Immigration
Records
Australia & New Zealand
Passenger Lists and Details of Ships
Australia & New Zealand
Passenger Lists and Details of Ships
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Immigration
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Australia & New Zealand Passenger Lists and Details of Ships |
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Between
1788 and 1900 over 1,000,000 people immigrated to Australia.
Most of them were from the British Isles, but some were from Europe and Asia.
Before 1900 there were 4 classes of immigration:
Convicts
sentenced to Australia for various periods of time, depending on the crime.
Usually from British Isles or colonies
Bounty immigrants chosen by Australian colonists to come from the British Isles.
Assisted immigrants came through the financial assistance of the government,
organizations, or wealthy individuals.
Paying passengers came through their own means.
If your ancestors came from the United Kingdom then I may be help you to trace them
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