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, ($), index.
- Australia's First Fleet
- Australia's First Fleet
- 1787-1788 - Australian Convict Transportation Registers – First Fleet, 1787-1788, index and images, ($).
- 1787-1867 - Web: 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 ($)