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== Introduction<br> == | == Introduction<br> == | ||
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Indexes and lists of immigrants to each state are available in a variety of formats including microfiche, microfilm, book and electronic formats. Some are available on the internet. Local, state and family history libraries may hold material relevant to that state and other areas of Australia. The National Archives hold records of immigration after 1923 when immigration became a Commonwealth Government responsibility.<br> The information on the records and how to obtain them is available on the National Archives of Australia site for [http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/migration/ migration, citizenship & travel ]. | Indexes and lists of immigrants to each state are available in a variety of formats including microfiche, microfilm, book and electronic formats. Some are available on the internet. Local, state and family history libraries may hold material relevant to that state and other areas of Australia. The National Archives hold records of immigration after 1923 when immigration became a Commonwealth Government responsibility.<br> The information on the records and how to obtain them is available on the National Archives of Australia site for [http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/migration/ migration, citizenship & travel ]. | ||
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The [http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ 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. Over 38,000 names are indexed on the [http://www.nationalarchives.ie/search/index.php?browse=true&category=18&subcategory=147 Ireland - Australia Transportation] website as being exiled.<br> | |||
=== New South Wales === | === New South Wales === | ||
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Emigration and immigration records, such as the ones previously described, are deposited in Australian national archives, state archives, and other local repositories and archives. Click on the state archive link in the [[Australia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] article to learn more. | |||
== Emigrants Leaving Another Country == | |||
Some information about emigrants leaving country were also kept. These outward-bound records include the names of passenger and crew members and sometimes additional information such as an individual’s age, marital status, occupation, and nationality. | |||
Between 1848 and 1850 over 4,000 adolescent female orphans emigrated from Irish workhouses to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide on the other side of the world. Their emigration has become known as the ‘Earl Grey scheme’ after its principal architect, Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies in Lord John Russell’s Whig government at the time of the Great Irish Famine. | |||
From Britain | |||
Outward Passenger Lists from Britain On-line. [http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/ www.ancestorsonboard.com/] $ | |||
From Germany | |||
In an article by Karl Werner Klüber were listed emigrants from Hamburg bound for Australia in the years 1849-1851. The lists of passengers can be found in the periodical [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1743865&disp=Jahrg%252E%2B15%252C%2BHft%252E%2B4%2BApr%2B1966&columns=*,0,0 GENEALOGIE Heft 4], April 1966 page 186, available through the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah (FHL book number [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&classmark=943+B2gf&columns=*,0,0 943 B2gf].) | |||
From Ireland | |||
The following website lists 400 of orphans that are inscribed on the memorial:<br> | |||
*http://irishfaminememorial.org/orphans/names_monument.htm | *http://irishfaminememorial.org/orphans/names_monument.htm | ||
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The following book gives information about immigration sources and indexes for Australia: | The following book gives information about immigration sources and indexes for Australia: | ||
There are also several source books about how to find emigration and immigration records. These books are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | Books about Emigration and Immigration | ||
*Vine Hall, Nick. ''Tracing Your Family History in Australia: a guide''(Family History Library Call Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1043448&disp=Tracing+your+family+history+in+Australia&columns=*,180,0 994 D23v].)There are also several source books about how to find emigration and immigration records. These books are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | |||
AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION- HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC. | AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION- HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC. | ||
To find these records at the Family History Library, look in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog for a lengthy listing of sources under: | |||
[http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=339121&subject_disp=Australia+-+Emigration+and+immigration&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION] | [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=339121&subject_disp=Australia+-+Emigration+and+immigration&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION] | ||
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AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION - INDEXES | AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION - INDEXES | ||
[[Category:Australia]] | [[Category:Australia]] | ||