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Bound for South Australia - Passenger Lists 1836-1851

Bound for South Australia by Diane Cummings. The passenger lists 1836-1851 are arranged by arrival year and alphabetically by ship name within each year. The passenger lists are presented as scanned … more

Ancestry.com - Unassisted Immigrants 1826-1922

Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1826-1922. There is a free name search with subscription, or pay to veiw options available to access the digitised records. This database covers the following … more

Findmypast - Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960

The National Archives (UK) Outward Passenger Lists for voyages departing the British Isles 1890-1960  (BT27) for Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and USA detail 24 million+ … more

State Library of South Australia

Photographic collections held include:• A Godson Collection of River Murray Shipping. This collection contains 16,000+ photographs of paddle steamers and other vessels and riverports, as well as … more

Lloyd’s Register of Ships online

This site has a table with links to volumes of Lloyd’s Register of Ships which have been scanned by Google Books and The Internet Archive. These fully searchable volumes date from 1764-1899 … more

Mercantile Navy List and Maritime Directory Online

The Mercantile Navy List, compiled by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, was published from 1849 until 1976 (with a gap 1941 to 1946, during World War II). This list is the official, … more

IrishGenealogy.ie

IrishGenealogy.ie is a free family history website by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. The online data includes:• Church records - access 3+ million pre 1900 Church of Ireland … more

Peter Madden's Emigrant Databases - Ireland and Scotland

There are databases for Galway, Ireland, 1828-1864, Tipperary, Ireland, 1828-1865 and Inverness, Scotland, 1828-1866. These databases record the details of assisted emigrants from these counties to … more

Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants Oral History Interviews

These interviews are held by the National Library of Australia, Digital Collections - Oral Histories. more

The Child Migrants Trust

This Trust, founded in 1987, is an independent service for former child migrants, their parents and relatives. The Trust works on behalf of former child migrants who seek information about their … more

Personal History Index for former child migrants to Catholic homes in Australia 1938-1965

The Personal History Index known as PHIND has been developed by the Christian Brothers, the Sisters of Mercy and the Poor Sisters of Nazareth. It details the location of records held in Australia for … more

Fairbridge Kids - The History Fairbridge Farm, Pinjarra - Western Australia

This site, by the Old Fairbridgians Association of Western Australia, includes stories, historic photographs of the people and the village, documents, links and much more. more

Ships' Graveyards of South Australia

This site provides comprehensive information about deliberately abandoned vessels in South Australian waters. It includes location map and descriptions of 19 identified sites; facts sheets, with … more