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Even if you have the basic details, you may still be unable to locate information since some passenger lists have not survived to present day. Over time, a number were lost or accidentally destroyed. Fires caused by lamps and candles were responsible for the destruction of many early South Australian records.<br>Passenger lists for ships travelling between the colonies are scarce as these records were not required by immigration and remained the property of the shipping companies. As ship travel declined, shipping companies either closed or amalgamated and their records were lost in the process.<br>The movement of people travelling overland within Australia, as a general rule, was either not recorded or has not survived. The State Library does hold a limited amount of information regarding immigration to some of the other colonies.<br>Despite these limitations, thousands of immigrant names are available at the State Library for your perusal. | Even if you have the basic details, you may still be unable to locate information since some passenger lists have not survived to present day. Over time, a number were lost or accidentally destroyed. Fires caused by lamps and candles were responsible for the destruction of many early South Australian records.<br>Passenger lists for ships travelling between the colonies are scarce as these records were not required by immigration and remained the property of the shipping companies. As ship travel declined, shipping companies either closed or amalgamated and their records were lost in the process.<br>The movement of people travelling overland within Australia, as a general rule, was either not recorded or has not survived. The State Library does hold a limited amount of information regarding immigration to some of the other colonies.<br>Despite these limitations, thousands of immigrant names are available at the State Library for your perusal. | ||
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From the source material (Official passenger lists mainly of immigrants arriving in South Australia under UK assisted passage 1845-86) formerly known as Source 313, then GRG35/48a and now GRG35/48/1 at State Records (SA), this section lists the vessels whose records survive in some form from 1836 to 1886.<br>The number of voyages with surviving records number just 749 and the material available for each list varies considerably.�The material you do locate may include any of the following:<br>An embarkation list prepared by the agent or emigration agents. <br>A passenger manifest prepared by the captain. <br>Certificate of arrival prepared by the immigration officials. <br>Sundry lists created for other purposes such as fee-payers, land-holders. | <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><u></u></span>From the source material (Official passenger lists mainly of immigrants arriving in South Australia under UK assisted passage 1845-86) formerly known as Source 313, then GRG35/48a and now GRG35/48/1 at State Records (SA), this section lists the vessels whose records survive in some form from 1836 to 1886.<br>The number of voyages with surviving records number just 749 and the material available for each list varies considerably.�The material you do locate may include any of the following:<br>An embarkation list prepared by the agent or emigration agents. <br>A passenger manifest prepared by the captain. <br>Certificate of arrival prepared by the immigration officials. <br>Sundry lists created for other purposes such as fee-payers, land-holders. | ||
Hint: Read the first page header of the shipping list carefully to determine what you are looking at! | Hint: Read the first page header of the shipping list carefully to determine what you are looking at! Problems include:<br> | ||
*Survival rate of lists is poor. | *Survival rate of lists is poor. | ||