Immigration to Australia

See also the handout for my 'Arrivals' talk.

Immigration to NSW

• Immigration indexes in NSW – http://www.records.nsw.gov.au    (Select 'Indexes online')
  (Assisted Immigrants 1844-1896, Unassisted Passengers 1842-1855, Miscellaneous Immigrants 1828-1843)
• How to find assisted immigrants at State Records – http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/documents/archives-in-brief/AIB101.pdf
• How to find unassisted passengers at State Records – http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/guides-and-finding-aids/documents/archives-in-brief/AIB102.pdf
• Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters – http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au   (Unassisted Passenger & Crew arrivals 1845-1900)
• Holders of State Records' "Archives Resources Kit" (ARK) – http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/guides-and-finding-aids/archives-in-brief/archives-in-brief-46    (ARK contains copies of many of the original immigration films)
• FamilySearch – http://www.familysearch.org   (Select 'Australia and New Zealand', then 'Index to Bounty Immigrants arriving in NSW')
• Immigration from many lands – http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/research-topics/immigration/immigration-from-many-lands   (NSW State Records guides on immigrant records from places other than Britain & Ireland)
• Immigration to NSW on Ancestry – http://www.ancestry.com.au    (costs)
  (Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1828-1896, Unassisted Passenger Lists 1826-1922, Immigration Deposit Journals 1853-1900, Departing Crew and Passenger Lists, 1816-1825, 1898-1911, Wives and Children of Irish Convicts 1825-1840)


• Chinese Naturalisation Database, NSW (1857-1887) – http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/naturalisation.htm
• Donegal Relief Fund Passenger Lists – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/passlist.htm
• Index to Illustrated Sydney News – http://www.anmm.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/isnindex.pdf
• Irish Famine Orphans – http://www.irishfaminememorial.org/orphans/    (special immigration scheme to bring destitute single women from the workhouses of Ireland, 1845-48)
• Lebanese Settlement in New South Wales – http://www.10452lccc.com/history/ThematicHistoryOfLebaneseNSW.pdf
• Migration Heritage Centre NSW – http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au
• Passenger lists of 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd fleets – http://www.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/
• Ships Muster Index: Passengers & crew departing NSW (1816-1825) – http://www.sag.org.au    (Select 'Databases', then 'NSW Ships Musters')
• Ships Musters: Passengers & crew departing NSW (1816-1825) (on Ancestry) – http://search.ancestry.com.au/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=1602&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0    (includes images of originals)
• Soldier Settlement in NSW (1916-1939) – http://soldiersettlement.records.nsw.gov.au/index.php/case-studies/

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