Passenger lists and immigration
This list includes links to online databases of passenger lists and ships arriving from foreign ports to major ports in Australia. Some links to travel within Australia are also included.
Australian Capital Territory
Queensland
Queensland Archives has compiled indexes of their archival records. Use these links to get to the page and search the index database by name.
Once you get to the Queensland Archives page, here's how to use it:
- Scroll down to "Index Categories"
- Click on the appropriate radio button for the type of records you are looking for - this will then expand to show what record sets are available.
- Click on the appropriate radio button for the records you are looking for - this will then expand (below the list) to show a search area where you can input names etc.
You may also be able to download the full index using a link that will appear on the top right of the page or below the search box (depending on what device you are using, eg: desktop, iPad etc).
New South Wales
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Assisted Immigrants arriving in Sydney, Newcastle, Moreton Bay and Port Phillip The Index covers Port Phillip (1839-1851), Sydney and Newcastle (1844-1859), Moreton Bay (Brisbane) (1848-1859), Sydney (1860-1879), Sydney (1880-96)
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Sentenced beyond the Seas Australia's early convict records - 1788-1801
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Crew and Passengers Index 1828-1841 - names of some passengers who paid their own fare and some assisted immigrants
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Miscellaneous Immigrants 1828-43 - names of some passengers who paid their own fare and some assisted immigrants
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Unassisted Immigrants 1842-55 - free or unassisted passengers, ship's masters, and from 1854, crew arriving in NSW
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Unassisted passenger and crew arrivals, 1854-1900 - Covering Shipping Inward lists from the Shipping Master's Office, lists for the 1850s, 1860s and 1870s are almost complete, 1880s and 1890s to follow. Searchable by person's name, vessel name, and date; includes transcribed passenger lists and links to scans of the original lists.
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Vessels Arrived in Sydney, 1837-1925
South Australia
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Early shipping & passenger lists - Passenger lists for 1,320 ship voyages with 32,000 emigrant families arriving in SA (usually Port Adelaide) from Germany (Prussia) up to 1854, UK & Ireland to 1850 and other ports to 1847
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Colonial South Australian Pioneers - Historical passenger lists, births, marriages & deaths 1836 to 1850s
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The Manning Index of South Australian History The Index contains many thousands of references to South Australian newspaper and magazine stories for the years 1837 to 1937. It also includes extensive selected text from the indexed publications, other primary and secondary sources and numerous extracts from Mr Manning's own writings.
Northern Territory
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The archives can be searched online using the "Archives Navigator" service.
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