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Immigration to South Australia: New South Wales

This State Library of South Australia guide has information on passenger lists, newspaper indexes and immigration schemes. It includes some resources about immigration to other states.

Useful websites

Passenger arrivals in NSW 1816-1896 (NSW State Archives & Records - indexes to assorted records)

Sydney Harbour

Men and boys disembarking from a Sydney ferry, c. 1912 (PRG 280/1/7/37)

Passenger lists for NSW departures - State Library resources

Departures from the Colony of New South Wales, 1816-1825
Lists of passengers and crew. Chronological by date of ship departure. (Microfilm)

Passenger lists for NSW arrivals - State Library resources

Unassisted passengers, 1826-1900
Arrivals in the colonies of New South Wales, Moreton Bay and Port Phillip, Sydney. (Microfilm)
Assisted (Bounty) immigrants to New South Wales 1828-42
Arrivals in the colonies of New South Wales, Moreton Bay and Port Phillip, Sydney. (Microfilm)
Index of passengers and crew in and out of Sydney from Sydney newspapers 1830-1841
(Microfiche)
Free passengers and crew on convict ships into Sydney, 1830-40
(2 volumes)
Cornish immigrants : assisted arrivals in New South Wales 1837-1877
(Book)
Index to unassisted arrivals to NSW, 1842-1855
(Microfiche)
Wage agreements and entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships, 1844-45
Includes place of origin and parents' names, etc. (Microfilm)
Index of assisted immigrants from Kent to Sydney, 1844-1859
(Microfiche)
Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle and Moreton Bay, 1848-1891
Includes place or origin, parents' names, etc. (Microfilm)
Immigration - Germans on bounty ships, 1849-1852
Importation of skilled workers scheme. (Microfiche)
Rags or riches : passengers and ships 1849-1852
Index to lists of adventurers travelling from Sydney to and from the San Francisco goldfields 1849-1852, as recorded in the Sydney Morning Herald. (2 volumes)
Immigration : wives and families of convicts on bounty ships 1849-1855
Arrivals in the colonies of New South Wales, Moreton Bay and Port Phillip, Sydney. (Microfiche)
Immigration deposit journals, 1853-1900
Records of money deposited by sponsors of immigrants - frequently relatives or employers. (Microfilm)
Immigration : members of Family Colonization Loan Society, 1854-1857
Arrivals in the colonies of New South Wales, Moreton Bay and Port Phillip, Sydney. (Microfiche)
Assisted passengers immigrant index arriving Sydney 1860-1879
(Book)
Assisted passengers immigrant index arriving Sydney 1880-1898
(Book)