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:


 * Birth Records
 * Death Records
 * Marriage Records
 * County of Origin
 * Subjects Index of passenger lists

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Related Websites

 * Index to Assisted British Immigration 1839-1871 Assisted Immigration to Victoria 1836-1879
 * Ship’s Passenger Lists

Related Wiki Articles

 * Australia Emigration and Immigration
 * Australia

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