Australia

1. Basics: Learn about emigration and immigration in these articles.
   
   FS—Wiki: Australia Emigration and Immigration   
   • Introduction
   • General
   • Indexes to Civil Registration Records
   • Locating Civil Registration Records
   
   GG—Australia Emigration


2. Watch this video to learn about online resources for Australian immigration.
   
   RT—Online Sources for Immigration into Australia—54:16 - 2023
   
   
   


3. Town of Origin: Learn how to find the town of origin for your Australian ancestor.
   
   FS—Wiki: Australia Finding Town of Origin


4. Immigrant Ships: Explore the Immigrant Ships site. Select a Volume, then choose Australia as the departure or arrival location.
5. State Library of Queensland: Learn about Australian immigrant ship resources on the State Library of Queensland site.
   
   SLQ: Immigration and Shipping - Getting Started


6. National Library: Learn about Australian shipping and passenger lists.
   
   Australian Shipping and Passenger Lists


7. Explore passenger arrivals on the National Archives of Australia site.
8. State Lib. of W. Australia: Learn more about Australian immigrant ships and passengers on the State Library of Western Australia site.
   
   Ships and Passengers

Countries and Ethnic Groups

1. English: Learn how to find your English ancestors in Australia.
   
   BYU—Finding Your English Ancestors in Australia—61:21 - 2017
   
   
   


2. Germans: Learn about tracing German immigrants to Australia.
   
   SLQ—German Immigrants and Immigration Records - 2019


3. Visit the German-Australian Genealogy & History Alliance Facebook page.
4. Huguenots: Learn about tracing Huguenot immigrants to Australia.
   
   SLQ—Tracing Huguenot Heritage - 2019


5. Chinese: Learn about Chinese-Australian genealogy.
   
   BYU—Chinese-Australian Family History—37:46 - 2023
   
   
   


6. Jewish: Explore the Jewish Genealogy Encyclopedia for Jewish resources in Australia.
7. Misc.: Visit the Cornish Downunder Facebook page.
8. Visit the Ireland & The Irish around the World - DNA Matching Facebook page.

1. FamilySearch: Learn about Australian naturalization and citizenship in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
   
   FS—Wiki: Australia Naturalization and Citizenship   
   • Indexes to Denization and Naturalization
     
   • Locating Finding Guides by Nationality


2. Libraries and Archives: Learn about naturalization records for Australia.
   
   SLQ—Naturalisation Records - 2019


3. Explore citizenship records in the National Archives of Australia site.

1. Basics: Learn about convict records in these articles.
   
   FS—Wiki: Australia Convict Records
   • History of Transportation to Australia
   • Types of Convict Records
   • Family_History_Library
   • Online Resources
   
   MH Wiki—Australian Convicts


2. Libraries and Archives: Learn how to find convict ancestors in these articles from the State Library of Queensland.
   
   SLQ—How to Trace a Convict Ancestor - 2019
   SLQ—Convict Research - Finding Out More - 2019


3. Learn more about tracing convicts who came to Australia.
   
   Convicts
   AF—Early Convict Records and Their Impact on Australian Ancestry


4. Resources: Explore the Australian English Genealogy site for background on convict research in Australia.
5. Visit the Australian Convicts & Their Descendants Facebook page.
6. Visit the Claim a Convict Facebook page.

Exercises

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QUIKLinks

• FMP: Australia Convict Ships 1786-1849
• FMP: Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1870
• FMP: Convict Tickets of Leave 1824-1874


• AC: New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849
• AC: New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849

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