Australia, Victoria, Assisted Immigrant Arrivals at Victorian Ports - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This collection includes records from 1839-1871. Included is a card file index documenting arrivals of assisted immigrants into Victorian ports. Approximately 65,000 cards are located in the Geelong Heritage Centre, Geelong, Australia. Assisted immigrants and other immigrants are identified below:

Prior to 1900 there were four classes of immigrants to Australia:

Convicts: Sent to Australia after they were tried and convicted for crimes committed in the British Isles. Tasmania and New South wales were the states that received most of the convicts before 1830.

Bounty Immigrants: Chosen by Australian colonists to come from the British Isles to Australia.

Assisted Immigrants: Came to Australia through financial assistance from the government, organizations, or wealthy individuals.

Paying Passengers: Came to Australia through their own means.

Record Content
Records may contain the following information: Subjects Index of passenger lists

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Related Websites
Index to Assisted British Immigration 1839-1871 Assisted Immigration to Victoria 1836-1879

Related Wiki Articles
Australia Emigration and Immigration [www.naa.gov.au National Archives of Australia Your Story, Our History] [www.prov.vic.gov.au PROVguide 50: Ship’s Passenger Lists] [www.germanroots.com International Ship Passenger Arrival and Departure Records to/from Australia]

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