In Tasmania, records of people (passengers, crew, ship's masters) and ships arriving were kept in the 19th Century with varying levels of detail. The records available in the Index to passengers & ships arrivals - 19th Century database reflect this variety in terms of the amount of information they provide on individual people or ships. Most arrivals are for the Port of Hobart as few records have survived for arrivals at ports outside Hobart. This index covers unassisted passengers up until 1885. The index, which currently contains only names beginning with A-I, is gradually being added to from a card index which is located in the Hobart izone.
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See the Archives Office of Tasmania Brief guide 30: records relating to immigration for a list of records most frequently used for information on immigrant arrivals.
More recent Tasmanian passenger records are held by the National Archives of Australia.
Related links : Arrivals - Other states | Convicts | Recommended websites |Shipping records
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Tasmania's records of the convict system document the lives of over 75000 individuals while under sentence, from the beginning of transportation in 1804. These records have been added to the UNESCO International Memory of the World Register and many can now be viewed online.
With access to over 4000 databases containing Australian and International census, immigration, military and electoral records. This resource is a treasure trove for family historians.
