Indexes and passenger records > Australia
National Archives of Australia - Destination Australia
This site features more than 22,000 photographs of migrants who arrived in Australia from all over the world post World War II, 1946-1999. You can use this site to share your story, read about other … more
Ozships: Australian Shipping 1788-1968
This site lists shipping arrivals and departures. It also includes 92,000+ passenger list entries which can be browsed alphabetically. These are linked to transcripts of the passenger lists. Please … more
Archives Hub - British Women's Emigration
This site focuses on organisations created to encourage educated middle-class women to migrate to British colonies such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand or South Africa in the late 1800s-early … more
Datamarine's War Brides Index
An index to war bride passenger lists for ships bound for Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand 1946-1947. A search returns name and destination country. Fees apply for further details. more
National Maritime Museum Sydney - Welcome Wall
Australian National Maritime Museum Sydney. Click on the Welcome Wall link for information about the Welcome Wall. To search the online database use welcomewall.anmm.gov.au/Pivot It allows you to … more
National Archives of Australia - Index to Passenger Arrivals Western Australia 1898-1972
Search for passengers arriving by ship in Fremantle and other Western Australian ports between 1898 and 1972; or arriving at Perth airport between 1944 and 1972. For access click on Search the … more
ScotlandsPeople
This site is the official online source of parish register, civil registration, census and wills & testaments records for Scotland. The indexes are now free to search but a pay-per-view fee … more
The Fifth Fleet
This site, by Ann Smith, details the ships which were chartered by the International Refugee Organization to bring 164,100+ displaced persons from Germany to Australia 1947-1951. There is a list of … more
Western Australian Museum - Welcome Walls
More than one third of Western Australia's population was born overseas. The Welcome Walls projects pay tribute to those migrants who arrived by sea, landing at Fremantle or Albany. The Search Names … more
Australia's Virtual Immigration Wall of Honour
This free site, created by Janet Reakes, offers the opportunity to record the arrival of your family into Australia and to make contact with other descendants/researchers. The online data lists … more
Immigrants Recruited by the Launceston Immigration Aid Society 1855-1862
This book, by Kevin Green, is available online. Includes a bibliography and index of the 850 immigrants recruited. Descendants of the immigrants can add their details so contact can be made with … more
Invisible Australians - Living under the White Australia Policy
This emerging site is assembling biographical information about the Chinese, Japanese, Indians, Afghans, Syrians and Malays who faced discriminatory laws and policies designed to deny them their … more
World War II Refugees to Australia
This site, by Tom Stiglmayer, lists migrants from Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania. The index is arranged by year 1947-1966 with ships listed … more