Nov 21, 2008

Free Settlers/Pioneers

Tasmania     NSW     Queensland   South Australia     Victoria    Western Australia    General
See also Census and Musters and  Convict Records

GEOGRAPHIC AREA TITLE SUBJECT YEARS FORMAT LOCATION
TASMANIA Tasmanian aborigines and their descendants : chronology, genealogies and social data (Mollison) Vol. 1-3 Australian aboriginal biographical information 1772-1976 Paper H, L, T, B, D
  Forgotten generation of Norfolk Island and Van Diemens Land (Wright) Biographical information 1788-1814 Paper H, L, T, B, D, G, K, R
  People of Norfolk Island and Vandiemensland 1788-1820 and their families  (Donohoe) Biographical information 1788-1820 Paper H, L, T, B, D
  Free settlers of Australia, 1788-1828 (Donohoe) Immigrant list 1788-1828 Paper H, L, T, B, G, K
  Van Diemens Land heritage : a bibliographical and genealogical index of the families of Tasmania, 1803-1878  (Chick) Biographical information 1803-1878 Paper H, L, T, B, D, G, K, R

 

 The Pioneer Islanders : a tribute to the first fleeters and the settlers from the first Norfolk Island settlement to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmanian Fellowship of First Fleeters and Norfolk Islanders) Immigrant List 1804-1820 Paper H, L, T, B, D, G, K, R
  Free settlers of Australia 1788-1828 (Donohoe) Immigrant lists 1788-1828 Paper H, L, T, B, G, K
  Norfolk settlers of Norfolk Island and Van Diemen's Land (Sims) Family details 19th C
 Paper H, L, T, B, D, G, K, R, *
  Profiles of Norfolk Islanders to Van Diemen’s Land "Lady Nelson" (Schaffer & McKay) Immigrant List 1807 Paper  L, T, G, R
  Profiles of Norfolk Islanders to Van Diemen’s Land "Porpoise" (Schaffer & Mckay) Immigrant List 1807-1808 Paper L, T, G, R, *
  Norfolk Island embarkations to Van Diemen’s Land (Schaffer) Immigrant List 1807-1813 Paper L, T, G, K, R

*
  Norfolk Islanders who sailed to Van Diemen's Land 1807-1813 (Schaffer)  Immigrant List 1807-1813  Paper  H, L, T 
  Tasmanian Colonial Index   Pioneers & Convicts
Tasmania Norfolk Island

1816-1855
1792-1855		 Microfiche H, L, B, D, G, K, R
  Norfolk Plains women (Schaffer & McKay) Female Immigrants 1823 Paper L
  Index to passenger arrivals and departures from early Launceston Newspapers…. (Martin & Duck) Passenger Index 1829-1840

1829-1840

 Microfiche

Paper

 L, T, B, D, G

L, T, B, D, G
  Unassisted Immigrants & Coastal Passengers to Hobart, Tasmania. (Towers & Knight) Immigrant Index Passenger Index 1829-1865 Microfiche H, L, T, B, D, K, R
  Marine board of Hobart passenger lists  Passenger List 1829-1900 Microfilm B, D
  Naturalisation applications (Archives Office of Tasmania) Non British subjects 1835-1905 Internet Archives Office of Tasmania
  Female Immigrants "Strathfieldsaye" 1834 to Van Diemen’s Land (Schaffer) Female Immigrants 1834 Paper L, B, D, G
  Index of Assisted Immigrants (into Tasmania) (Langston et al) Immigrant Index 1841-1889 Microfiche H, L, T, B, D, G, K, R
  Index to passenger arrivals and departures, from early Launceston Newspapers (Martin & Duck) Passenger Index 1841-1845 Microfiche H, L, T, B, D, G, K
  Shipping arrivals and departures. Tasmania. Volume III (Broxam) Passenger List 1843-1850 Paper H, L, T, B, D, G, K, R
  Index to passenger arrivals and departures, from early Launceston Newspapers (Martin & Duck) Passenger Index 1846-1850 Microfiche H, L, T, B, D, G
  Immigration board passenger lists  Passenger List 1850-1880 Microfilm B, D
  The "Drunken Admiral" and the "Beulah" girls (Purtscher & Van Diemen’s Land Norfolk Island Interest Group) Female Immigrants 1851 Paper L, T
  German Immigrants arriving in Tasmania per "America" (Harris & Schaffer) German Immigrants  1855 Paper L, T, B, D, K
  Immigrants recruited by the Launceston Immigration Aid Society (Green & Launceston Immigration Aid Society) Immigrant List 1855-1862 Paper H, L, T, B, D, G
  Inducements and agents : German, Northern European and Scandinavian recruitment to Tasmania 1855-1887 (Hargraves) Immigrant List 1855-1887 Paper H, L, T, B, D 
  "Persian" immigrant ship, Hobart Town (Clarke) Immigrant List 1857 Paper L, T, R
  Lady Egidia : St Andrews Immigration Society (Harris) Passenger List  1862 Paper L, T

