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SHIPS PASSENGER LISTS
Ships Passenger Lists to Australia & New Zealand 1800-1850
1820-1830
Between 1788 and 1900 over 1,000,000 people immigrated to Australia. Most of them were from the British Isles, but some were from Europe and Asia. Before 1900 there were 4 classes of immigration:
- Convicts sentenced to Australia for various periods of time, depending on the crime. Usually from British Isles or colonies
- Bounty immigrants chosen by Australian colonists to come from the British Isles.
- Assisted immigrants came through the financial assistance of the government, organizations, or wealthy individuals.
- Paying passengers came through their own means.
Australian immigration records for the first three classes almost always give each individual’s name, age or date of birth, place of birth, trade or occupation, physical description, marital status, and number of children. Passenger lists for paying immigrants usually list only names.
Over 160,000 convicts (most
from the British Isles) were sent to Australia. The British Government first sent convicts to New South Wales,
Australia in 1788, after the American Revolution. Because of their own population growth, NSW refused to accept
convicts after 1842. Convicts were sent to Tasmania (formerly Van Diemens Land)
in 1803. Western Australian accepted male convicts only from 1850 to 1868.
The National Archives of Ireland has a searchable index database on the Internet for transportation records of Irish convicts sent to Australia between 1788 and 1868
Search the Australian Convict Records
| Over 160,000 convicts (most
from the British Isles) were sent to Australia. The British Government first sent convicts to New South Wales,
Australia in 1788, after the American Revolution. Because of their own population growth, NSW refused to accept
convicts after 1842. Convicts were sent to Tasmania (formerly Van Diemens Land)
in 1803. Western Australian accepted male convicts only from 1850 to 1868.
Index to Miscellaneous Immigrants to New South Wales (NSW) 1828-1843
Assisted immigrants arriving at Port Phillip Australia, 1839-1851
- The vessel Ann Gales is labelled as "Persons on Bounty Ships arriving at Port Phillip", the Ann Gales appears to have arrived at Port Jackson, Sydney 12 July 1840, and did not arrive at Port Phillip.
- The vessel Cataraqui was shipwrecked in 1845. Although the passengers are all listed in the Index, there was only one survivor, Solomon Brown.
- The vessel India was burned at sea in 1841. All surviving passengers were transferred to the Grindlay listed in volume [4/4814]. One passenger from the India, Mr Patterson, died at sea, however he is listed on the Grindlay.
Assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney and Newcastle Australia, 1844-1859
Assisted immigrants arriving at Moreton Bay (Brisbane) Australia, 1848-1859
Parmelia England to Swan River, Australia 1829
HMS Sulphur England to Swan River, Western Australia 1829
Calista from Portsmouth to Swan River, Western Australia, 5th August 1829
1830-1840
Immigrant Ships to New Zealand From the United Kingdom & Ireland 1835 to 1910
 Coromandel from England to Australia 1836
Maitland from Gravesend, England to Sydney, Australia on 6 November 1838.
Marquis of Hastings 1839 Canada to Van Dieman's Land, Australia
The Canton 1839 Canada to Van Dieman's Land, Australia
Index to Assisted British Immigration 1839-1871 Search for names of immigrants from Britain to Victoria, Australia between 1839 and 1871. These immigrants were 'assisted', meaning in most cases that their passage was subsidised by the Victorian Government.
1840-1850
India Greenock, Scotland to Port Adelaide Australia on 23 Feb 1840 and later in Sydney Australia on 10th May 1840.
Agostina 1841 UK to Melbourne Australia
The India arrives Port Philip Australia 1841
Indian from London to Launceston, Tasmania 1844 *compiled from various newspaper articles of the day, plus genealogies of the passengers on board
Philip Laing to New Zealand 1847
John Wickliffe England to New Zealand 1848
Victory 1848 England to New Zealand
Blundell 1848 England to New Zealand
Bernica 1848 England to New Zealand
Ajax 1848 England to New Zealand
Mary 1849 England to New Zealand
Mariner 1849 England to New Zealand
Larkins 1849 England to New Zealand
Cornwall 1849 England to New Zealand
Kelso 1849 England to New Zealand
Pekin 1849 England to New Zealand
Mooltan 1849 England to New Zealand
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