Tasmania Emigration and Immigration
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Online Resources
Tasmania
- 1787-1859 New South Wales and Tasmania: Settlers and Convicts 1787-1859, at FindMyPast, index ($)
- 1788-1867 Convict records for New South Wales and Tasmania, 1788-1867, images
- 1816-1871 Lists of free arrivals in Tasmania, 1816-1871, images
- 1817-1850 Margaret Carlyon manuscript collection includes lists of convict ships to Van Dieman's Land, 1817-1850], images
- 1823-1845 Ships clearance from Hobart and Launceston 1823-1845, Tasmania, images.
- 1829-1957 Tasmania, Australia, Passenger Arrivals, 1829-1957 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
- 1829-1948 Reports of ships arrival 1829-1948, Tasmania. Hobart Marine Board, images.
- 1831-1834 Advances to immigrants who desired to migrate to Tasmania under a scheme in which the crown advance £ 20, 1831-1834
- 1831-1970 Shipping records, 1831-1970, Tasmania. Marine Boards, images.
- 1834-1837, 1841-1887 Tasmania, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1834-1837, 1841-1887 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
- 1841-1884 Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Lists, 1841-1884 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
- 1841-1887 Register of arrivals under the Bounty system, 1841-1887, Tasmania, images
- 1851-1867 Descriptive list of immigrants migrating to Tasmania, 1851-1867, images
- 1854-1860 Emigration entry books of correspondence : correspondence with emigration agents and Colonial Secretaries in Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania, 1854-1860, images
- 1854-1887 Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Applications and Bounty Tickets, 1854-1887 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
- 1912-1924 Australia, Tasmania, Immigration and intelligence branch, forms of nomination of persons to migrate to Tasmania on assisted passages, 1912-1924, images
- 1920-1943 Australia, Tasmania, Correspondence of the Immigration Office Concerning the Nomination, Arrival and Settlement of Migrants, 1920-1943 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection, images only
- 1924-1935 Australia, Tasmania returns from the Immigration Office, 1924-1935, images
- 1945-1968 Australia, Tasmania, Migrant Files, 1945-1968 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
- 1946-1960 Australia, Tasmania, Personal nominations under the assisted passage agreement, 1946-1960, images.
Australia
- Ireland-Australia transportation database National Library of Australia
- Genealogical Index To Australians and Other Expatriates In Papua New Guinea at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
- Australian Contingents To South Africa at FindMyPast - index & image ($)
- Australia Passenger Indexes archived on the Wayback Machine
- 19-Century Emigration of 'Old Lutherans' from Eastern Germany to Australia, Canada, and the United States, index and images, ($).
- 1788-1968 Ozships: Australian shipping 1788-1968
- 1788-1890 Admission, discharge and other records, 1788-1890, images. These are the records of the Royal Philanthropic Society, organized in 1788 "for the admission of the offspring of convicts and the reformation of criminal poor children." Records exist of those who went to Australia.
- 1811-1856 Australia, Assisted Emigration at FindMyPast - index & images ($)
- 1826-1972 Australia, Inward, Outward, & Coastal Passenger Lists 1826-1972 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
- 1850-1879 Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia, 1850 - 1879 The collection records the name, former place of residence, age, occupation, ship, destination and departure year for more than 40,000 emigrants between 1850 and 1879. Passengers on all ships to Australia and New Zealand are listed; they include emigrants destined for all states in Australia (except Western Australia) and ports in both the north and south islands of New Zealand. It includes passenger lists for which no Australasian records exist. It is an important resource for family historians and those with a more general interest in migration from Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Italy and other European countries.
- 1873-1924 Alphabetical register of all inward passengers to Albany, 1873-1924 at FamilySearch Catalog; images only
- 1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Australia
- 1904-1914 Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914 at MyHeritage; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Australia
- 1946-1971 Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971 Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
- Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Choose a volume and then choose Australia under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".
- Immigrant Ancestors Project
Convict Records
- 1786-1849 Australia Convict Ships 1786-1849, ($), index.
- Australia's First Fleet
- Australia's First Fleet
- 1787-1788 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – First Fleet, 1787-1788, index and images, ($).
- 1787-1867Web: Australia, Convict Records Index, 1787-1867, index and images, ($)
- 1788-1842 Australia List of Convicts with Particulars, 1788-1842, ($), index .
- 1788-1868 Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868, index, ($).
- Australia's Second Fleet
- Australia's Second Fleet
- 1788–1868 Ireland-Australia transportation database National Archives of Ireland
- 1789-1790 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Second Fleet, 1789-1790, index and images, ($)
- Australia's Third Fleet
- Australia's Third Fleet
- 1791 Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Third Fleet, 1791, index and images, ($).
- 1791-1867 Australia Convict Conditional and Absolute Pardons 1791-1867, ($), index.
- 1791-1850 Index of prisoners and accused persons, 1791-1850 (Sussex Quarter Session Rolls), images. Contains an alphabetical listing of all prisoners and accused persons named in the Sussex Quarter Session Rolls, 1791-1850. Gives name, offense and date thereof, date and place of court appearance, and sentence. Sometimes also includes age, occupation and residence. Prisoners sentenced for transportation during this period were sent to Australia.
- 1824-1874 Australia Convict Tickets Of Leave 1824-1874, ($), index.
- 1829-1879 New South Wales, Australia, Sheriff's Papers, 1829-1879 - index and images ($)
- 1842-1854 Victoria, Convict Register 1842-1854 at FindMyPast, ($), index.
- 1858-1867 UK Surgeon Superintendents' Journals of Convict Ships, 1858-1867, index and images, ($)
- Convict transportation registers database
- Ireland-Australia transportation database, National Archives of Ireland
- Convicts to Australia
- Crime and Punishment, Wales Court of Great Sessions, 1730-1830
The Irish Ancestor Periodical
There are many Indexes in The Irish Ancestor, of convicts requesting wife and children to be sent out to Australia, at the government's expense.
- Indexed in PERiodical Source Index at FindMyPast ($)
- FIGRS Index to the The Irish Ancestor ($)
- WorldCat listing of libraries holding The Irish Ancesor collection
- The Irish Ancestor 1969-1986 Digital Download ($)