 

GEOGRAPHIC AREA TITLE SUBJECT YEARS FORMAT LOCATION
NSW Shipping arrivals and departures, Sydney, 1788-1825.(parts 1 and II)(Cumpston) Shipping lists 1788-1825

 

 

 Paper H, L, B, D, G, R, *
  Shipping arrivals and departures, Sydney, 1788-1825. Part III. Index to names of persons (Cumpston) Passenger list 1788-1825 Paper L
  Shipping arrivals and departures, Sydney, 1788-1825. (2nd Ed) (Cumpston) Passenger list

Shipping list

 1788-1825 Paper H, L, B, D, G, R, *
  Shipping arrivals and departures, Sydney.
(Vols 1-3) (Cumpston & Nicholson)		 Passenger list

Shipping list

 1788-1844 Paper H, T
  Colonial Secretary's correspondence (State Records Office NSW) Misc. papers 1788-1825 Internet State Records NSW
  Free settlers of Australia 1788-1828 (Donohoe) Immigrant list 1788-1828 Paper H, L, T, B, G, K
  Arrivals in New South Wales, including Moreton Bay and Port Phillip (State Record Office NSW) Various indexes, lists of passengers under various schemes 1826-1900 Paper
Microform		 H
  Pure merinos and others : the 'shipping lists' of the Australian Agricultural Company (Pemberton) Passenger lists 1825-1862 Paper H
  Shipping arrivals and departures, Sydney. Vol 2, 1826-1840, parts 1, II, and III (Nicholson) Passenger list

Shipping list

 1826-1840 Paper H, L, T, B, D, G, R, *
  Shipping arrivals and departures, Sydney. Vol 3, 1841-1844 and gazetteer (Broxam & Nicholson) Passenger list

Shipping list

 1841-1844 Paper H, L, T, B, D, G, R
  Index to the unassisted arrivals to NSW, 1842-1855  (Stemp) < Passenger> 1842-1855 Microfiche H, L
  Index to assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney (State Records Office NSW) Passengers 1844-1896 Internet State Records NSW
  Master index of assisted immigrants from Guernsey to the east coast of Australia for the years:
Sydney 1844-1859, Moreton Bay 1849-1859, … Sydney 1860-1879,
Sydney 1880-1896. (Williams)		 Immigrant index 1844-1896 Paper D

They came from Kent: alphabetical index of assisted immigrants from Kent to Sydney, Newcastle & Moreton Bay, Australia for the years 1848-1859. (Williams) Immigrant index 1848-1859 Microfiche D
  Index to the NSW immigration deposit journals, 1853-1900  (Stemp) Passenger list 1853-1900 Microfiche H
  Journey to a new life : the story of the ships Emu in 1812 and Broxbornebury in 1814, including crew, female convicts and free passengers on board (Hook) Includes crew, female convicts and free passengers 1812, 1814 Paper H
  Free passengers and crew on convict ships into Sydney 1830-1840
(Mackey) 2 vols		 Passenger list 1830-1840 Paper H, D
  Index of passengers and crew in and out of Sydney from Sydney newspapers 1830-1841  (Mackey) 
11 vols in 7		 Passenger list 1830-1841 Paper H, D
  Naturalisation Records( State Records Office NSW) Non British subjects 1834-1903 Microform H

 

