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• 1787-1976 New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1976, images only, topic index, ($)
• 1790-1849 New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849, index, browse, and images, ($).
• 1791-1816 List of convict ships and prisoner's names from Ireland to Sydney, 1791-1816 at FamilySearch Catalog; images only
• 1800-1849 In-letters, 1800-1849, New South Wales Colonial Secretary Includes letters from Norfolk Island, 1833-1835. Requests for removal, transfer, having families brought over. Shipping lists and orders.
• 1816-1825 Shipping records, 1816-1825, New South Wales, images.
• 1816-1825, 1898-1911 New South Wales, Australia, Departing Crew and Passenger Lists, 1816-1825, 1898-1911 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
• 1826-1922 New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922, index, browse, and images, ($).
• 1826-1900 New South Wales Passenger Lists, 1826-1900, index, ($)
• 1826-1856 New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Letters, 1826-1856 at Ancestry - index and images ($)
• 1826-1859 Reports of vessels arrived, 1826-1859, images.
• 1828-1842 Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1828-1842 New South Wales, Australia 1828 - 1842: Bounty Immigrants List, at Ancestry, index, ($).
• 1828-1890 Australia, New South Wales, Assisted Immigrants Inwards, 1828-1890 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1828-1890 Assisted immigrants inwards to Sydney, 1828-1890 at FamilySearch Catalog; images only
• 1828-1896 New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896, index, and images, ($).
• 1837-1925 Inward shipping lists, 1837-1925, images. A list of crews and passengers on ships arriving at ports in New South Wales.
• 1839-1896 Index to Assisted Immigrants 1839-96, Moreton Bay, 1848-1859, Port Phillip 1839-1851
• 1842-1851 Index to unassisted Immigrants 1842-1851
• 1846 New South Wales, Australia, Passengers Arriving at Port Phillip, 1846 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
• 1848-1873 Register of applications for passages to the colonies for convicts' families, 1848-1873, images.
• 1850-80s Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters - primarily New South Wales, unassisted records from the 1850-80s, incomplete
• 1853-1900 New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Deposit Journals, 1853-1900 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
• 1877-1882 Immigration papers, 1877-1882, New South Wales, images.
• 1881 1881 British Census, Crew and Passengers On Ships Arriving In New South Wales, index, ($)

Australia

• Australia’s First Fleet
• Australia’s Second Fleet
• Australia’s Third Fleet
• Oz Ships, Australian Shipping, 1788-1968
• Convict transportation registers database
• Ireland-Australia transportation database, National Archives of Ireland

FamilySearch Catalog

• Ellis, Elish.  Free Settlers in New South Wales in 1830-31.  List of convicts who have applied for their wives and families to be sent to New South Wales at Govt. expense. listed by county, gives names, addresses, town and county. Covers years from 1813-1831. page 26-34.  Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol XII, 1-2, Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2i, XII, 1-2

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