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Optional Print Course Material: Australian: Immigration Records - Free Settlers
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
The study of immigration includes more than finding dates and shipping records. An understanding of some Australian history (as well as major events in other places of the world) is necessary to comprehend why large numbers of people chose to leave the places they were living and take the arduous and often dangerous journey to the other side of the world.
The course will discuss the migration of free settlers, and consider significant emigrant groups, government policies, sponsored and assisted passages, voyage conditions, and ships’ passenger lists as well as denization, naturalization and citizenship.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
IMMIGRATION RECORDS - FREE SETTLERS
INTRODUCTION
Where to Start?
FamilySearch Centers
Australian Joint Copying Project
Ancestry.com.au
Historical Background
1901 to 1945
After World War II
Categories of Arrivals
Free Settlers - Assisted or Unassisted?
Other Categories of Arrivals
Naturalisations
MODULE 2
NEW SOUTH WALES
Introduction
NSW State Records
Departures from New South Wales
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
UK Incoming Passenger Lists
Military
Other Sources
MODULE 3
VICTORIA
Introduction
Public Record Office Victoria
Correspondence and Other Records held by PROV
MODULE 4
QUEENSLAND & TASMANIA
Introduction
Queensland State Archives
Other Queensland Sources
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
Other Tasmanian Sources
MODULE 5
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY & WESTERN
AUSTRALIA
Introduction
South Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
State Records of South Australia
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
Other South Australian Sources
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Biographical Index of Western Australians
MODULE 6
MIGRATION & NATURALISATION
National Archives of Australia
Other Sources
NSW State Records