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Assisted Immigration to Colonial Australia
Assisted immigration was an important way that the early colonies in Australia were populated, particular providing men and women with skills and characteristics to build the colonies.
Many people came under Government assistance. Some also came as Bounty immigrants or under another immigration scheme. A key feature of Assisted immigration schemes was that there were age restrictions, and immigrants had to meet health, skill and other suitability requirements.
New South Wales
- Bounty Immigrants - 1828 - 1842 [1]
- Assisted Immigrants to Sydney and Newcastle - 1844-1896 [2]
- Earl Grey Scheme (1848-1850) - Sydney
Victoria
- Assisted Immigration to Port Phillip - 1839-1851 (Records available at NSW State Archives and Records) [3]
- Assisted Immigration to Victoria - 1839-1871 (Victorian indexes) [4]
- Earl Grey Scheme (1848-1850) - Melbourne
Tasmania
Government sponsored immigration - 1831-1837 [5]:
- 'The Bounty Scheme' for single females
- The '20 Pound Advances' Scheme for skilled married men with young families
- Chelsea Pensioner Immigrants - 1832-1833
Other schemes
- Irish female immigrants - 1851
Queensland
- Assisted Immigrants to Moreton Bay - 1848-1859 (Records available at NSW State Archives and Records) [6]
- Assisted immigration 1848-1912 (Records available on Queensland Govt website)
- Queensland Immigration Society (Irish Immigrants) - 1860s [7]
South Australia
- Colonization Commissioners, London, Emigration Fund (1845-1886) - only 10-15% of records still survive. [8] [9]
- Earl Grey Scheme (1848-1850) - Adelaide
Western Australia
- The records Iocated to date don't document any Assisted Immigration to Western Australia. [10]
Use of Voyage Type Categories
Immigrant Voyages
- South Australian arrivals pre 1845
- Any voyages not included in any State Records / Archives
Assisted
- NSW Assisted Immigration ships from 1843 - 1896
- Victorian Assisted Immigration ships - Assisted Immigration to Victoria 1843-1871
- Queensland Assisted Immigraton ships 1848 - 1912, plus NSW Assisted Immigration ships to ports that would become Qld 1843-1847
Unassisted
- As per Colony / State databases
Bounty
- Selected from the NSW Assisted Immigration ships from 1828 - 1842 (Relevant to NSW, the Port Phillip Settlement and early Queensland)
To be clarified
- NSW Assisted Immigration ships from 1828 - 1842 (? Bounty or Assisted)
- Earl Grey Scheme
- Tasmania - Bounty Scheme for Young Females
- Tasmania - The '20 Pound Advances' Scheme for skilled married men with young families
- Tasmania - Chelsea Pensioner Immigrants - 1832-1833
- SA Assisted Immigration 1845-1886
Other Resources
- Familysearch. Australia Emigration and Immigration
- National Library of Australia. Australian Shipping and Passenger Records
- NSW State Archives and Records. Immigraton and Shipping
- Lenore Frost. Ship's Logs, Journals, Pictures, and Passenger Ship Links
- Electric Scotland. Scottish immigration to Australia after 1832
- http://marinersandships.com.au/index.htm
Bounty Immigration to New South Wales:
- http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hilaryfr/genealogy/booth/bounty.htm
- http://www.angelfire.com/al/aslc/immigration.html
Sources
- ↑ Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842. Familysearch NSW Bounty Immigrants Collection
- ↑ NSW State Archives and Records. Assisted Immigrants Index
- ↑ NSW State Archives and Records. Immigraton and Shipping
- ↑ State Library of Victoria. Victorian Assisted Immigration - 1839-1871
- ↑ Libraries Tasmania. Immigration to Tasmania - 1803-1946
- ↑ NSW State Archives and Records. Immigraton and Shipping
- ↑ Queensland Open Data Portal. Assisted Immigration - 1848-1912
- ↑ South Australia State Records. Passenger Lists - 1845-1940
- ↑ State Library of South Australia. Passenger Lists 1846-1887
- ↑ State Records Office of Western Australia. Passenger Lists and Immigration Records
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The NSW Assisted Immigration ships from 1843 - 1896 individual passenger lists in many cases include a column designated "Bounty" as well.
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