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Emigration and immigration sources list names and other details about individuals leaving (emigration) or coming into (immigration) Australia. 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. | Emigration and immigration sources list names and other details about individuals leaving (emigration) or coming into (immigration) Australia. 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. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
The information on the records and how to obtain them is available at: | |||
* http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/migration/index.aspx | |||
The following websites are State websites with their immigration records: | The following websites are State websites with their immigration records: | ||
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'''New South Wales'''<br>Index to Assisted Immigrants 1839-96, Moreton Bay, 1848-1859, Port Phillip 1839-1851:<br>http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/assisted_immigrants_1839-96_366.asp | '''New South Wales'''<br>Index to Assisted Immigrants 1839-96, Moreton Bay, 1848-1859, Port Phillip 1839-1851:<br>http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/assisted_immigrants_1839-96_366.asp | ||
* [http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/searchform.aspx?id=43 Index to unassisted Immigrants 1842-1851] | |||
Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters - primarily New South Wales, unassisted records from the 1850-80s, incomplete:<br>[http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/ http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/<br>] | Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters - primarily New South Wales, unassisted records from the 1850-80s, incomplete:<br>[http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/ http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/<br>] | ||
=== | ===Queensland=== | ||
* [http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/index/immigration.asp Assisted Immigrants 1848-1884] | |||
=== | ===South Australia=== | ||
* [http://www.familyhistorysa.info/ Passenger Lists up to 1848] | |||
=== | ===Victoria=== | ||
Index to Registers of Assisted British Immigrants-indexes assisted immigrants from Britain to Victoria, Australia between 1839 and 1871 | * [http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24 Index to Registers of Assisted British Immigrants-indexes assisted immigrants from Britain to Victoria, Australia between 1839 and 1871] | ||
* [http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23 Index to Unassisted Immigration to Victoria] | |||
* [http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=42 Outward Passengers to Interstate, UK, NZ, and Foreign Ports 1852-1861] | |||
Prior to 1900 there were four classes of immigrants to Australia: | Prior to 1900 there were four classes of immigrants to Australia: | ||
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Many eighteenth and nineteenth century immigration sources have been published. Indexes to passenger lists have also been published. In addition, many books have been written about immigrants from various countries and religions who settled in Australia. For more information about immigrants from other countries, see the "Minorities" section of this outline. 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. That national archives can be accessed at the following site: | Many eighteenth and nineteenth century immigration sources have been published. Indexes to passenger lists have also been published. In addition, many books have been written about immigrants from various countries and religions who settled in Australia. For more information about immigrants from other countries, see the "Minorities" section of this outline. 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. That national archives can be accessed at the following site: | ||
=== | ===The National Archives of Ireland=== | ||
*http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ | *http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ | ||
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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: | ||
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].) | * 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: | 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: | ||