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== 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.
The [http://www.irishfaminememorial.org/ Australian Famine Orphan Monument] lists lists the names of 400 of the girls brought to the colonies of Australia from Ireland under this scheme.
National Archives of Ireland also has records of Irish who were transported to Australia.  Enter 'Australia' in the search box to discover the many subjects covered [http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ www.nationalarchives.ie/] .
[http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/ Britain Outward Passenger Lists] from Britain On-line 1890-1960. Departure records before 1890 have not survived.
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 {{FHL|1743865|title-id|disp=GENEALOGIE Heft 4}}, April 1966 page 186, available through the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah (FHL book number&nbsp; [https://familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=call_number&searchCriteria=943+B2gf&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= 943 B2gf ].) <br>
[http://www.castellorizo.org/ Greek Immigration to Australia]
== Books about Emigration and Immigration  ==
*Vine Hall, Nick. ''Tracing Your Family History in Australia: a guide ''(Family History Library Call Number [https://familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=call_number&searchCriteria=994+D23v&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= 994 D23V]&nbsp;. There are also several source books about how to find emigration and immigration records. These books are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION- HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC.
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To find these records at the Family History Library, look in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog for a lengthy listing of sources under:
[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=339121&subject_disp=Australia+%2D+Emigration+and+immigration&columns=*,0,0 AUSTRALIA - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION]
AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION
AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION
Indexes of emigration and immigration records are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under:
[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=554620&subject_disp=Australia+%2D+Emigration+and+immigration+%2D+Indexes&columns=*,0,0 AUSTRALIA - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION - INDEXES]
AUSTRALIA, [STATE- EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION - INDEXES]
AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN] - EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION - INDEXES
<br>'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''
*[[Australia, New South Wales, Sydney Index to Bounty Immigrants - FamilySearch Historical Records]]


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