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'Slains Castle' - the 1850/51 Voyage to Australia

The ship was commissioned by the Family Colonisation Loan Society in 1850 for its first sailing from London via Gravesend to Port Phillip & Port Adelaide. Departed London 28th. September, 1850 & Gravesend 1st. October, 1850. Arrived Port Phillip 25th. January 1851 & Port Adelaide 21st. February, 1851.

19th Century SA Shipping

All Vessels into South Australian Ports 1836–1843

AUSNZ Passenger Lists

Australasian Emigrant Ship Service

A site offering the history, photograph, technical details, routes and dates of a specific passenger ship, sailing to Australia and New Zealand, from 1860 onwards.

Australia's First Fleet

Convicts transported from England in 1788.

Australia's Second Fleet

Convicts transported from England in 1790.

Australia's Third Fleet

Convicts transported from England in 1791.

Australian Shipping, 1788-1899

Shipping arrivals in Australia, listing passenger ships mainly for NSW, Queensland and some entries for Victoria and Tasmania.

Claim-A-Convict

Online searchable index to over 20,000 of the convicts arriving at Port Jackson, NSW, Australia from 1788 onwards.

Convict Gangs in 1821

Alphabetical list of names for 3,217 men, women and children who were issued with rations in Sydney on Saturday September 8, 1821.

Convict transportation registers database (State Library of Queensland)

Over 123,000 out of the estimated 160,000 convicts transported to Australia are recorded in this database. These include prisoners sent to New South Wales, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), Moreton Bay (Brisbane), Port Phillip. Western Australia and Norfolk Island. Also recorded are some ships which were bound for Gibraltar. The records cover the period of 1787 to 1867.

Convicts Australia - Indexes and Links

By Jenny Fawcett, this is her original site. Her later site, Genseek Genealogy, is no longer online.

Convicts to Australia: A Guide To Researching Your Convict Ancestors

In depth information and lists of convicts, ships, a timeline and convict's stories.

Donegal Relief Fund

Operating from Australia between 1859 and 1864, the Fund brought many passengers from Donegal. Includes full passenger lists, newspaper reports, pleas for assistance and some subscription lists.

Emigration Records

Searchable online database from the Scottish Archive Network. Between 1852 and 1857, the Highlands and Islands Emigration Society assisted almost 5000 individuals to leave western Scotland for Australia.

Empress of Australia

Passenger list for the first voyage of the Empress of Australia, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Yokohama to Victoria and Vancouver Sailing From Yokohama Saturday, September 2, 1922.

Family History South Australia

South Australian family history database specialists. Online passenger lists, marriages, and cemeteries.

Fifty Years in Queensland: - Living Pioneer Colonists

A supplement article to The Queenslander Jubilee Issue:- 7 August 1909, which lists names, ages and year of arrival and the ship's name.

Geelong Maritime Museum