILD
This collection has transcribed immigrant ship passenger lists. It includes World War 2 refugees to Australia. It is searchable.
IMMIGRATION MUSEUM
This is part of Museums Victoria.
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/our-museums/
GOOGLEBOOKS - PRACTICAL HINTS TO INTENDING EMIGRANTS FOR OUR AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BY JOHN WILCOX
FINDMYPAST - GLOBAL IMMIGRANT GUIDES
Emigrant and immigrant guides. As well as general guides titles include:
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/global-immigrant-guides
ANCESTRY - 19-CENTURY EMIGRATION OF 'OLD LUTHERANS' FROM EASTERN GERMANY TO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES
Smith, Clifford Neal. 19-Century Emigration of 'Old Lutherans' from Eastern Germany to Australia, Canada, and the United States. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=49006
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - MORE PEOPLE IMPERATIVE: IMMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA 1901-39 BY DR MICHELE LANGFIELD, 1999
This guide lists and describes records in the National Archives of Australia collection on Commonwealth immigration policies from 1901 to 1939.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - GOOD BRITISH STOCK: CHILD AND YOUTH MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA BY BARRY COLDREY, 1999
The National Archives' research guide on child and youth migration to Australia. It includes a guide to relevant records held by the National Archives.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - SAFE HAVEN: RECORDS OF THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN AUSTRALIA BY MALCOLM J TURNBULL, 1999.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - CHINESE-AUSTRALIAN JOURNEYS: RECORDS ON TRAVEL, MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT 1860-1975 BY PAUL JONES, 2005.
This research guide traces the records of Chinese migrants in Australia over more than 100 years.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - ALLIES, ENEMIES AND TRADING PARTNERS: RECORDS ON AUSTRALIA AND THE JAPANESE BY PAM OLIVER, 2004.
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