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 ($)
 * 1834-1859 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859 at Ancestry, Index ($)

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
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