Irish assisted immigrants to New South Wales (an index)
About the index
Irish Assisted Immigrants to New South Wales, Australia: 1848-1870 (an index).
Compiled by Dr. Richard E. Reid, 1982 (ex University of Wollongong)
Format: set of 8 microfiche
The index was compiled by utilising the series of archival records entitled Board's
Immigrant Lists, 1848-1891 held by State Records, New South Wales.
Where the Board's Immigrants Lists were deficient or missing (in the
case of about 10 ships) the Agent's Immigrants Lists 1838-1896 were
used to extract information on Irish immigrants arriving in Australia during
the period 1848-1870.
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Accessing the index
At the University of Wollongong Library
The University Archives holds a copy of the index. It is listed on the
Library Catalogue under the reference number ARC 929.3944/4. Please note: The Archives is not able to provide a research service
for the index. Enquirers will need to either visit the Archives or
contact a local organisation such as the Illawarra Family
History Group to seek their assistance.
Alternatively:
At the State Library of New South Wales
The State Library of NSW holds a copy of this index. It is listed on their Library Catalogue under the reference number REF 1 MAV/FM6/868.
At the National Library of Australia
The National Library also holds a copy of this index. It is listed on their Library Catalogue under the reference number McN 1849.
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Contents of the index
The 8 microfiche are divided as follows:
Fiche 1-3 - Passengers listed alphabetically by surname
- From Abberton to Glynn
- From Glynn to Moylan
- From Moylan to Yourell (end of list)
This list provides details of:
- Irish county of origin
- Age in years
- Name of ship
- Date of arrival
Fiche 4-8 - Ships listed in order of their arrival in Sydney
- From ship 281 - Sir Edmund Parry (Feb 1848)
- From ship 377 - Wilson Kennedy (Dec 1852)
- From ship 476 - Hilton (Oct 1855)
- From ship 576 - Caribou (Oct 1859)
- From ship 625 - Morning Star (Sept 1864)
This list commences with the Sir Edmund Parry, which arrived in Sydney
on 17 February 1848. It then lists each passenger alphabetically by surname,
subdivided according to their Irish county of origin.
Information given usually includes the passenger's age, parish of origin,
religion, parents' Christian names, mother's maiden name, whether parents
are living or dead, and the parish or townland where they lived. Where
parents' Christian names are given, the father's name appears first.
The names are usually preceded by a code number from 1 to 5, which means that as
at the date of the vessel's departure, the parents were:
- Alive in Ireland
- Alive on the same ship
- Alive in Australia
- Deceased
- Alive outside Australia and Ireland (eg. in America)
Births and deaths at sea are also listed in the "by ship" index. The information
listed is that stated by the passenger at the date of arrival in Sydney.
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Original source material
The original records from which these entries were extracted are held by State
Records (SR) NSW (formerly the Archives Office (AO) of
New South Wales). They are described as follows on their web site:
8. Persons on bounty ships (Agent's Immigrant Lists), 1838-96, CGS
5316
(4/4782 - 4/4812; microfilm copy SR Reels 2134 - 2143). 31 volumes.
The entries record for each immigrant: name, age, sex, calling, marital
status, native place and education. From 1848 series 9 (below) contains
more information about each immigrant and so is the more useful series.
9. Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle and Moreton Bay (Board's
Immigrant Lists), 1848-91, CGS 5317
(4/4904 - 4/5036; microfilm copy SR Reels 2458 - 2498). 133 boxes.
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 (above),
which it complements, but it is incomplete.
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Related indexes available online
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References
Grenham, John. Tracing Your Irish Ancestors, 2nd edition, Gill & McMillan, 1999.
Acknowledgement
This guide was originally compiled by Michael Organ (University Archivist) 10 May 2002. Last revised 1 August 2007.
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