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Series number: |
5317 |
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Title: |
Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle and Moreton Bay (Board's Immigrant Lists) |
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Start date: |
1848 |
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End date: |
1891 |
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Contents start date: |
1848 |
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Contents end date: |
1891 |
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Descriptive note: |
Each entry records the name, age, marital status, calling, native place, religion, and education of the immigrant. Also recorded are the names of relations in the colony; names and addresses of parents; and any complaints respecting treatment aboard ship.
The majority of ships travelled from a British port to Sydney. However, there were numerous arrivals from Hamburg in the 1850s, when considerable numbers of immigrants from Germany were recruited to come to New South Wales (which included Moreton Bay until 1859). In addition, the William Prowse (1853) and the Palmyra (1854) arrived from Madras carrying Eurasians; and the Annie H. Smith, N. Boynton, Sierra Nevada, Star of the West and the Ivanhoe arrived from New York in 1877-78.
Also called the Board's Immigrant Lists, arrangement is alphabetical by the name of ship within each year. The series generally provides more information about immigrants than the Agent's Immigrant Lists (NRS 5316), which it complements, but it is incomplete.
These records have been indexed as follows: immigrants to Sydney and Newcastle, 1848-59 in Guide No.29 (or Guide 4), 1860-79 in Guide No.28 (or Guide 5), and 1880-96 in Guide No.21 (or Guide 6); immigrants to Moreton Bay, 1848-59 in Guide No.27 (or Guide 3).
See Guide to Using the Archives Resources Kit for an item list.
(4/4904-5036). 133 boxes.
Note:
This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000. |
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Home location: |
This series is held at Western Sydney Records Centre. |
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Bridging aids: |
An online index including this series is available Indexes to Assisted Immigrants 1839-96. |
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Microfilm copy of [4/4904-5036] State Records Reels 2458-2498. This series forms part of the Archives Resources Kit which can be used in many locations throughout New South Wales. |
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