Oceania

In 1770, James Cook sailed the eastern coast of Australia and claimed it for Great Britain

The eastern coast of Australia was known as New South Wales

The western coast of Australia was first called New Holland, then Swan River Colony, and later Western Australia

Penal Colonies were established from 1788 – 1868 in various parts of Australia

New South Wales began encouraging immigration around 1835 by paying bounties to skilled tradesmen and laborers

In the 1830’s and 1840’s many immigrated from Ireland during the potato famine

In 1850’s Australian gold rush spurred immigration

Australian Cemeteries
Australian Newspaper Database
National Archives of Australia
- Fact Sheet 227 explains when passenger lists and naturalization records were kept, waht information they contain, and how to search for them
New South Wales State Archives & Records
Queensland State Archives
State Library of Queensland
- Has a convit transportation registers database
State Library of South Australia
- Has a database called Bound for South Australia, which contains passenger names from 1836 – 1851
State Library Victoria
State Records Office of Western Australia
Trove – A National Library of Australia resource that brings together content from multiple repositories