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• Passengers on the Emigrant Ship Saldanha

  Sailed from Liverpool in the summer of 1856 for Victoria.

• Peter HODGE's Home Page

  Information regarding the brig Indian from Falmouth in mid-1843 bound for Launceston, Tasmania; the Emigrant sailed from Plymouth on 9 August 1850 bound for Moreton Bay; and more on emigration, etc.

• PHIND - Personal History Index

  Computerised index detailing the location of records held in Australia for former child migrants to Catholic Homes between 1938 and 1965.

• PROV Unassisted Shipping Index - Index of Inward Passenger Lists for British and Foreign Ports 1852-1911

  Searchable index from the Public Record Office of Victoria, Australia.

• Queen of the Colonies

• Queensland State Archives | Courts

  Criminal Depositions 1861-1885; Divorces 1861-1894; Equity files 1857-1895; Inquests 1859-1886; Instruments of renunciation 1915-1983 Justices of the Peace 1857-1910; Naturalisations 1851-1904; Trustees files 1889-1929; Wills 1857-1940.

• Queensland State Archives | Immigration

  Several indexes are available here and individual entries can be ordered from the Archives. The indexes included are: Assistant Immigration Agent Maryborough 1875-1884; Assistant Immigration Agent Maryborough 1884-1907; Assisted Immigration 1848-1912 (this is a new index that points to digital copies online); Card Index to Nominated Immigrants 1908-1922 Immigration 1922-1940; Land Orders 1861-1874; Passage Certificates 1887-1906; Passport Register 1926-1939; Register of Immigrants 1864-1878; Registers of Immigrants, Brisbane 1885-1917.

• Sailing Ship the INDIA Lost at Sea 1841

  Sailed from Greenock Scotland on 4 June 1841 bound for the Australian colony of Port Phillip.

• Save the Clipper City of Adelaide

  Ship City of Adelaide which made 23 voyages from the UK to South Australia. Includes an alphabetical list of passenger names.

• Ships Logs, Journals, Pictures and Passenger List Links - Australia and New Zealand

  How to look for ships' logs, journals and pictures, for Australia & New Zealand.

• Ships Picture Research Service

  Australian-based research service for helping genealogists and historians worldwide locate pictures of ships of many rigs, periods and nationalities.

• Society of Australian Genealogists - NSW Ships' Musters 1816-1825

  This index is derived from musters of passengers and crew on departing ships, 1816-1825.

• Society of Australian Genealogists - NSW Tickets of Leave 1810-1875

  This index is derived from the butts of the original tickets of leave.

• State Records NSW - Convicts - Indexes to Convict Records

  Online searchable databases from State Records New South Wales.

  • Index to Certificates of Freedom, 1823-69

  • Index to Convict Bank Accounts

  • Index to Convict Exiles, 1846-50

  • Index to Convict Pardons, 1791-1825, 1837-47

  • Index to Ticket of Leave Passports, 1835-69

  • Index to Tickets of Exemption from Government Labor, 1827-32

  • Index to Tickets of Leave, Certificates and Pardons, 1810-19

• State Records NSW - Indexes to assisted immigrants

  The Index covers all of the following, but you can also search them separately: Port Phillip, 1839-51; Sydney and Newcastle, 1844-59; Moreton Bay (Brisbane), 1848-59; Sydney, 1860-79 Sydney, 1880-96.

  • Assisted immigrants arriving at Moreton Bay-Brisbane, 1848-59

  • Assisted immigrants arriving at Port Phillip, 1839-51

  • Assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney & Newcastle, 1844-59

  • Assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney, 1860-79

  • Assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney, 1880-96

• Tantivy! - Homestead of Mindful Works - Fireside Hypothesis

  A complete listing of assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney aboard the Tantivy in 1853 and a list of persons with the surname Ford whom arrived in Australia aboard individual ships.

• The Convict Stockade by HistoryAustralia

  A Wiki database of convicts transported to Australia. Additions can be added by registered users. Includes Forums, Photo Albums and more

• The Home Page of Lesley UEBEL

  Complete list of convicts transported between 1793 and April 1800, details place & date of trial, ship, and age of convict. Also lists 1st generation of some Hawkesbury Pioneer Settlers.

• The National Archives | The Catalogue | Research Guides: A to Z

  United Kingdom.

  • Transportation to Australia 1787-1868

• The Pioneers Association of South Australia Inc - Ships 1836-1845

  List of ships arriving in South Australia.

  • Ships 1837

  • Ships 1838

  • Ships 1839

  • Ships 1840

  • Ships 1841

  • Ships 1842

  • Ships 1843

  • Ships 1844

  • Ships 1845