GEOGRAPHIC AREA TITLE SUBJECT YEARS FORMAT LOCATION
QUEENSLAND Assisted immigrants to Moreton Bay (State Records Office NSW) Passenger Lists 1848-1859 Microform H
  Persons on bounty ships to  ... Moreton Bay (State Records Office NSW) Passenger Lists 1848-1891 Microform H
SOUTH AUSTRALIA South Australians, 1836-1885  (Thomas) Biographical information 1836-1885 Paper H
  Ngarrindjeri nation : genealogies of Ngarrindjeri families (Kartinyeri) Biographical information   Paper H
VICTORIA Passengers to Port Phillip from Commonwealth & foreign ports (Hughes) Passenger List 1838-1851 Paper H
  Coming South : Victorian Archives of immigration, 1839-1923 (Public Record Office) Research guide 1839-1923 Paper H, L
  Master index of assisted immigrants from Guernsey to the east coast of Australia for the years ; …Port Phillip 1839-1851, Victoria 1852-1871…(Williams) Immigrant index 1839-1871 Paper D
  Assisted immigrants to Port Phillip (State Records Office NSW) Passenger Lists 1839-1851 Microform H
  Coastal passengers to Port Phillip (Romanov-Hughes) Passenger List 1839-1845 Microfiche L, D, G, K, R
  Coastal passengers to Port Phillip (Hughes) Passenger List 1839 Paper T
  Coastal passengers to Port Phillip (Hughes) Passenger List 1840 Paper T
  Coastal passengers to Port Phillip (Hughes) Passenger List 1842 Paper T
  Passengers to Port Phillip from Liverpool (Hughes) Passenger List 1839-1851 Paper H
  Passengers to Port Phillip from Scotland ( Hughes) Passenger List 1839-1851 Paper H
  Passengers to Port Phillip from Southern England and Ireland (Romanov-Hughes) Passenger list 1839-1851 Paper H
  Port Phillip Herald passenger index (Button) Passenger Index 1840-1846 Microfiche L, B, D, G
  Overseas and interstate arrivals Port Phillip (Chuk) Passenger List 1846-1847 Paper L
  Argus passenger index … (Button) Passenger Index 1846-1851 Microfiche H, L, D, G
  Argus passenger index …(Button) Passenger Index 1852-1855 Microfiche H, L, D, G
  Immigration to Victoria inward passenger lists : foreign ports (Victoria. Public Records Office) Passenger List 1852-1859 Microfiche H
  Immigration to Victoria index to inward passenger lists : British ports (Victoria. Public Records Office) Passenger Index 1852-1859 Microfiche L, D
  Immigration to Victoria inward passenger lists : British ports (Victoria. Public Records Office) Passenger List 1852-1879 Microfiche D
  Argus passenger index (Button) Passenger Index 1856-1860 Microfiche H, L, D, G
  Index of inward passengers for British & foreign ports (Victoria Public Records Office ) Passenger list 1852-1889 Internet

Victoria Public Record Office

 
  Immigration to Victoria inward passenger lists : foreign ports (Victoria. Public Records Office) Passenger List 1860-1869 Microfiche H, L
  Argus passenger index 1861-1865 … (Button) Passenger Index 1861-1865 Microfiche H, L, D
  Immigration to Victoria inward passenger lists : foreign ports (Victoria. Public Records Office) Passenger List 1870-1879 Microfiche H
 
 
GEOGRAPHIC AREA TITLE SUBJECT YEARS FORMAT LOCATION
WESTERN AUSTRALIA Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians (Erikson) Biographical information pre 1829-1888 Paper H
  Asian immigrants to Western Australia (Atkinson) Biographical information 1829-1901 Paper H
  Dictionary of Western Australians (Statham) Biographical information 1829-1914 Paper H
GENERAL Australian family histories : a bibliography and index  (Reid) Bibliography   Paper H, D, G
  Australian genealogy sources : pioneer registers, biographical dictionaries, bibliographies (Reid) Registers, dictionaries, and bibliographies 1788-2000 Paper H, L, D 
  Leask's genealogical guide to some Australian families and their antecedents and genealogies  (Leask) Biographical information   Paper H, L, T, B
  Tay Valley people in Australia (McConnell & Tay Valley Historical Society) Immigrant List
Paper T
  Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record Series 1 with Series 2 Suopp. (ABGR) Family details 1788-1841 Paper H
  Australian Biographical and Generalogical Record Series 2 vol.1-2 (ABGR) Family details 1842-1899 Paper H
  A genealogical history of pioneer families of Australia (Mowle) Families had arrived in Australia by 1838 1788-1838 Paper H, T
  Irish families in Australia and New Zealand (Abbott-Dynan) Family details 1788-1893 Paper H
  People arriving in Australia, 1788-1828  (Donohoe) Arrivals 1788-1828 Paper H, L, B, D
  Guernsey emigrants to Australia, 1828-1899  (Kreckeler)  Family details  1788-1899  Paper  H 
  Barefoot and pregnant. Irish famine orphans in Australia (McClaughlin) Earl Grey's Pauper Immigration Scheme 1848-1850 Paper H
  Emigrants from Hamburg to Australia Immigrant list 1850-1852 Paper H
  Index to emigrants from Hamburg to Australia 1860 to 1869  (Kopittke) Immigrant list 1860-1869 Paper H
  North East Fife emigrants in Australia (McDonnell & Tay Valley Historical Society) Immigrant List
Paper T
  Norfolk Island, 1788-1813 : the people and their families (Donohoe) General information 1788-1813 Paper H, T
  Strays collection Australasia (Hopkinson) Records of people who left a record of themselves in a state other than where they usually lived or were born   Paper H, L, T, D