Finding resources about immigration

Finding when your ancestors arrived in NSW can be challenging. This webinar highlights some resources that can help you with this research.

Discover the key resources available to you in the collections of the State Library of NSW and the State Archives Collection.

Explore a diverse range of resource types including official State government records, published material and personal manuscript collections.

Learn how you can access and use these resources to enhance your research.

This session, artworks, film and sound clips are protected by copyright and may not be recorded, reproduced or used in any way without the express written consent of the State Library of NSW.

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Assisted immigrants digitised shipping lists 1828-1896

If you know the ship your assisted passengers arrived on you can search, view & download the digitised shipping list

Immigration & shipping

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Ocean liners Strathnaver and Mariposa in Sydney Harbour, 1932

Immigration & shipping guide

Key records and indexes for passengers arriving in New South Wales 1788-1922

Page from the digitised passenger list of the Shackamaxon, arrived 3 Sep 1863

Digital shipping lists

A snapshot of how to use digital shipping lists

Ocean liners in Sydney Harbour

Immigration & shipping

This webinar is an introduction to immigration and shipping records. Find out how to locate pre-1923 arrivals to Sydney including convicts, their families, free arrivals, crew and military

Portrait of an unidentified family

Family history guide

Tracing your family history is always easier working from the present to the past