The study of immigration includes more than finding dates and shipping records. An understanding of some Australian history (as well as major events in other places of the world) is necessary to comprehend why large numbers of people chose to leave the places they were living and take the arduous and often dangerous journey to the other side of the world.
The course will discuss the migration of free settlers, and consider significant emigrant groups, government policies, sponsored and assisted passages, voyage conditions, and ships’ passenger lists as well as denization, naturalization and citizenship.
Course Content
Module 1
Immigration Records - Free Settlers
Websites
Introduction
Where to Start?
Searching Tips
Remote Access to Records
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
FamilySearch Centers
Australian Joint Copying Project
Access Restrictions
Ancestry.com.au
Historical Background
European Settlement
International Influences
Gold
Federation
1901 to 1945
After World War II
Categories of Arrivals
Passenger Lists
Free Settlers - Assisted or Unassisted?
Other Categories of Arrivals
Overseas or “Coastal” / Domestic Shipping
Colonial, State or Commonwealth Records
First Port of Call
The Voyage
What Was the Voyage Like?
Naturalisations
Module 2
New South Wales
Websites
Introduction
NSW State Records
Assisted Immigration
Miscellaneous Immigrants
Unassisted Immigrants
Departures from New South Wales
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
Newspapers
Ancestry.com.au
New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834
New South Wales, Departing Crew and Passenger Lists, 1816-1825
New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Naturalization, 1849-1903
UK Incoming Passenger Lists
FamilySearch
Crew and Military
Crew
Military
Other Sources
Censuses
Donegal Relief Fund Passengers Lists
FindMyPast.com.au
FindMyPast.co.uk
Bounty Immigrants to NSW 1828-1842 CD-ROM
Naturalisations
Module 3
Victoria
Websites
Introduction
Public Record Office Victoria
Unassisted Immigrants
Assisted Immigrants
Immigration Search Example
Passengers Departing Victoria
Correspondence and Other Records held by PROV
Newspapers
Ancestry.com.au
Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923
FamilySearch
Crew and Military
Other Sources
FindMyPast.com.au
FindMyPast.co.uk
First Families 2001
Naturalisations
Module 4
Queensland & Tasmania
Websites
Introduction
Tasmania
Queensland
Queensland State Archives
Assisted Immigration 1848-1912
Register of Immigrants, Brisbane 1885-1917
Passport Register Indexes 1926-1939
Assistant Immigration Agents
Card Index to Nominated Immigrants, 1908-1922
Passage Certificates Index 1887-1906
Register of Immigrants 1864-1878
Assistant Immigration Agent, Maryborough 1875-1884 and Assistant Immigration Agent, Maryborough 1884-1907
Index to Land Orders 1861-1874
Australian South Sea Islanders 1867-1908
Other Queensland Sources
National Archives of Australia
Microfiche Indexes
Archives Office of Tasmania
Passengers Departing Tasmania
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
Other Tasmanian Sources
Newspapers
Ancestry.com
Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912
Maryborough, Queensland Australia Immigrants from the British Isles & Germany, 1861-91
UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
FamilySearch
Naturalisations
Queensland
Tasmania
Module 5
South Australia, Northern Territory & Western Australia
Websites
Bound for South Australia
Introduction
South Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
State Records of South Australia
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
Crew and Military
Other South Australian Sources
Biographical Index of South Australians 1836–1885
We’re Bound for South Australia
Bound for South Australia: Births and Deaths on Government-Assisted Immigrant Ships 1848-1885
FamilyHistorySA.info Indexes
Horner Index Shipping Departures South Australia, 1836-1886
SA Ship Arrivals
TheShipsList
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Western Australian Passenger Index
Biographical Index of Western Australians
Jenny Brandis’ Genealogy
Newspapers
Passenger Lists into Western Australia
Ships to the Swan River Colony 1829-1830
Shipwreck Database
Welcome Walls
Western Australian Shipping
FamilySearch
Naturalisations
South Australia
Western Australia
Module 6
Migration & Naturalisation
Websites
National Archives of Australia
Assisted Immigrants and Refugees
Fact Sheets
Searching NAA
Naturalisation
FindMyPast.com.au
FindMyPast.co.uk
Ancestry.co.uk
UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869
Other Sources
Australasian Genealogical Computer Index
Biographical Database of Australia
Additional Recommended Websites
Suggested Reading
National Archives of Australia
NSW State Records
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