Tasmania Emigration and Immigration

Online Resources

 * Arrivals (19th Century) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. Passengers and ships arriving, mainly in Hobart.
 * Departures (1817-1887) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. People leaving Tasmanian ports, mainly Launceston.
 * Tasmanian Non-Convict List people who came to Tasmania and Norfolk Island on the convict transport ships, but were not convicts. e.g. crew or military
 * 1787-1859 - New South Wales and Tasmania: Settlers and Convicts 1787-1859, at FindMyPast, index ($)
 * 1788-1867 - Convict records for New South Wales and Tasmania, 1788-1867 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1816-1871 - Lists of free arrivals in Tasmania, 1816-1871 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1816-1850 - Index to passengers arriving in Tasmania, 1816-1850 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1817-1850 - Margaret Carlyon manuscript collection includes lists of convict ships to Van Dieman's Land, 1817-1850] at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1823-1845 - Ships clearance from Hobart and Launceston 1823-1845, Tasmania at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1829-1957 - Tasmania, Australia, Passenger Arrivals, 1829-1957 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1829-1948 - Reports of ships arrival 1829-1948, Tasmania. Hobart Marine Board at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1830-1833 - Index to lists of arrivals in Tasmania, Jan. 1830 to Oct. 1833 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1831-1834 - Advances to immigrants who desired to migrate to Tasmania under a scheme in which the crown advance £ 20, 1831-1834 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1831-1970 - Shipping records, 1831-1970, Tasmania. Marine Boards at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1834-1837, 1841-1887 - Tasmania, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1834-1837, 1841-1887 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1841-1884 - Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Lists, 1841-1884 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1841-1887 - Register of arrivals under the Bounty system, 1841-1887, Tasmania at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1844-1847 - Various migration records between Victoria and Tasmania, 1844-1847 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1851-1867 - Descriptive list of immigrants migrating to Tasmania, 1851-1867 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1854-1860 - Emigration entry books of correspondence : correspondence with emigration agents and Colonial Secretaries in Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania, 1854-1860 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1854-1887 - Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Applications and Bounty Tickets, 1854-1887 at Ancestry; index & images ($)
 * 1855-1862 - Immigrants Recruited by the Launceston Immigration Aid Society 1855-1862 index.
 * 1912-1940 - Immigration (1912-1940). Nominations and arrivals of migrants under immigration schemes at Libraries Tasmania, index and images.
 * 1912-1924 - Australia, Tasmania, Immigration and intelligence branch, forms of nomination of persons to migrate to Tasmania on assisted passages, 1912-1924 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1920-1943 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1924-1935 - Australia, Tasmania returns from the Immigration Office, 1924-1935 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1945-1968 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
 * 1946-1960 - Australia, Tasmania, Personal nominations under the assisted passage agreement, 1946-1960 at FamilySearch, images.

Convict Records

 * Indexes to Convict Records at State Library of Tasmania - List of convict databases
 * 1787-1859 - New South Wales and Tasmania: Settlers and Convicts 1787-1859 at FindMyPast, Index ($)
 * 1800-1893 - Tasmania Convict Records 1800-1893 at FindMyPast, Index ($)
 * 1800-1899 - Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899 at Ancestry, Index ($)
 * 1803-1893 - Records of the Tasmanian Convict Department 1803-1893 e-book
 * 1803-1893 - Convicts (1803-1893) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. Convicts transported to Tasmania and those convicted locally through the convict system.
 * 1806-1849 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 at Ancestry, Index ($)
 * 1833-1854 - Tasmania, Australia, Baptisms of Children of Convicted Women, 1833-1854 at Ancestry, Index ($)
 * 1834-1859 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859 at Ancestry, Index ($)

New South Wales Online Resources, Including Tasmania Prior to 1825

 * Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters, index
 * 1787-1976 New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1976, images only, topic index, ($)
 * 1800-1849 In-letters, 1800-1849, New South Wales Colonial Secretary Includes letters from Norfolk Island, 1833-1835. Requests for removal, transfer, having families brought over. Shipping lists and orders.
 * 1816-1825 Shipping records, 1816-1825, New South Wales, images.
 * 1816-1825, 1898-1911 New South Wales, Australia, Departing Crew and Passenger Lists, 1816-1825, 1898-1911 at Ancestry; index & images ($)

New South Wales Archive Resources Kit, Including Tasmania Prior to 1825

 * Community Access Points A list of libraries and archives which hold the microform copies of the Archive Resource Kit records.
 * The Archive Resources Kit includes the following immigration and convict records:

Immigration Records

 * Ships musters: passengers departing, 1816-25

Convict Records

 * Convict Indents, 1788-1842
 * Musters and other papers relating to convict ships, 1790-1849	NRS 1155
 * Assignment Registers, 1821-24
 * Register of Tickets of Leave, 1824-27
 * Registers of Conditional Pardons, 1791-1825

"The ARK is held by 40 community access points across NSW. The majority of access points are libraries. The ARK consists of microfilm copies of our most popular and heavily used colonial records. Included are records relating to convict arrivals, assisted immigrants, births, deaths and marriages, publicans' licences, electoral rolls, naturalisation, returns of the colony ('Blue Books'), land grants, and the wide range of functions of the Colonial Secretary (1788-1825). You may find that the ARK (or parts of it) are held at a library near you."

Ancestry and Immigration
Tasmania's population is more homogeneous than that of other states of Australia, with many of Irish and British descent. Approximately 65% of its residents are descendants of an estimated 10,000 "founding families" from the mid-19th century. At the 2016 census, the most commonly nominated ancestries were: 19.3% of the population was born overseas at the 2016 census. The five largest groups of overseas-born were from England (3.7%), New Zealand (1%), Mainland China (0.6%), Scotland (0.4%) and the Netherlands (0.4%). 4.6% of the population, or 23,572 people, identified as Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders) in 2016.
 * English (47.7%)
 * Australian (46.3%)[N 3]
 * Irish (11.7%)
 * Scottish (10%)
 * Indigenous (4.6%)[N 4]
 * German (3.9%)
 * Dutch (2.2%)
 * Italian (1.5%)
 * Chinese (1.5%)

FamilySearch Library
Additional sources are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog: