guide to the public records of tasmania

GUIDE TO THE
PUBLIC RECORDS OF TASMANIA
Section Four
RECORDS RELATING TO FREE IMMIGRATION
Ian Pearce and Clare Cowling
Hobart
Archives Office of Tasmania
1975
ACCESS CONDITIONS
The records described in this Guide are on open access if they are older than 50 years. Access to those records
which are less than 50 years old is at the discretion of their creating authority.
CONTENTS
Introductory Note
Part A: Immigration 1816 - 1837.
Part B: The Board of Immigration.
Part C: Immigration 1887 - 1946.
Part D: Description of Records, 1816 - 1972.
Part E: Description of Records of the Board of Immigration.
Part F: Appendices
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Note on Private Societies.
Note on naturalization procedures.
Tasmanian Acts of Parliament relating to Immigration.
Board of Immigration Regulations.
Returns of Assisted Immigration, 1832-1890.
Assisted Immigrant Ships, 1832-1887.
Abstract showing the ships in which Pensioners arrived in the Colony of Tasmania as guards over
convicts, with dates of arrival respectively.
8. Return of Immigrants under the ‘Youths for farm work scheme’.
9. Return of Immigrants under the ‘Household Workers’ scheme.
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
This guide to records relating to immigration to Tasmania is divided into two sections. That dealing with the
records of the Board of Immigration was originally intended to be issued separately as a guide to a specific
record group. At the same time a survey was being made of all records relating to immigration held in the
Archives Office of Tasmania. It was therefore decided to combine both projects and issue them as a general
description of records relating to immigration.
For this reason there is some disparity between Parts A and C and Part B. Parts A and C are essentially general
histories of immigration, whereas Part B is an administrative history of the Board, with particular emphasis on
its function as a separate records-creating authority. It is because of this emphasis that the period immediately
prior to the inception of the Board of Immigration is included in Part B, as the records produced during this
period were taken over and used by the Board itself.
PART A
IMMIGRATION 1816 - 1837
IMMIGRATION IN THE EARLY PERIOD OF SETTLEMENT.
Immigration to Tasmania prior to 1820 was discouraged rather than the reverse. Only those persons with
letters of recommendation from the Secretary of State were welcomed; some persons were refused permission
to land in Van Diemen's Land because they did not have these papers. 1
The first migrant ship to arrive in Van Diemen’s Land, a ship chartered by settlers James, William and
Thomas Salmon to bring out their families, was the Adamant, which arrived on 20 September 1816.2 It was
followed by the Harriott, with forty-five passengers in 1817, the Caroline in 1820 and the Skelton in the same
year. 3
Migration/population figures jumped noticeably after 1820, with the introduction of more viable land
regulations.4 During the 1820’s a great many respectable settlers arrived, bringing the letters of
recommendation from the Home authorities which entitled them to land. Immigration of persons with capital
was encouraged by Lieut.-Governor Arthur, who saw immigration as the servant of transportation. The convict
system was based on assignment, and men of capital were needed to maintain it. Land policy in the 1820’s
discriminated against the less wealthy settler, as the size of land grants was proportional to the amount of
capital held. The need for a letter of recommendation to the Governor and the high cost of travel to Van
Diemen’s Land also discouraged the poorer person.
As well as gentlemen farmers, retired military officers on half pay were encouraged to immigrate ‘by holding
out to them, in consideration of their services, advantages superior to those enjoyed by ordinary settlers’. 5
These advantages included remission of quit rent, and the waiving of a deposit as security for the land.
Instituted in 1826, the scheme also applied to Naval Officers. Retiring officers who intended to emigrate,
instead of relinquishing to the Crown one third of the value of their Commission as required by Army
Regulations, were permitted to receive the full value of the Commission on condition that they booked a
passage on board a vessel proceeding direct to the Colony. 6 After free land grants ceased in 1831 these
officers had to buy land, but a sum was remitted from the cost, in their favour, according to rank and service.7
Subsidised immigration was not undertaken by the Colonial Government in the 1820’s. Persons without
capital were not encouraged, although individual settlers sometimes paid the passage fare of servants who
were indentured to them until the cost of the passage was worked out. 8 The only incidence of large scale
subsidised immigration in the 1820’s was that undertaken by the Van Diemen’s Land Company. Formed in
1825 by an Act of Parliament, the Company's purpose in Van Diemen's Land was the raising of fine-woolled
sheep. The Company was granted 250 000 acres of land in north-western Tasmania on which to encourage
farming by the encouragement of immigrants from England.9 These labourers were brought out at the
Company's expense on the condition that they should not for five years after landing become dependent on the
colonial finances.10 Each immigrant was indentured to the Company and given an advance on his wages on
embarkation to be paid out of the first wages becoming due after arrival. Later, when the Company was
desirous of letting a portion of its estates, intending emigrants with a small amount of capital were encouraged
to avail themselves of the offer, although no financial assistance was proposed. 11
Some other Companies were set up in the United Kingdom, with local offices in Hobart to encourage
immigration, but their activities folded quickly and there is little record of their policies. 12
5.
References
1.
In 1819 Lieut.-Governor Sorell refused permission for a settler to return to Van Diemen’s
Land (Sorell-Cimitiere 31 August 1819) Governor Macquarie also refused permission for a
person to settle in Van Diemen’s Land because he had taken a dislike to him. (MacquarieDavey 3 February 1814). See H.R.A. Series III Vol. 2.
2.
Statistics of Tasmania. 1816.
3.
Hobart Town Gazette 2 December 1820.
4.
In 1820 Sorell received a despatch stating that in future,letters requesting land grants need not
go to Macquarie, but direct to Sorell, who was to have the power to locate land. This new
regulation speeded up the process of land grants. (Under-Secretary Goulburn to Lieut.Governor Sorell, 24 July 1820) H.R.A. Series III p. 39.
5.
Bathurst-Darling 1 October 1826 GO1/3 No. 74.
6.
GO1/5 No. 5 Secretary of State-Arthur 23 November 1827.
7.
CSO1/562/11422.
8.
One such case was that of Peter Brewer GO1/30 No. 30.
9.
GO1/5 p.350 Van Diemen's Land Co. Director to Hay, 3 August 1827.
10.
Ibid. This condition was imposed by Goderich.
11.
VDL70.
12.
One such Company was the Scottish-Australia Company, established in 1822 to bring
Scottish emigrants to Hobart Town and Sydney. The Company ceased to exist in 1831.
Another was the Tasmanian (or Van Diemen’s Land) Joint Stock Company, of which the
only record is its prospectus, published in the Hobart Town Gazette, 28 January 1825.
1.
Historical Records of Australia Series III, is the primary source of material for the period
prior to 1820. It records land policy and regulations which are the clue to policies on
immigration.
2.
Statistics of Tasmania gives free population figures for each year and numbers of land grants.
3.
Governors Office inward and outward despatches (GO1 and GO33). These despatches
contain information relating to His Majesty’s Government's policies on immigration and the
Colonial Government’s reaction.
4.
Hobart Town Gazette. This newspaper is almost the only source of passengers and shipping
lists for the period of the 1820’s.
5.
Van Diemen’s Land Company Records. The most valuable are the despatches (VDL1) which
contain general information on indentured immigrants.
Sources.
GOVERNMENT SPONSORED IMMIGRATION, 1831-1837.
On 28 January 1831, Lieut.-Governor Arthur received a Despatch from the Secretary of State, Viscount
Goderich, ordering that no more land be granted to colonists. l The reasons for this order were twofold. Firstly,
large tracts of land were being alienated to persons without the means to improve and cultivate. Secondly, the
system of indiscriminate land grants had not served one of the
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purposes for which it had been instituted, namely to relieve the Mother Country of its unemployment problem:
‘No such relief can be possibly afforded by the mere removal of Capitalists . . . it is the emigration of the
unemployed British labourers which would be of real and essential service.’
The concept of pauper immigration was not new. In 1823 Earl Bathurst, the Secretary of State, had suggested
to Governor Brisbane that a supply of free labourers might be encouraged by His Majesty’s Government,
should such a supply be called for. 3 Lack of finance was the primary obstacle to the emigration of the poor.
Goderich suggested that a scheme of assisted immigration be set up to defray the expenses of emigrants who
would otherwise undertake the cheaper passage to America. 4 Money was to be raised for this purpose out of
the proceeds from land sales or from finance donated by individual colonists desirous of employing
non-convict servants. 5
On the 24th of June 1831 an Emigration Commission was set up in London to organize the passage of
migrants to Australia. 6 Two schemes were instituted, to work concurrently. The first scheme had as its object
the emigration of single females who could be employed as domestic servants by the colonists. Finance was to
be raised out of the sale of land. 7 These women were to pay half their fare (approximately £8) and the
Colonial Government the other half upon their arrival in Van Diemen’s Land. These women who could not
afford to pay the £8 were advanced money in England by the Commissioner on condition that it be repaid
from their wages. The Colonial Government was to pay into the Military Chest the equivalent amount of the
monies advanced in England. This scheme was known as ‘the Bounty System’.
The second scheme was designed to encourage the emigration of married men with young families, firstly
mechanics and then agricultural labourers. This was called the ‘£20 advances’ scheme. An order for payment
was presented to the Master of the ship conveying the emigrant; the Master then presented it to the Colonial
authorities as his claim against the cost of conveying the emigrant. 9
The proposed method of financing this scheme was the cause of a squabble between Arthur and Goderich. The
latter suggested that a tax be levied upon assigned convicts and those holding tickets of leave. 10 Arthur, to
whom Van Diemen’s Land was primarily a receptacle for convicts, queried Goderich’s proposal most
strongly, complaining that it penalized ‘the slender funds the colonists possess of employing convict labour’.
The debate as to finance continued until the advances system was discontinued; in the meantime money from
land sales was used to pay for the scheme.
The Bounty System
Single women were badly needed in Van Diemen’s Land, where the disproportion of the sexes was great. 12
The first group of 200 women arrived per the Princess Royal on 6 September 1832. They were lodged on
arrival at the female orphan school, and a Ladies Committee was formed to supervise them and to oversee
their seeking of employment.. Applications were invited from persons seeking domestic servants, stating what
wages were offered and the type of female required. 14 Most of the women found situations, but Arthur was
unhappy with this first experiment in large-scale migration, as several bad and dissipated persons had been
selected. Arthur wrote bitterly to Hay on this ‘most injudicious measure of associating the depraved characters
from the public institutions, and I believe from the streets of London also, with women of good reputation’. 15
The selection had apparently been made by a Charitable Committee whose method was to
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approach various institutions and work houses. Arthur was promised that in future selections would be made,
not by the parishes, but by a committee of volunteers ‘composed of some charatable (sic) Gentlemen of the
first respectability in London’. The moral character of each applicant was to be most carefully screened. The
new system was more successful; new women arrivals by the Strathfieldsay 13 August 1834, and the Sarah 14
February 1835 were of a higher moral tone and more industrious in their habits, particularly those from the
latter ship. 17 More female immigrants were brought out per the Amelia Thompson 20 August 1836 and the
William Metcalfe 24 January 1837.
£20 Advances Scheme
The £20 advances were, as a general rule, limited to married men. 18 At first only skilled mechanics were
encouraged, but in 1834 Goderich decided to include young married agricultural labourers as well as
mechanics. 19 Government agents were appointed at Liverpool, Bristol, Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Belfast and
Greenock to encourage would-be colonists, but Goderich warned Arthur that should the funds set aside by His
Majesty’s Government for the encouragement of emigration (approximately £3,000) be exhausted, the Home
Government would cease to recommend emigration to Van Diemen’s Land. 20
The £20 advances scheme was in any case running into financial difficulties. Although only small numbers
availed themselves of the scheme, 21 the Colonial Government had great difficulty in obtaining a return on the
advances. To remove this problem, and to encourage further immigrants, the £20 advance was, in 1835,
converted into an unconditional grant, 22 and henceforth the term ‘Bounty migrant’ was applied to all assisted
persons. The bounty was extended to younger members of families in 1836, the grant now being £30 for each
married couple, £5 for each child aged 2 - 7, £10 for children aged 7 - 15 and £15 for girls aged 15 - 30,
travelling with the families. 23
The latter bounty, encouraging young girls to travel to the colonies with families, stemmed from a suggestion
made by Glenelg to Franklin in 1836. Glenelg felt that because of the moral dangers of sending out single
women without protection, an experiment be made with large scale emigration of families. 24
The William Metcalfe was accordingly outfitted, filled with over 200 persons, and sent to Van Diemen’s Land,
arriving on 24 January 1837. The experiment proved a total failure. The families, selected from paupers or
parish relief in the United Kingdom, were penniless. Their descent on Van Diemen’s Land so glutted the
labour market that most could not find employment, and were thrown back on the Government. 25 The
Colonial Government decided to suspend assisted immigration until a better scheme could be adopted, 26 but
in the meantime the British Government had already despatched another load of families, per the Bussorah
Merchant. Upon its arrival on 12 December 1837 conditions were found to be so appalling that the passengers,
most of whom were ill, had to be placed in quarantine at Sorell Creek. 27 The Colonial Government was again
faced with the burden of maintaining these pauper immigrants.
Another class of immigrant destined to become a burden on the Colonial Government was the Chelsea
pensioner. Chelsea pensioners were retired soldiers who were encouraged to commute their pensions in order
to obtain a free passage to the colonies. 28 They received no financial assistance and were not entitled to any
special privileges such as land grants or remissions of land purchase price as were retired officers under the
scheme begun in 1826.
Pensioners came out to Van Diemen’s Land in the years 1832-3 on the ships Science, Cleopatra, Waterloo,
Wellington, Manfield and Adelaide. They were found to be total failures as colonists. Arthur complained that
they arrived with very little money, which they spent in the public houses in dissipated and
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idle living, becoming burdens on the state. He concluded that their former dependence on the pension had
prevented them from forming industrious habits, and requested that their immigration be discontinued. 29
In 1837 Lieut.-Governor Franklin suspended assisted immigration to Van Diemen’s Land. Finance had been
the primary problem in the Colonial Government's efforts to relieve England of its paupers. As early as 1831 a
Committee set up by Arthur to investigate the immigration question had concluded that the Colonial
Government was not in a position to finance large scale immigration. 30 Money from land sales was
insufficient to finance the various schemes. In May 1832 Arthur wrote to Howick in distress, stating that the
Treasury was having difficulty in cashing drafts produced by the £20 advances immigrants, for money held for
them in England. 31 The substitution of bounties for the £20 advances.reduced funds still further. Too many
immigrants became a burden on the government, particularly after the experiment of family migration. Settlers
were unwilling to take whole families into service, while higher wages in New South Wales and South
Australia induced many of the jobless to leave the state, leaving the Colonial Government bearing the cost of
the passage from England without receiving any benefits. 32
The type of immigrant arriving in Van Diemen’s Land did not measure up to the colonists’ wishes. Both
Arthur and Franklin complained about the low moral tone and unsuitability for the type of work required, of
the immigrants chosen by the British Government. The Colonial Government had no redress as it could not
afford to appoint its own agent in Britain. 33 The arrival of large groups of labourers glutted the market,
caused wages to fall and created dissatisfaction among the immigrants themselves. 34
In 1835 Arthur made the first request for the suspension of immigration of labourers, as they could not find
work save by displacing convicts in assignment. 3 5 Van Diemen’s Land was first and foremost a convict
colony. Arthur’s main dislike of assisted working class immigration was its disruption of the assignment
system by the creation of competition with the convicts. 36 Arthur wanted the immigration of persons with
capital, whom he saw as prospective employers of convicts, but this type of person had decreased since the
cessation of free land grants. 37
By the time Franklin arrived as Governor of Van Diemen’s Land in January 1837 the immigration situation
was so unsatisfactory that within a short time of his taking office he decided to suspend assisted immigration
entirely, save for perhaps a small number of single female domestics. In his report to His Majesty’s
Government Franklin put forward his reasons - lack of finance, and too little demand for labour. 38 Unlike
New South Wales, Van Diemen’s Land was limited in the extent of available land and therefore in income
from land sales. Franklin therefore requested the suspension of assisted immigration until both finance and
population warranted it.
References
1.
GO1/13 No. 10.
2.
Ibid. Goderich may also have been influenced by the Wakefield theory of systematic
colonization, which was supported by the former’s secretary, Lord Howick.
3.
GO1/1 No. 21.
4.
GO1/13 No. 11.
9.
5.
A Government notice was published suggesting the latter course, and several persons replied
signifying their willingness to support the scheme, which was later incorporated in the
Government’s bounty system.
6.
GO1/13 No. 26 Goderich - Arthur.
7.
Ibid. No. 36 Goderich - Arthur.
8.
Ibid. Nos. 36 & 41, & GO1/17 No. 42
9.
GO1/17 No. 45 Goderich - Arthur 25 March 1831.
10.
GO1/13 No. 41.
11.
GO33/13 No. 48.
12.
In 1830 there were 18 228 men and 6 276 women in Van Diemen’s Land.
13.
GO33/11 No. 43.
14.
CSO1/528/11502.
15.
GO33/12 p. 19 Arthur - Hay 8 October 1832.
16.
CSO1/742/16027.
17.
GO33/19 p. 270 Arthur - Hay, 26 February 1835.
18.
GO3/1 p. 82.
19.
GO1/17 No. 45 Goderich - Arthur, 25 March 1834.
20.
Ibid.
21.
22.
See GO3/1 for the lists of arrivals. Usually only 2-3 families came out on each ship. No
special ships were chartered.
GO1/18 No. 6 Glenelg - Arthur.
23.
Minutes of the Executive Council 11 April 1837 (EC4/4 p. 523).
24.
GO1/24 No. 27 Glenelg - Franklin, 19 August 1836.
25.
Surgeon’s Report, GO33/26 p. 629.
26.
Hobart Town Gazette 21 April 1837 Government Notice No. 66.
27.
CSO5/89/2004.
28.
GO33/13 No. 30 Arthur - Goderich 22 May 1833.
29.
Ibid. Also CSO1/558/12292.
30.
Executive Council Minutes, 9 July 1831 (EC4/2 p. 93).
31.
GO33/11 p. 5 Arthur - Howich 5 May 1832.
32.
Hobart Town Gazette 23 July 1841 Government Notice No. 164.
33.
Executive Council Minutes, 5 November 1837 (EC4/5).
34.
See the petition of mechanics by various ships, complaining that they were misled as to the
real conditions in Tasmania. CSO1/778/16606.
35.
GO33/20 No. 84 Arthur - Glenelg 15 October 1835.
10.
36.
Ibid.
37.
GO33/13 No. 48 Arthur - Stanley 24 August 1833.
38.
GO33/26 p. 708.
Sources
1.
Governor’s Office inward and outward despatches (GO1 and GO33). For the period of the
1830’s these despatches often contain the only surviving records of immigrant arrivals, listing
names, age, occupation, character and employment of the various immigrants. They also
contain valuable information on the policies of the Governments concerned.
2.
Despatches received from the Secretary and Under-Secretary of State relating to advances to
emigrants, 15 November 1831-12 December 1834 (GO3). This volume lists the £20 advances
immigrants, giving details such as native place, age, occupation, names and ages of children.
3.
Colonial Secretary’s Office records, Arthur and Franklin periods (CSO1 and CSO5). These
records provide valuable supplementary information to that contained in the Governor’s
Office despatches.
4.
Executive Council Minutes, 1831-1837 (EC4/2-6). These give a detailed account of the
conditions which resulted in the various complaints and suggestions put forward by the
Governors to the British Government.
5.
Hobart Town Gazette. Useful mainly for government notices and lists of immigrant arrivals.
11.
PART B.
THE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION
Following Franklin’s suspension of free immigration in 1837 1 and the announcement that the convict
Assignment System was to be discontinued midway through 1840 the Van Diemen’s Land colonists soon
realised that the labour supply was rapidly diminishing.2 On 31 March 1840 the Colonial Times published an
editorial headed ‘Public Labour’ deploring the drain of labour to the other Australian colonies. This, according
to the Colonial Times, together with the improper appropriation of the Land Fund and the cessation of the
Assignment System resulted in a shortage of labour which would have a drastic effect on the colony. The
editorial suggested that the colonists hold public meetings to consider what steps could be taken to rectify the
situation. It also suggested that an Emigration Association be formed to obtain labour for the colony, to be
financed from the Land Fund.
Early in May 1840 a well attended meeting of colonists was held in Hobart to discuss the question. At this
meeting resolutions were passed referring to the need for ‘extensive importation of free labour’; the use of the
Land Fund for immigration purposes only and the need to continue the Assignment System until enough free
labour was available. The meeting also resolved that the Government should form a Standing Committee to
consider the labour-immigration question, and a petition was presented to Lieut.Governor Franklin stating
these points. 3
Addressing the Legislative Council in August 1840, Franklin stated that the call for labour was an
unprecedented one, and the supply was quite inadequate. He had therefore taken it upon himself to institute a
Bounty System of immigration following the petition from the Hobart meeting in May 1840. 4
On 15 May 1840 regulations had been published setting out the bounties that would be paid on various classes
of immigrants and other conditions which were to be met by those desiring to bring out immigrants. 5
Applications for immigrants were sent to the Colonial Secretary who passed them on to the Agent General for
Emigration in London whose duty it was to select suitable immigrants. 6 Franklin claimed that there had
already been a large number of applications for immigrants by August 1840. 7
In June 1841 Arthur Davies was appointed Immigration Agent at Hobart and Franklin’s instructions to him
were published in July 1841. 8 As well as instructing him in his duties as immigration Agent the type of
records he was to keep was set out in considerable detail. These included returns of immigrants arriving with
all relevant personal details, gratuities paid to ships’ crews, medical reports on each shipload of immigrants
and lists of immigrants for whom the bounty had been refused. He also had to compile an annual statistical
report. At the same time a sub-agent was appointed at Launceston.
The above regulations were not, however, favourably received by the Home Government. In a despatch to
Franklin, Colonial Secretary Russell wrote that the section relating to the bonding of immigrants was to be
annulled and the whole Bounty System was to be discontinued once existing obligations had been fulfilled. 9
This despatch reached Franklin at the end of August 1841 and in September 1841 he asked the Legislative
Council to form itself into a committee to consider the whole immigration question. After taking evidence
from a number of people the Council delivered its report in November 1841. Despite the attitude of the Home
Government they were very clearly in favour of the Bounty System (including the bonding of immigrants) and
were willing to vote £60 000 towards immigration costs. 10
12.
From the time of Davies’ appointment until September 1842, 795 immigrants had arrived at a cost of
approximately £12 000 to the Colonial Government. 11
It was not long however before it became obvious that this rate of immigration could not continue. Not only
was the Land Fund rapidly running out but the general economic conditions of Van Diemen’s Land and the
influx into the labour force of convicts receiving Tickets of Leave under the Probation System lessened the
demand for free labour. 12
By February 1843 Franklin stated that ‘the immediate discontinuance of immigration at the expense of the
Public Revenue is . . . indispensable’. 13 The Land Fund, which had been taken over by the Commissariat in
1846 was restored to the Colonial Government in 1848 and although the question of using it for immigration
was again considered it was decided that the wage differential between the Australian colonies was too great
and Van Diemen’s Land would only lose immigrants to the mainland colonies. 14
In 1848 the British Government voted £30 000 to be used for immigration to the penal colonies, primarily to
send out the wives and families of convicts. This was quite successful, although the numbers were fairly
small.15 Part of this money was used to bring out the families of military pensioners who themselves worked
their way out as guards on convict ships but difficulty was experienced in finding land or employment for the
men. In 1851 the Colonial Land and Emigration Commission sent out two shiploads of Irish female
immigrants. This was paid for by the Home Government and these women had no difficulty in finding
employment. 17
The discovery of gold on the mainland had a drastic effect on the labour supply in Van Diemen’s Land as
large numbers of men left to try their luck on the goldfields. By mid 1852 the effect of this population loss was
beginning to be felt and in his opening speech at the second sitting of the Legislative Council Lieut.-Governor
Denison stressed the need for a method of obtaining an adequate labour supply. 18 In June 1852 a Select
Committee was formed to look into the immigration question. This Committee made its report in August and
after confirming Denison’s remarks about the labour supply recommended that about 2 000 to 3 000
immigrants per year would be an adequate number.
As the use of the bonding scheme had been vetoed by the British Government the Committee recommended
that £12 500 be appropriated from General Revenue and used to bring out adult male immigrants. As this
would be paid for from Colonial Funds these men could be bonded. The cost of bringing out their wives and
families could be met from money provided by the British Government and no bond would apply. The male
immigrant’s sponsor would pay £7.10.0 and the Colonial Government would pay the remainder of the passage
money. 20 The bond, which was intended to provide security for both the immigrant and his employer, would
last three years. On 26 October 1852 regulations were gazetted putting these recommendations into effect.
Although approximately 800 applications were received under these regulations the British Government was
not satisfied and in May 1853 refused to accept them. They considered that ‘it would promote by means of
public funds an extensive desertion of families in England and proposes to send out British subjects bound
irrevocably to particular employers whom they have never seen . . . in entire ignorance of the current rate of
wages and of the general advantages open to them in the colony’.
13
The upshot of this was that in January 1854 the Colonial Government issued new regulations governing
immigration. These provided for a bounty to be paid to applicants who were to pay either £3 for an adult
immigrant or £5 for a family. They would receive a Bounty Ticket which was sent to an agent in the United
Kingdom who would select the immigrants. Upon the immigrant's arrival the Immigration Agent would certify
that he was a bone fide immigrant and the Bounty Ticket could then be presented to the Treasury where the
passage money would be paid at a specified rate (£20 per adult at this time). Blank Bounty Tickets could also
be issued to ship's masters and other agents. The bonding system was dropped although the Immigration
Agent had to be satisfied that the immigrant would remain in the colony or pay back his passage money (in
whole or part) if he left. 22
In September 1854 the Legislative Council passed an Act which provided that immigrants for whom the
Government paid the full passage money would either have to repay this money within 14 days of his arrival
or become indentured to a ‘competent employer’ for a period of two years. The employer was to pay the
Government half the passage money required upon contracting the immigrant, and the balance within one
year. The Act provided authorisation for the employer to deduct this sum from the immigrant's wages over the
two year period 23 In his report for the half year July - December 1854 the immigration Agent expressed
considerable dissatisfaction with this scheme due to the difficulty in finding employment for government
sponsored immigrants. He further claimed that there was universal disapproval of the scheme although the
Bounty System generally was successful, primarily because the sponsors had some interest in the immigrants,
who were generally relatives or friends. 24 In his report for January - June 1855 he repeated these sentiments
but by this time the whole question was again under consideration by the Government. 25
In his speech at the opening of the Legislative Council, Governor Fox-Young said that although the Bounty
System had proved useful and popular neither the Land Fund nor the General Revenue could afford the cost of
continued immigration. Following this a Select Committee was formed in July 1855 ‘to consider . . . a
continuance of immigration under the Bounty System and the best plan for raising funds for that purpose . . .’
26 The Committee, reporting in September, recommended that the Bounty System be retained with an increase
in the price of the Bounty Tickets. To overcome the financial difficulties the Committee recommended that an
Act be passed authorising the issue of debentures up to £100 000 to be charged against the General Revenue of
the colony.
This was to be administered by a board of five Commissioners appointed by the Government with the Colonial
Secretary and the Treasurer as ex officio members. The Committee further recommended that debentures for
£10 000 be raised to defray costs already incurred. 27
On 21 December 1855 an Act was passed ‘to establish a Board of Immigration Commissioners and to enable
such Commissioners to raise Two Hundred Thousand Pounds by debentures chargeable upon the General
Revenue of Van Diemen’s Land’. It provided that there should be five Commissioners to enforce the Act, of
which the Colonial Secretary and the Colonial Treasurer should be two, the Colonial Secretary being
President. Provision was also made for the appointment of a Secretary, clerks, officers and agents of the Board
and for the payment of their salaries from the money raised by debentures. 28
The first meeting of the Board was held on 31 December 1855 and on 1 January 1856 they called for tenders
to purchase debentures at £100 each. This met with reasonable success and by mid February almost £60 000
worth of tenders had been accepted. 29
14.
In March 1856 the Board issued new regulations relating to the Bounty System. These were almost identical
with those already in force, except that more attention was paid to the conditions under which the immigrants
arrived. As a corollary to this the regulations also provided for gratuities to be paid to the master and officers
of immigrant ships if the Immigration Agent was satisfied that the immigrants had been well treated. 30
During the next few years there were no changes in the administration of the Act, other than an alteration in
the Bounty rates and by June 1860 a total of 4 814 persons had been brought out under the Bounty System.
In 1859 the Board had approved of immigrants being sent out via Melbourne due to the difficulty some had
experienced in obtaining a passage direct from the United Kingdom to Tasmania. The Immigration Agent
reported that he had also experienced some trouble in preventing immigrants leaving the colony without first
repaying the cost of their passage money and he blamed this on the lack of staff in the Immigration
Department. 31
August 1860 saw yet another Select Committee appointed to inquire into the working of the Immigration
System and to ascertain whether any changes should be made. This Committee generally approved of the
System although there had been some complaints that too many old and invalid immigrants had been
introduced. The Committee recommended that more care be taken in the selection of immigrants and the
payment of the Bounty on unsuitable persons.32 In 1861 however, the number of immigrants arriving in
Tasmania had fallen to 354, a drop of 464 on the previous year’s figure. This decline continued and in 1864
only 118 immigrants had been introduced at the public expense. This had fallen to 53 by 1866. 33
In July 1864 another Select Committee was set up to inquire into the question of immigration. It recommended
that small farmers be encouraged as they could make use of the agricultural areas set aside under the Waste
Lands Act of 1863, free grants of land being given to immigrants who paid their own passage to Tasmania
subject to conditions of residence and cultivation. The Committee further recommended that freeholders from
Germany should be especially encouraged as they could afford the cost of the passage and were considered to
be industrious farmers. It was also thought that a land grant system would prevent immigrants from using
Tasmania as a stepping stone to the mainland colonies. 34
Another Select Committee in 1865 set out more specific conditions for the land grant system.
These were:
1.
Any man aged from 18 to 36 could select land in 50 acre lots.
2.
Land was to be set aside in 50 acre lots which could be selected and reserved alternately.
3.
After five years residence, and providing that at least 10 acres was under cultivation, the applicant
would be granted 50 acres and would have the option of purchasing the reserved 50 acres adjacent
to his land.
4.
Two areas of at least 4 000 acres were to be set aside specifically for immigrants from Germany.
5.
Agents were to be appointed in Germany and the United Kingdom to select immigrants. 35
In September 1865 the Members of the House of Assembly petitioned the Governor to introduce legislation to
bring the above recommendations into force.36 It was not until October 1867 however that the necessary Act
was finally passed. Although this Act followed more or less the spirit of the Select Committee's
recommendations the actual conditions for the working of the system were altered
15.
considerably. The main provision of the Act was that agents appointed in the United Kingdom and Germany
would select immigrants and issue them with land order warrants. These warrants had a nominal value of £18
(children under the age of 12 were issued with £9 warrants). Upon the immigrant’s arrival in Tasmania (after
paying his own passage) these warrants could be used to purchase land. Immigrants who arrived without
having been issued warrants received a certificate entitling them to select thirty acres of land (lesser amounts
for wives and children). The scheme was limited to immigrants from Europe and India although in 1874 a
further Act allowed immigrants from places other than these to select land. 37
In May 1868 Charles Meredith was appointed to act as the Board’s agent in the United Kingdom (at the same
time a clerk was also appointed to ‘arrange and index the papers belonging to the Board . .’). After lengthy
negotiations with the Board about the terms of his employment however, Meredith declined the position. In
December 1868 Frederick Buck was appointed agent in Germany but the agency in the United Kingdom was
still vacant and Buck’s offer to combine the United Kingdom and German agencies was not accepted. In
January 1871 the Board finally accepted an offer from the Emigrant and Colonists Aid Corporation to act as
agents for the Board in the United Kingdom. 38
By this time the Board had decided to discontinue the German agency although it was not until February 1872
that Buck finally returned to Tasmania. During his term as agent most of the immigrants from Germany had
actually arrived under the Bounty System, which was still operating, rather than under the Land Grant System.
Although the Board had hoped that the latter system would be used Buck had found that the cost of the
passage to Tasmania was prohibitive. Mainly for this reason the Land Grant System was not particularly
successful and only managed to attract about fifteen immigrants per year in the first six years of its operation.
Under the 1874 Immigration Act the immigrants were not actually given the title to their land until they had
resided on it for five years, 39 but the number of immigrants arriving was still very small despite the efforts of
the Board to publicize Tasmania - only about 700 persons arrived from 1866 to 1882. 40
Yet another Select Committee was set up in August 1882 to inquire into immigration. This Committee
recommended that the Land Grant System should be continued and also added that immigrants should be able
to claim a portion of their passage money from the Government in proportion to their number of years
residence in Tasmania (they could claim it all after five years). They also recommended the continuation of
the Bounty System and advocated greater efforts to publicize Tasmania. 41 Following this report an Act was
passed in November 1882 which enlarged the Board from five to seven members and provided for the
continuation of the Bounty System although it repealed the sections of the earlier Acts relating to the Land
Grant System. A sum of £30 000 was also appropriated to cover the cost of immigration for 1883, 1884 and
1885. 42
Under this Act the Board published new regulations which provided that upon payment of a deposit by a
sponsor, certificates would be issued to cover the cost of the immigrant’s passage. All immigrants nominated
still had to be approved by the Immigration Agent in the United Kingdom and restrictions were also placed on
the age and marital status of the immigrants. 43 These new regulations proved quite successful and almost 2
000 immigrants arrived between 1883 and 1885. 44
16.
In 1885 a further Act was passed appropriating £5000 for the purpose of immigration. This was placed under
the control of the Chief Secretary using the regulations already in force but although this Act handed the
functions of the Board to the Chief Secretary the Board continued to meet until 1 September 1886. 45 Even
then they appeared a little uncertain of their status, judging from a note in the minutes of this meeting to the
effect that they did not really know whether or not this was to be their last meeting. 46 They were not,
however to meet again. Immigration remained for the time being the responsibility of the Chief Secretary.
References
1.
Hobart Town Gazette 23 July 1841.
2.
Hobart Town Gazette 17 January 1839.
3.
Colonial Times 5 May 1840.
4.
Legislative Council Minutes 1840.
5.
Hobart Town Gazette 15 May 1840.
6.
Hobart Town Gazette 26 June 1840, 23 July 1841.
7.
Legislative Council, Minutes 1840.
8.
Hobart Town Gazette 25 June 1841, 23 July 1841.
9.
GO1/41 p.101.
10.
Legislative Council Report 1841; GO33/40 p.1 500.
11.
Immigration Agent’s Report 1842.
12.
Richmond, B. M. Some Aspects of the History of Transportation and Immigration in Van
Diemen’s Land 1824-1855. M. A. Thesis, Uni. of Tas. 1956 p.189.
13.
Ibid. p. 193.
14.
Ibid. p. 268.
15.
Ibid. p. 269, 295.
16.
Ibid. p. 270.
17.
Ibid. p. 296-7.
18.
Legislative Council Minutes 1852.
19.
Ibid.
20.
Legislative Council 1852, Paper No. 37.
21.
Legislative Council 1853, Papers Nos 69, 78.
22.
Hobart Town Gazette 24 January 1854.
23.
18 Vic. No. 2.
24.
Legislative Council 1854, Paper No. 7.
25.
Legislative Council 1855, Paper No. 32.
17.
26.
Legislative Council 1855, Paper No. 55.
27.
Ibid.
28.
19 Vic. No. 18.
29.
CB7/7, 21 February 1856.
30.
Hobart Town Gazette 11 March 1856.
31.
Immigration Agent’s Reports 1856-1860.
32.
House of Assembly 1860, Paper No. 90.
33.
Statistics of Tasmania 1861-1866.
34.
House of Assembly 1864, Paper No. 78.
35.
House of Assembly 1865, Paper No. 61.
36.
House of Assembly 1866, Paper No. 40.
37.
38 Vic. No. 16.
38.
CB7/7.
39.
38 Vic. No. 16.
40.
Immigration Agent’s Reports 1866-82.
41.
House of Assembly 1882, Paper No. 105.
42.
43 Vic No. 40.
43.
Hobart Town Gazette 26 December 1882.
44.
Immigration Agent’s Reports.
45.
49 Vic. No. 32.
46.
CB7/7.
18.
PART C
IMMIGRATION 1887 - 1946.
With the demise of the Board of Immigration in 1886, assisted immigration to Tasmania ceased, save for that
of relatives nominated by persons who had themselves been assisted immigrants. The last three persons to
avail themselves of Government assistance arrived in 1890. 1
This was not to say that immigrants were no longer desired, but lack of funds and the obvious wastage of
spending money on persons who left as soon as possible for the richer mainland states showed that assisted
immigration in its present form was not a feasible proposition. Henceforth encouragement was to be given to
persons from Great Britain with a little capital to immigrate on their own resources, and in 1901 an
Immigration Committee was set up under the aegis of the Chief Secretary’s Department to advise and assist
such immigrants upon their arrival in Tasmania. 2
During the last years of the nineteenth century the attention of the authorities was directed less to the need for
a supply of desirable immigrants from Great Britain than to the problem of curbing the undesirable amounts of
coloured persons who were entering the country. In 1887, following the example of the eastern states,
Tasmania passed a Chinese Immigration Restriction Act, which imposed a poll tax of £10 a head on each
Chinese person entering the state. 3 In the following year an Australia-wide conference on coloured
immigration was held in Sydney, at which uniform action against undesirable immigrants was decided upon. 4
In 1896 the Chinese Immigration Restriction Act was extended to Afghans, Hindus and Syrians 5. and in 1898
an Immigration Restriction Act was passed which effectively barred any person felt to be unsuitable from
entering the states In 1901 the power to control the immigration of coloured persons was taken over by the
new Federal Government.
During the early twentieth century the emphasis was on encouraging immigrants of British stock. AngloIndians had been encouraged to immigrate from 1867, 7 and by 1891 there were 385 such persons in the state.
8 In 1908 an Agent was appointed in India to encourage retired officers of the military, naval and civil
services to immigrate, and in 1912 the Indian Government granted these persons an allowance equal to the
cost of the fare to England, to assist their passage to Tasmania.9 Apart from Anglo-Indians, British settlers
with capital were actively encouraged, but no financial assistance was offered. By 1910, despite the ‘steady
stream of small capitalists’ 10 quoted by the Agent General as setting sail for Tasmania, immigration was at a
low ebb. Tasmania was, in fact, losing population by emigration to other states, 11 due to higher wages, better
land settlement prospects and more expenditure on encouraging migrants to the mainland states.
The haphazard organization of immigration facilities in Tasmania did not help matters. The Committee of
1901, consisting of the Under Secretary, the Secretary for Lands, and the Secretary for Agriculture, fell into
abeyance with a change of Government and was not revived until 1909. 12 The work which it had performed
was taken over in 1908 by Immigration Bureaux which were established in that year in Hobart and
Launceston, and which worked in conjunction with the Tourist Associations in these cities. Until the reestablishment of the Committee and the setting up of the Tourist Associations active encouragement of
immigration was undertaken by a private organization, the Immigration League of Tasmania, which was a
branch of the Immigration League of Australia. The League had a representative in London and India, and was
also associated with German immigration. 13 Its good work was recognised by the Tasmanian Government,
which in 1907 set aside £350 under the Surplus Revenue Act in aid of immigration; 14 the money was
distributed among the League’s branches in Hobart, Launceston, Devonport and Burnie. In 1908 the League
amalgamated with the Tourist Association. l5
19.
On 25 September 1908 the Premier of Tasmania wrote to the other states and to New Zealand asking for a
description of their schemes of assisted immigration. 16 A change of Government and improved conditions in
the labour market had created a desire to increase the population of Tasmania and the will to finance such an
increase. The first necessity was to make land available on easier terms. Free railway passes were already
being issued to prospective settlers to view land, but the need was for a system of closer settlement which
would attract more immigrants with capital. 17 On 20 February 1911 the Immigration Committee was
requested by the Premier to prepare a scheme of immigration, and in the same year a Bill was put through the
House of Assembly which removed restrictions upon the purchase of privately owned land for settlement and
which provided that one block in every six be reserved for bona fide immigrants. 18 An Immigration Branch
of the Department of Agriculture was established and a subcommittee instituted, consisting of the Director of
Agriculture, the Chief Clerk of the Lands Department and the Secretary to the Premier, whose function was to
collect and disseminate information on Crown and private lands suitable for settlement.
The stage was now set for the recommencement of assisted immigration, and it was the nomination system
which was revived. Under this scheme persons resident in Tasmania applied to nominate a relative or friend in
the United Kingdom as an assisted immigrant. £500 was set aside in the Estimates for 1911 to finance the
scheme. Personal nomination was felt to be the best safeguard against the past problem of an exodus of
migrants from the state as soon as possible. Nominators promised to house and employ, or find employment
for, their nominees, and it was felt that ties of family or friendship would hold arrivals in the state.20 In 1913
the sum to be used was raised to £1000. 21 The method of finance in 1915 was as follows; of an average fare
of £14 the state contributed £9 to a woman’s fare, £6 to a man's and £4.10.0 for each child aged 3-12. No men
or married women over 40, or single women over 35, were accepted. The nominator sent to the Immigration
Office in Hobart the sums of £5 per female, £8 per male and £2.10.0 per child. Persons from Great Britain and
British India were eligible for nomination. 22 As fares rose, so did the amount of assistance.
In 1918 the nomination system was shelved, most of the available passages being taken by returned soldiers.
23 During the seven years of its operation the scheme had enabled approximately 512 persons to immigrate
free of charge. In 1919 the scheme was revived, but restricted temporarily to ex-servicemen and women from
Britain. These persons received a free passage from the British Government provided they were nominated by
a Tasmanian. 24 This variation of the nominated system ceased on 31 December 1921. During the 1920’s
nominations were opened to non-British persons of white race, but from 1925 such persons had to be first
naturalized in England. 25
After 1920 other schemes of assisted immigration were implemented in addition to the nomination system.
Child migration was attempted through the scheme of assisting out ‘boy farm learners’ aged between 14-16
who were selected by the Commonwealth Office in London. £12 was contributed to their passage, and on
arrival the boys were sent to various farmers to work for a given period of time as a means of repaying their
assisted passage. 26 Seventy-one children arrived under this scheme in 1924, in six parties of twelve. The
scheme did not prove successful. Most of the boys came from urban areas and many had been out of work for
some time. The Tasmanian Director of Labour and State immigration recommended that no more boys be sent
out until a better method of selection was found, 27 and the scheme was shelved.
Suggestions for a scheme of assisting domestics to Tasmania had been made from 1911, but it was not until
1921 that a scheme was instituted. As with the boy farmers, £12 assistance was given and selection undertaken
by the Commonwealth Govern ment’s London Office. Householders requesting the services of domestics
signed an undertaking to employ them, stating wages and conditions offered. 28
20.
Domestics were easily absorbed into the labour force, as only small numbers immigrated. In all, only 175
domestics were assisted to Tasmania in the years 1922-1931, 29 when the scheme lapsed owing to the
Commonwealth Government’s desire to cut down on assisted immigration until employment conditions
improved after the depression. Small numbers of agricultural labourers were absorbed in the same way as the
domestics, under an identical scheme of assisted immigration.
Immigration of retired soldiers had always been encouraged by the Tasmanian Government. In the past, the
pensions of these persons were commuted to finance their passage. After World War I, poor economic
conditions in Britain, together with the large numbers of unemployed, led the British Government to offer free
passages to the dominions to British ex-servicemen and their dependents. 30 Tasmania participated in this
Overseas Settlement Scheme in the years 1919-1921, encouraging ex-servicemen with capital who were
prepared to go on the land, and tolerating those without assets. 31
The above immigration schemes were common to all the Australian states during the twentieth century. The
Tasmanian Government did, however, introduce a scheme on its own initiative to encourage that most desired
of all immigrants, the British settler with capital. In 1928 an Advances to British Settlers Act was passed in the
Tasmanian Parliament. The Act applied to any British subject of European descent who possessed a
permanent income of not less than £250 a year or of liquid assets aggregating not less than £3 000 in value.
Such persons, providing they undertook to settle in Tasmania for at least 5 years, would be eligible for loans
equalling the passage money of themselves and families to the state. Repayment was to be by half yearly
instalments with interest. The scheme was not a success, as most persons availing themselves of the loan were
unable to repay the Government, 33 and in 1933 the Act was suspended.
Immigration from 1911-1925 was run by the Immigration Branch of the Agricultural Department, reflecting
the Tasmanian Government’s emphasis on the settlement of immigrants on the land. In 1920 the Public
Service Commissioner suggested that the Industrial Department would be better qualified for the job, as that
Department administered the Labour Bureau and therefore the employment market. 34 The switch did not take
place immediately, but the Immigration Office was reorganised and a special Immigration officer appointed,
under the control of the Minister for Agriculture.35 Control of immigration was transferred to the Industrial
Department in 1925, following the realization that, in the absence of a large scale land settlement scheme, the
Industrial Department was better qualified than the Agricultural Department to supervise immigrants on
arrival in Tasmania. 36
During the 1920’s and early 30’s two other organizations played useful roles in the encouragement of
immigration. One was the Tasmanian Branch of the New Settlers’ League, established in the state in 1921.
The League had been created by the Federal authorities, with branches in all states, to assist the various
Immigration Departments, and was controlled by a Federal Minister. 37 The Tasmanian division’s
headquarters were established in Hobart, with a branch in Launceston. Expenses of the League were shared on
a pound for pound basis between the Federal and State Governments. 38 Its objects were to encourage, as long
as was consistent with the conditions of Australian labour and the returned A.I.F., the migration of British
settlers to protect the national safety of the Commonwealth and the maintenance of White Australia, and to
welcome and assist new settlers. 39 The League undertook much valuable work in encouraging potential
migrants and helping them on arrival, although its activities were curtailed by the Tasmanian Government's
decision to encourage only the nominated system of immigration after 1925.
21.
Another useful organisation was the State Development Advisory Board, established at the end of 1923 ‘to
ascertain whether this State could take advantage of the financial co-operation offered by the Imperial
Government in developing the resources of the Dominions’. 40 Earlier in the year the British Government had
declared its willingness to grant the Commonwealth Government loans for development works, with a view to
preparing for Empire immigration. 41 The Board was set up as a non-political organization to advise the State
Government on all matters relating to the development of the state's resources, with a sub-committee on
immigration. It made suggestions on various immigration schemes and reports on migrants’ reception and
works undertaken with migrant labour. It was instrumental in setting up the Advances to British Settlers
scheme in 1928. The Board became defunct in 1932, when the Commonwealth-United Kingdom migration
agreement was cancelled.
From its inception the Federal Government had shown a keen interest in immigration - one of its first acts was
to pass an Immigration Restriction Act. In 1906 it set up a Central Office in London to actively encourage
British migration, and invited each state to send a representative to this office. Tasmania declined the offer,
deeming the Agent General competent to deal with the small number of enquiries received regarding the state.
42
In 1914 the Federal Government offered the states a grant to assist their immigration schemes, on a per capita
basis for each immigrant without any qualifications. 43 The onset of war, however, caused the plan to be
shelved, and it was not until 1920 that the Federal Government asserted some control over assisted
immigration. In this year it assumed full financial responsibility for immigration, overall control in the
selection of migrants at the request of the states, and responsibility for the transport of selected migrants. The
Agent Generals in London were to act as a consultative committee. A Commonwealth Director of Immigration
was appointed, and the Prime Minister’s Department took on the job of administering immigration. 44
Financial responsibility for immigration in effect gave the Commonwealth Government control, although the
states maintained full responsibility for migrants on arrival, plus freedom of choice as to the type of
immigration schemes undertaken and the numbers of migrants wanted. 45 The Commonwealth Government
was able to refuse to carry out the state's orders (as it did during the depression), if the financial situation did
not warrant large scale expenditure.
In 1925 the Commonwealth and State Governments entered into a Migration Agreement in which the
Commonwealth promised to issue loans to the states to enable land to be made available for settlement, or for
the carrying out of public works. For every £1 500 issued to the State, its Government was to provide one farm
and assist one migrant family averaging four persons direct to the state from the United Kingdom. 46 This
agreement was an extension of the Commonwealth-United Kingdom Agreement, and its main purpose was to
develop the state’s resources. The scheme functioned until the depression, when the Commonwealth
Government brought to a halt all assisted immigration except for the nomination system. 47 It was not until
1938 that assisted migration was resumed. This time personal nominations were accepted directly by the
Commonwealth, as well as through the States. 48
In 1946 the Commonwealth Government took complete control of immigration. With the inception of a policy
of assisting out 70 000 immigrants per annum from several European countries, the Commonwealth
authorities claimed that one overall control of all aspects of immigration was necessary. Finance and selection
were already handled by the Commonwealth. Now employment of immigrants
22.
would be handled by the Commonwealth Employment Service, and reception and lodging of new arrivals was
also to be the Commonwealth's responsibility. It was also to decide on the allotment of migrants to the various
states according to need. 49 In Tasmania, the Tourist Bureau continued the work of publicizing the state and
dealing with enquiries, and an advisory Committee, comprising the State Immigration officer, the Industrial
Registrar, the Deputy Director of the Commonwealth Employment Service in Tasmania, an Officer of the
Department of Post-War Reconstruction and the Commonwealth Migration Officer in Tasmania was set up to
maintain a close study of the absorptive capacity of the state to ensure that approved migrants fitted in with
employment opportunities offered. 50 Records of immigration were still kept by the Tasmanian Government,
but control of immigration policy was at an end.
References
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
Statistics of Tasmania, 1890.
PD1/138/55.
51 Vic. No. 9.
PD1/33/91.
60 Vic. No. 55.
62 Vic. No. 69.
31 Vic. No. 27.
CSD22/44/88.
Parliamentary Papers 1912, No. 4 (Agent General’s Report, 1911/12).
Parliamentary Papers 1910, No. 4 (Agent General’s Report, 1909/10).
Statistics of Tasmania. Tasmania suffered a loss of population by net emigration in the years
1860-1920.
PD1/212/55.
In 1910, 2 Germans were granted assisted passages by the League see PD1/22/55. Letter from
the League to the Premier, 14/5/10.
7 Edward VII No. 2.
CSD22/117/88.
PD1/204/55.
PD1/221/55.
2 Geo V. No. 15.
PD1/234/55.
Ibid.
Estimates, 1912/13.
PD1/281/55.
PD1/318/55/19/18.
SWD4/1 File No. M9/71.
23.
25.
SWD4/2 File No. M9/130.
26.
SWD6.
27.
PD1/388/55/32/24.
28.
PD1/359/55/2/21.
29.
30.
PD1/552/55/8/36. See also Appendices for numbers of domestics and farm boys sent to each
state.
Parliamentary Papers 1921-22, No. 38 (Agent General’s Report for 1920/21).
31.
PD1/345/55/15/21.
32.
19 Geo V. No. 33.
33.
PD1/507/55/3/33 and PD1/552/55/8/36.
34.
PD1/345/55/52/20.
35.
PD1/359/55/2/21.
36.
SWD5. Also PD1/415/55/1/26.
37.
Examiner 21 March 1925.
38.
PD1/380/55/3/23.
39.
SWD5.
40.
CB19/1. 1924.
41.
Ibid.
42.
PD1/187/55.
43.
PD1/281/55/55/14.
44.
The reasons given by the Federal Government for taking such a large part in immigration
were the need to protect White Australia by populating the country, and to develop industry.
See PD1/345/55/52/20 for a full description of the new scheme.
e.g. Tasmania instituted its own scheme of aiding British settlers in 1928 without
Commonwealth interference.
PD1/415/55/8/26.
45.
46.
47.
49.
This did not affect Tasmania, which had already opted out of all schemes of assisted
immigration except the nomination system. The Advances to British Settlers scheme was a
scheme of loans, not of assistance, and as such was not affected by Commonwealth decisions.
Reasons given for resumption were the decline in persons of British stock by emigration from
Australia, the increase in the numbers of aliens in the country, and the fall in unemployment
figures. See PD1/552/55/8/36.
PD1/731/55/3/46.
50.
Parliamentary Papers, 1947 No. 36. Tourist and Immigration Department Report, 1946/7.
48.
24.
Sources
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Chief Secretary’s Department correspondence (CSD22). Useful for policy statements on
immigration and statistical returns.
Premier’s Department correspondence (PD1) contains correspondence with overseas
companies, the Agent General in London and the Commonwealth Government. Also provides
lists of assisted and nominated immigrants.
Social Welfare Department correspondence (SWD4-15) contains lists of nominated
immigrants and farm learners. Useful mainly for information regarding the organization of
immigration facilities.
State Development Advisory Board miscellaneous correspondence. (CB19/1). Contains the
Board’s suggestions on immigration policy and reports on the behaviour of migrants.
Parliamentary Papers. Useful primarily for the Agent General’s annual reports.
25.
PART D:
DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS 1816-1972.
MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL (chronological list)
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
29 August 1823 - 28 December 1932.
These despatches are particularly useful for the earliest period of immigration, as they are the main source for
the Home Government's policies. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: GO1
DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY AND UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE
RELATING TO ADVANCES TO EMIGRANTS.
15 November 1831 - 12 December 1834.
This series deals with ‘£20 advances’ immigrants. Each immigrant, together with his family, was the subject
of a despatch from Viscount Goderich or Lord Howick to Lieut.-Governor Arthur. Native place, occupation,
age, marital status, and names and ages of families are listed. Indexed. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: GO3
GOVERNOR’S DUPLICATE DESPATCHES RECEIVED BY THE COLONIAL OFFICE
12 February 1825 - 27 December 1855.
These despatches reflect the Colonial Government’s attitudes to immigration, record statistics on the subject,
and for the periods of the 1830’s often contain the only records of immigrant arrivals, listing name, age,
occupation, character and employment in the colony. These have been indexed. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: GO33.
COLONIAL SECRETARY’S OFFICE
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
c.1924-1855
This record group reflects and in some cases duplicates material held in the Governor’s Office despatches in
that policy statements, statistics and some arrivals are recorded. The latter have been indexed. Chronological
arrangement.
Reference: CSO1 – CSO26
26.
PORT OFFICER’S REPORTS OF SHIP’S ARRIVALS AT HOBART.
4 September 1834-6 June 1847.
This series is in part duplicated by lists of arrivals held by the Hobart Marine Board (MB2/39) and the Board
of Immigration (CB7/10). Arrivals are recorded on a printed form and give name of ship, master, whence,
sailing and arrival dates, state of health, owners, tonnage, guns, port of registry, build, number of crew, cargo
and agent. Passengers are divided into cabin and steerage and are listed by name. Indexed. Chronological
arrangement.
Reference: CSO92
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
3 December 1825 - 4 December 1862
The Executive Council minutes record policy decisions, financial systems and reports of various committees
on immigration. Conditions on board specific ships and the dispersal of immigrants on arrival are also
mentioned. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: EC4.
MARINE BOARD
REPORTS OF SHIP’S ARRIVALS (HOBART) WITH LISTS OF PASSENGERS
24 March 1829-30 June 1948.
As in the Colonial Secretary’s Office records of arrivals (CSO67.1) which it partially duplicates, the above
series contains detailed information on ships, but little on passengers. Arrivals are divided into cabin and
steerage. Cabin passengers are usually recorded by surname only and steerage passengers by number. Partially
indexed. An index to ships is contained at the front of each volume. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: MB2/39.
NOMINAL RETURN OF THE CONVICT GUARD ON THE SHIP FAIRLIE
18 February 1852 .
This item contains a list of men who arrived in Van Diemen’s Land under the military pensioners’ scheme; in
return for acting as convict guards the men received a free passage and a small piece of land. The list records
their names and the names and ages of their wives and children. Indexed.
Reference: MB2/98.
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CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT
REGISTER OF SHIPS’ ARRIVALS WITH LISTS OF PASSENGERS
1 January 1830-31 October 1833.
This item records the name of the ship, time of arrival and place of departure, and the names of passengers and
number of children. Indexed. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CUS30.
CARGO, PASSENGER AND CREW LISTS, MANIFESTS AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS
RELATING TO SHIPS’ CLEARANCES.
1841-1881.
This series contains only a few passenger lists, which at times duplicate the Marine Board (MB2/39) and
Colonial Secretary’s Office (CSO67.1) shipping lists. Partially indexed. Arranged alphabetically by ship.
Reference: CUS36.
VAN DIEMEN’S LAND COMPANY
DESPATCHES FROM THE COURT OF DIRECTORS TO THE TASMANIAN AGENT
21 September 1825 - 29 December 1830
16 May 1834 - 5 October 1843.
16 January 1845 - 30 December 1910.
This series contains general information on immigrants indentured to the Company. Most useful is the
despatch dealing with the arrival of the Caroline in 1828 (VDL1/2/37). Name, native place, occupation, family
and yearly wages are recorded. Indexed. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: VDL1.
VARIOUS DOCUMENTS RELATING TO IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING AT THE COMPANY’S
PROPERTIES (AND PASSENGER LISTS)
n.d.
This item contains the passenger list of the ship Edward, a list of ships carrying Company immigrants, and
printed sheets setting out scales of provisions for steerage passengers.
Reference: VDL66.
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REPORT TO THE DIRECTORS SUBMITTING PROPOSALS FOR THE LETTING OF THE
COMPANY’S ESTATES TO EMIGRANTS.
March 1841.
This item contains a report submitting that land might be let to tenants possessed of small capitals. It also
contains a map of the area to be leased.
Reference: VDL70.
BOARD OF IMMIGRATION
DOCUMENTS RELATING TO POLICY, FINANCE, RECEPTION AND MAINTENANCE OF
IMMIGRANTS, WITH COMPREHENSIVE LISTS OF ASSISTED PERSONS.
1840 - 1887.
A detailed description of each item in the Board of Immigration records is contained in Part E. This record
group gives a most detailed account of immigrants and their activities upon arriving in the colony. All arrivals
have been indexed.
Reference: CB7.
TREASURY
IMMIGRATION AGENT’S STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS RECEIVED, AND OF THE AMOUNT OF
DIFFERENCE TO BE RETURNED UNDER THE REDUCED SCALE OF PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT
OF ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING ON THE KINGSTON ON 25 AUGUST 1854 AND ON THE
MAITLAND ON 16 SEPTEMBER 1854.
This item lists the names of the depositors, who were either the immigrants themselves or their sponsors, the
amount paid and the amount owing, and whether a family or an individual was paid for. Connected with the
Board of Immigration records relating to repayments. (CB7/22 and CB7/23).
Reference: TRE10.
CHIEF SECRETARY’S DEPARTMENT
CORRESPONDENCE
c. 1855 - 1946.
This record group, continuing on from the Colonial Secretary’s Office, contains policy statements, statistics on
immigration, memorials from intending immigrants and correspondence on their establishment in Tasmania.
From 1871 lists of immigrants who were naturalized are held. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CSD1 - CSD22.
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TRANSMISSION REGISTER OF PAPERS REFERRED TO AND FROM THE IMMIGRATION AGENT.
18 December 1856 - 10 August 1859.
This item contains summaries of memos or letters forwarded to the immigration Agent dealing with financial
matters such as purchase of tickets and repayment of bounty, with the Agent’s comments. A list of persons
purchasing debentures is also recorded. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CSD30
SUPREME COURT
OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE AND ASSOCIATED PAPERS SUBSCRIBED TO BY ALIENS TO WHOM
LETTERS OF DENIZATION WERE GRANTED
25 April 1835 - 18 October 1877.
1886
1899 - 1904.
This item contains copies of oaths of allegiance, which naturalized immigrants had to swear within a month of
being granted citizenship papers. There are also some covering letters and a few letters of denization.
Alphabetical arrangement by name of applicant.
Reference: SC218
REGISTRAR’S MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO THE GRANTING OF LETTERS OF
DENIZATION AND CERTIFICATES OF NATURALIZATION.
1836
1870 - 1880.
This item contains a few letters relating to individual immigrant aliens who wished to take the oath of
allegiance. Alphabetical arrangement by name of applicant.
Reference: SC219.
COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT - TRADE AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT PASSENGER LISTS.
INWARD (HOBART)
1903 - 1921
1923 - 1938
1946 - 1951.
This series records the names of passengers, whether cabin or steerage, age, occupation and nationality. It is
duplicated by, but contains more information than, the Marine Board records of arrivals (MB 2/39).
Chronological arrangement.
Reference:COM8/3
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QUARTERLY RETURNS TO THE GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS
ARRIVING AT AND DEPARTING FROM TASMANIA, FROM AND TO PARTICULAR STATES.
March-June 1903.
Statistics were compiled with regard to Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. They record the
number of males, females and children, with general totals. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: COM8/6
PREMIER’S DEPARTMENT
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
1883 - 1946.
This series contains statistics, policy decisions, agreements between the State and the Commonwealth on
immigration, and applications from individuals for information or assisted passages.
Chronological order.
Reference: PD1
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT - IMMIGRATION AND INTELLIGENCE BRANCH
REGISTERS OF GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE.
1909 - 1911.
The Registers contain summaries of enquiries sent to the Immigration and Intelligence Branch of the
Agricultural Department. The majority are from individuals requesting information on land, climate,
employment, etc.
Reference: AD1
UNREGISTERED CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO THE SETTLEMENT OF IMMIGRANTS
August 1911 - August 1913.
This item contains letters from the Agent General for Tasmania introducing immigrants to the Immigration
Officer, who in turn submitted them to the immigration Board. Information on the functions of the Board is
also contained in this series.
Reference: AD6
STATE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE RECORDS AND ASSOCIATED PAPERS
1923 -1928.
Created in 1923 as a non-political organization to advise the Government as to the best way of developing the
State’s resources, the Board made many recommendations and reports to the Government on immigration.
This series contains the Board’s correspondence with the Government. An index to correspondence is
contained at the front of the papers.
Reference: CB19/1
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SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE IMMIGRATION OFFICE CONCERNING THE NOMINATION AND
ARRIVAL AND SETTLEMENT OF MIGRANTS.
1920-1943.
This series contains nomination forms, applications for nomination, medical certificates, applications for aid
or repatriation and general information on passage money and immigration schemes. Shipping lists are also to
be found, recording the ship and date of arrival of immigrants, name, age, date of birth, marital status, religion,
birth place, original address and occupation and relationship to nominees. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: SWD4.
CORRESPONDENCE RECORDS OF THE DIRECTOR OF LABOUR AND STATE IMMIGRATION ON
THE RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE IMMIGRATION OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION OF
IMMIGRANTS.
c 1923 - 1925.
This series deals primarily with correspondence concerning the transfer of the Immigration Department from
the Agriculture Department to the Industrial Department, and the consequent re-organization of the various
immigration offices. It also contains correspondence between the Director of Immigration and the New
Settlers League, which assisted the Immigration Department.
Reference: SWD5
CORRESPONDENCE RECORDS CONCERNING, AND REPORTS OF, A CONFERENCE OF
COMMONWEALTH AND STATE IMMIGRATION OFFICERS.
October 1924.
This Conference, held in Melbourne on 6th October 1924, was primarily concerned with policy regarding the
collection of passage money loans. Decisions were made as to finance and the type of persons to be assisted.
Reference: SWD6
CORRESPONDENCE RECORDS AND OTHER PAPERS CONCERNING THE APPRENTICESHIPS OF
BOY MIGRANTS.
1925.
This item contains lists of persons requiring boy migrants under the farm learners scheme, lists of boys
arriving and to whom they were assigned.
Reference: SWD7.
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CORRESPONDENCE RECORDS OF THE DIRECTOR OF LABOUR AND STATE IMMIGRATION
WITH THE IMMIGRATION OFFICER
January 1925 - December 1926.
This series contains memos on finance, migrants’ luggage and arrivals, recording ship and date of arrivals, and
sometimes age, marital status, occupation and type of assistance received. An index
is contained at the front of the item.
Reference: SWD8
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE RECORDS AND RETURNS OF EXPECTED ARRIVALS
1928 - 1930.
This item contains returns of arrivals in Launceston, with addresses and dates of arrival, and recommendations
for free rail passes.
Reference: SWD9
ACCOUNTS FORWARDED BY THE MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT OFFICE, LONDON, TO THE
DIRECTOR OF LABOUR AND STATE IMMIGRATION, CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF
PASSAGE MONEY.
1927 - 1932.
This item records the names of migrants and the ships on which they embarked, together with the number of
fares and the amount due to be paid.
Reference: SWD10
COMMONWEALTH MIGRATION STATISTICS
October 1924 - October 1928.
This item records statistics on the number of men and women immigrants, countries of origin, nationality or
race, and number of departures. Statistics are given on all states.
Reference: SWD11
BOARDING OFFICERS' REPORTS TO THE DIRECTOR OF LABOUR AND STATE IMMIGRATION.
November 1929 - August 1932.
This item lists the number of migrants by various ships, date of sailing and arrival, type of assistance received
and amount of luggage.
Reference: SWD12
IMMIGRATION OFFICERS’ REPORTS ON THE RESUMPTION OF STATE IMMIGRATION.
1936 - 1938.
This item records a number of suggestions on the type of person to be encouraged upon the resumption of
migration, which had been severely curtailed during the depression. Various schemes are listed, together with
notes on their past success or failure.
Reference: SWD13
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RETURNS FROM THE IMMIGRATION OFFICE TO THE COMMONWEALTH IMMIGRATION
OFFICE OF NOMINATIONS, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION.
June 1924 - July 1935.
This item records monthly returns of nominations, with the name and address of the nominator and the name,
age, address, marital status and occupation of the nominee. Also included are monthly returns showing the
numbers in each class of occupation, sex, dependents and type of assistance.
Reference: SWD14
FORMS OF NOMINATION OF PERSONS TO MIGRATE TO TASMANIA ON ASSISTED PASSAGES.
15 January 1912 - 31 March 1921.
This item contains copies of character references and nomination forms, which record name, address, and
occupation of the nominator, and name, address, occupation and age of the nominee, plus their relationship to
each other.
Reference: SWD15
CASE FILES OF CHILD MIGRANTS
c. 1940 - c. 1960.
These files contain nomination forms of persons wishing to sponsor child immigrants. They record the name,
date of birth, native place and trade or occupation of the nominee and the name, address of and comments on
the nominator.
Reference: SWD66.
16. PREMIER'S AND CHIEF SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
1947 - 1960.
This series records policy decisions as to finance and immigration schemes, correspondence with the
Commonwealth Government regarding immigration, statistics on migration and letters from individuals
requesting information or seeking nominations for relatives and friends. Chronological order.
Reference: PCS1
PRINTED MATERIAL
1. Statistics of Tasmania 1804 - 1957
Useful for statistics on population increases, assisted and non-assisted immigration, nationalities of
immigrants and government expenses regarding assisted immigration.
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2. Hobart Town Gazette 1819 - 1972 (Tasmanian Government Gazette from 1907).
Useful for records of arrivals in the early period of settlement and for government notices regarding
immigration policy.
3. Journals and Papers of Parliament. 1852 - 1962
Record reports of the various immigration agents, committees and boards, immigration regulations and reports
on individual immigrant ships.
4. Acts of Parliament, 1827 - 1934.
See Appendix 3 for a list of Acts relating to immigration.
MICROFILM
Records of the British Colonial Office relating to emigration to Australia. 1831 - 1894.
Reference: CO384/35, 38-39, 41-48, 50, 53-55, 63-65, 70-71.
CO385/3-5, 7, 11-30.
CO386/1-2, 10-12, 19-20, 58-72, 77-187.
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PART E.
DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS OF THE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION.
APPLICATIONS BY HORACE ROWCROFT FOR THE POSITION OF EMIGRATION AGENT IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM.
4 October 1853 - 25 February 1856.
This series consists of letters written by Rowcroft applying for the position of Emigration Agent and letters to
Rowcroft testifying to his suitability for the position. There are also some forms printed by Rowcroft soliciting
testimonials. The testimonials themselves comprise about 90 per cent of this series.
Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/1
CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE SECRETARY, COLONIAL LAND AND EMIGRATION OFFICE.
8 May 1855 - 19 May 1865.
This series consists of letters to the Colonial Secretary from Stephen Walcott, Secretary of the Colonial Land
and Emigration Office in London. They were forwarded to the Immigration Agent by the Colonial Secretary.
The main purpose of these letters was to transmit lists of immigrants who were the wives and families of
convicts in Tasmania and whose passage was being paid by the British Government.
The only details listed are the names and age of the immigrants, the name of the convict and the ships on
which the immigrants were sailing. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/2
MISCELLANEOUS INWARD CORRESPONDENCE
February 1856 - October 1884.
This series consists of miscellaneous letters and other documents received by the Immigration Agent. These
include a report on the St Andrews Immigration Society, warrants signed by the Governor relating to the issue
of debentures, and lists relating to Land Order warrants issued by the Emigrant and Colonists Aid Corporation.
Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/3
REPORT ON THE IMMIGRANT SHIP TRADE WIND
22 May 1858.
The Trade Wind arrived in the Derwent in February 1858 from Gravesend. The passengers were placed in
quarantine and made a number of complaints about the general state of health on the ship and the behaviour of
the master and crew.
These complaints were investigated by the Immigration Agent who concluded that they were justified and
made this report to the Board.
Reference: CB7/43
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TENDERS FOR DEBENTURES
21 May 1856 - 2 January 1857.
This series consists of tenders addressed to the immigration Board for debentures of £100 each issued by the
Board under the Act of Parliament 19 Victoria No. 18. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/4
LETTERBOOKS OF THE SECRETARY AND IMMIGRATION AGENT
23 January 1856 - 5 March 1883.
This series of letterbooks is incomplete but those which have survived can be divided into three categories.
The first, from 1856 - 63 contains copies of letters signed by either the Secretary or the President of the
Immigration Board. These deal mainly with policy decisions made by the Board or matters which have been
laid before the Board and seldom relate to the daily running of the Immigration Department.
The second group covering the period 1859 - 62 contains copies of letters signed by the Immigration Agent
only. These relate almost entirely to the running of the Immigration Department and especially to the issue of
Bounty Tickets.
By 1867 the offices of Immigration Agent and Secretary to the Board were combined and the letterbooks for
1867 - 83 contain letters signed by the Agent, the Secretary and the President. These letters cover all matters
relating to immigration in Tasmania as far as it concerned the Board. Chronological arrangement. The volume
1859 - 62 is indexed but this is a nominal index only.
Reference: CB7/5
TRANSMISSION REGISTER OF CORRESPONDENCE
11 March 1856-27 February 1867.
These volumes are registers of letters written by the Immigration Agent to both private persons and
Government Departments including the Immigration Board itself.
They list the date on which the letter was written, how it was sent (i.e. post, messenger, etc.) to whom it was
addressed and a brief but quite informative summary of the contents of the letter.
These registers contain details of many letters written by the Immigration Agent which are not entered in the
letterbooks. They also provide the only record of letters written during the period for which the letterbooks are
missing. Chronological arrangement but no registration numbers.
Reference: CB7/6
MINUTES OF THE BOARD
31 December 1855 - 1 September 1886.
The Immigration Board held meetings at various intervals during this period, their early meetings being once a
month although later (c.1875) meetings were held as often as twice a week. In the 1880’s they held fortnightly
meetings. The minutes are fairly comprehensive and provide a detailed description of the Board’s activities.
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In the first few meetings the main concern of the Board as expressed by the minutes was the acceptance of
tenders for debentures. In the 1850’s and early 1860’s the Board dealt with applications for Bounty Tickets,
drafting of regulations, conditions on the immigrant ships and the staffing of the Immigration Department. In
the late 1860’s the decisions on individual applications for Bounty Tickets were made by the immigration
Agent while the Board concerned itself more with general policy and the type of immigrants wanted. Under
the land order system, the Board considered only irregular applications but lists of people receiving land
orders appear regularly in the minutes.
The minutes of the 1870’s and 1880’s contain fairly full accounts of the Board’s dealings with the Emigrant
and Colonists Aid Corporation in London. They also concern the appointment of immigration Agents overseas
and the publication of Immigrants’ Guides and Handbooks. Chronological arrangement but no index.
Reference: CB7/7
RETURN OF BOUNTY PAYMENTS REFUSED
24 August 1841 - 10 January 1843.
Under the regulations of 14 May 1840, the classes of immigrants for whom the bounty would be paid were set
down in detail. This series lists the names of people for whom the bounty payment was requested but refused
as the immigrant did not conform to any of the classes laid down in the regulations.
The information given is - name of immigrant, ship, date of arrival and the reason why the bounty was
refused. The bulk of this series consists of immigrants arriving on two ships, the Royal Saxon in 1842 and the
Royal Sovereign in 1843 but for these people the reason for non-payment of the bounty is not given. (It was in
fact later paid. See GO1/54 p. 68). Indexed. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/8
REGISTER OF ARRIVALS UNDER THE 1841 BOUNTY SYSTEM
5 May 1841 - 3 November 1843.
The Immigration Agent was instructed to make lists of all Bounty immigrants arriving under the May 1840
regulations.
This volume dates roughly from Arthur Davies’ appointment as Immigration Agent although a note by him
states that some Bounty immigrants had arrived before this record was begun.
The following information is recorded - the date of the immigrant’s arrival; the date of the Bounty application
and the applicant’s name and address; the name, age, trade, marital status and family of the immigrant and the
amount payable to the applicant and the ship's officers. In many cases, the name of the officers and owner of
the ship are also listed. Indexed. Chronological arrangement (by the date of the ship’s arrival).
Reference: CB7/9
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NOMINAL REGISTER OF IMMIGRANTS OF THE WORKING CLASS
26 July 1841 - 18 March 1844. Part of one volume (CB7/8)
Under the regulations published in the Hobart Town Gazette for 23 July 1841, the Immigration Agent was
required to compile lists of all immigrants who arrived without any assistance from the Government. These
were to be as complete as possible.
A note by the Immigration Agent at the beginning of the list states that ‘these persons names are taken from
the ‘Steerage Passenger’ column of the Customs House Returns of arrivals - all the names in the column are
inserted unless I have reason to believe the parties are not of the Working Classes.’
This series gives the following information - the names of the immigrants, the date of their arrival, the vessel
on which they arrived and whence they had come. The majority of those arriving were from the other
Australian colonies, especially Sydney and Melbourne. Indexed. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/10
CERTIFICATES OF FINAL DEPARTURE
1851 - 65.
Under the conditions laid down in the tenders for ships to carry immigrants a Certificate of Final Departure of
the ship from England had to be supplied to the Land and Emigration Commissioners in London before
payment of part of the passage money was made.
These Certificates listed the names and age of the immigrants on the ship and were used to calculate the
passage money to be paid. They were signed by the ship’s master and surgeon and the Commissioners’agent at
the port of departure. A duplicate copy appears to have been carried on the ship. This series, however, only
contains Certificates for twelve ships over a period of fourteen years and appears to have found its way into
the Board’s records more by accident than design. Indexed. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/11
DESCRIPTIVE LISTS OF IMMIGRANTS
August 1851 - August 1867. July 1883 - March 1889.
This series consists of descriptive lists of immigrants arriving in Hobart and Launceston. From 1851 to 1867
each volume contains a number of ‘books’ and each ‘book’ lists the immigrants arriving on usually one, but
sometimes more, ships. These lists were apparently compiled after the ship’s arrival. The first two volumes of
this series contain lists of immigrants who arrived prior to the regulations of January 1854 while the remainder
list immigrants arriving under the 1854 regulations and later amendments.
Each ‘book’ (except the first seven) in the volumes covering the period 1851-67 contains a roughly
alphabetical list of immigrants and gives the following additional information about each - marital status, age
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religion, education, native place, trade, sponsor, amount of bounty and a remarks column which contains
miscellaneous information about the immigrant including assessments of the immigrant’s character. There are
also summaries of the number of immigrants, births and deaths, trades, native countries and religion. The
names of ships’ officers and other officials such as matron and schoolmaster who received payment from
immigration funds are also listed.
The two volumes for 1883 - 89 do not contain summaries of the names of the ships’ officers and the remarks
column often includes the name and address of the immigrant's employer and the wages paid.
Arrangement is roughly chronological except for the first two volumes in which the ‘books’ are arranged in a
random fashion. The names of the immigrants not listed in the first seven `books' appear in series CB7/13.
Indexed.
Reference: CB7/12
EMPLOYMENT REGISTER
3 September 1851 - 1 November 1854.
Although the Immigration Agent was instructed (in 1841) to keep records of the employment of all
immigrants this is the only volume which has survived if indeed others were ever compiled. The series is a
record of each immigrant’s employment and gives the following information about the immigrant - name, age,
marital status, religion, education, native place, trade, name and address of employer, wages and term of
employment.
This series appears to have been compiled from CB7/16 as a final record of employment, although the dates
overlap for only one year. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/13
REGISTER OF PERSONS RATIONED AT, AND DISCHARGED FROM THE IMMIGRATION DEPOT,
HOBART.
6 December 1852 - 4 October 1854.
This volume is a daily record of persons living at the Immigration Depot who received rations from the
Immigration Board.
Until April 1853, the list is numerical only, but after this date the names of the immigrants and the ship on
which they arrived are given. The scale of rations is also listed. Immigrants discharged from the Depot are also
listed but except for a few instances there is no record of where they went after they left the Depot.
Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/14
LISTS OF IMMIGRANTS DESPATCHED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM
1853 - 54.
These lists duplicate the Certificates of Final Departure (CB7/11) but were intended to be carried on the
immigrant ship to Van Diemen’s Land as a record of the immigrants on board. They give the same
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information as the Certificates of Final Departure and are also signed by the ship’s master and surgeon and the
Emigration commissioner’s agent at the port of departure. Indexed. Chronological arrangement, but
incomplete for the period covered.
Reference: CB7/15
REGISTER OF THE HIRING AND DISPOSAL OF IMMIGRANTS
July 1853 - January 1862.
These volumes contain alphabetical lists of immigrants who arrived between 1853 and 1862. They were
compiled when the immigrant arrived and list the immigrant's name, age, marital status and trade.
As each immigrant obtained employment or left the immigration Depot for any other reason the following
additional details were recorded - employer, where and when employed, wages, term of employment and
whether he was rationed by the employer. The record is usually signed by the employer.
Each volume consists of loose sheets which have later been bound together. They appear to have been used to
compile a final employment record (CB7/13) but as that series (CB7/13) ends halfway through the volume, the
Immigration Agent apparently decided that this series (CB7/16) provided an adequate record of the
immigrant’s employment.
Each shipload of immigrants is listed together but these are not bound in any particular order.
Reference: CB7/16
DESCRIPTIVE LISTS OF IMMIGRANTS CIRCULATED TO VARIOUS POSTS
1854 - 56.
This series is a printed list of immigrants divided into two sections - those arriving under the Colonial Land
and Emigration Commissioner’s Indenture System, and those arriving under the Bounty Regulations of
January 1854.
These lists were sent to various posts in Van Diemen’s Land and at least one post in England to be used as a
check on any immigrants who attempted to leave the colony before they had fulfilled the terms of their
agreement.
The following information is listed-name, ship, marital status, age, religion, literacy, native place and amount
of money due. In the section relating to the Indenture System immigrants, any money paid by immigrants
leaving is given and also their destination. Indexed. Alphabetical arrangement.
Reference: CB7/17
PAYMENTS MADE BY IMMIGRANTS LEAVING THE COLONY
1854 - 58. Part of one volume (CB7/19)
This series lists payments made by immigrants who were leaving Van Diemen’s Land before they had fulfilled
the necessary conditions of residence in the colony. It covers immigrants under the Bounty and Indenture
systems for both Hobart and Launceston. The information given is-name of immigrant, ship on which he
arrived, the amount and date paid and the immigrant's destination. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/44
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MISCELLANEOUS NOMINAL LISTS
1854 - 84.
The miscellaneous lists of immigrants making up this series do not appear to have any common origin, some
of them apparently having been compiled in England, some on the immigrant ship itself, and others in Hobart
and Launceston Immigration Depots.
Because of this the information recorded varies considerably although in most cases the immigrant’s name,
age, marital status, native place and trade are listed. Indexed. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/18
PAYMENTS RECEIVED UNDER THE INDENTURE SYSTEM
1854 - 1858.
This series is a register of payments made by immigrants and the employers of immigrants arriving under the
Indenture system which was introduced by Act of Parliament in September 1854. It lists immigrants arriving
at both Hobart and Launceston, each ship being listed separately.
The information given is as follows - name of ship, date and port of arrival, date on which payment was
made, amount paid, name of immigrant and name of employer (if the employer made the payment).
Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/19
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING
December 1856 - August 1858.
This volume lists immigrants under the Bounty System arriving at both Hobart and Launceston.
In most respects, this list duplicates the relevant period in CB7/12 but the arrangement is alphabetical.
The information given is as follows - name of the immigrant, ship and date of arrival, age, marital status,
children, religion, education, native place and applicant’s name.
It also differs from CB7/12 in that a physical description is given of all immigrants arriving at Hobart but not
for those arriving at Launceston. Arrangement is roughly alphabetical (i.e. chronological within each letter).
Reference: CB7/20
LISTS OF IMMIGRANTS RATIONED
January 1857 - August 1858.
This series is a monthly return of immigrants who were supplied with rations at the Immigration Depot in
Hobart.
The information contained in these lists is - immigrant’s name, the date and ship of arrival, the number of days
the immigrants received rations, the name of the person to whom they were finally discharged, and the
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date on which they were discharged. The total number of rations supplied is also listed. Chronological
arrangement.
Reference: CB7/21.
LISTS OF CONVICTS’ RELATIVES
June 1859 - August 1864. Part of one volume (CB7/21)
This series lists immigrants who were the relatives (usually members of the immediate family) of convicts.
The information given is as follows - immigrant’s name, age, marital status, children, sponsor and relationship
to the convict. The name and address of the immigrant’s husband, wife etc. is often listed. Indexed.
Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/22
LISTS OF IMMIGRANTS VIA MELBOURNE
January 1867 - January 1884.
These two volumes list Bounty immigrants who arrived in Melbourne and then proceeded to Tasmania on a
second ship.
The information given is similar to that in other arrival lists (i.e. name, age, marital status etc.).
In addition the following details are listed-the name of ship from England to Melbourne and from Melbourne
to Tasmania and the port and date of departure in England. Each entry is certified by the Immigration Agent at
Hobart or Launceston.
Arrangement is roughly chronological although as the lists were compiled in Hobart with Launceston entries
added, there are some discrepancies. Indexed.
Reference: CB7/23
REGISTER OF LAND APPLICATIONS.
September 1868 - September 1887.
This series is a register of applications for Land Order Certificates under the Act of Parliament 31 Victoria No.
26.
These were issued to immigrants who paid their own passage but had not been issued with Land Order
Warrants.
The following details are listed - name of the applicant, number of acres authorised, date of authorisation and
references to the authorisation in the letter books and minutes of the Board. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/24
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REGISTER OF LAND ORDER WARRANTS ISSUED
March 1870 - September 1884.
This volume registers the issue of Land Order Warrants. Some of the earlier ones were issued by the
Immigration Agent and the Tasmanian Main Line Railway Company but the bulk of them were issued by the
Emigrant and Colonists Aid Corporation in London.
The following information is listed - immigrant’s name, native place (often in considerable detail), age, date of
issue of the warrant, passage money paid, number of acres, and the number of the warrant.
Indexed. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/25.
REGISTER OF FEES PAID TO AND LAND ORDER WARRANTS ISSUED BY THE EMIGRANT AND
COLONISTS AID CORPORATION.
May 1873 - May 1886.
This series begins as a register of fees paid by the Immigration Board to the Emigrant and Colonists Aid
Corporation for issuing Land Order Warrants to immigrants. From May 1873 to March 1882 the following
information is listed-name of immigrant, number of warrant, date of issue, date of Land Order Certificates,
number of acres, amount of fees and date of payment authority.
From March 1882 onwards fees were no longer paid on individual warrants as a lump sum of £150 was paid.
This series then becomes a straightforward register of Land Order Warrants issued and lists only the warrant
number and name although sometimes the date of issue is given.
This latter part duplicates and then continues the previous series (CB7/25). Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/26.
INDEX TO REGISTER OF FEES PAID TO AND LAND ORDER WARRANTS ISSUED BY THE
EMIGRANT AND COLONISTS AID CORPORATION
May 1873 - c. May 1886.
This series indexes the register of fees paid to and Land Order Warrants issued by the Emigrant and Colonists
Aid Corporation.
It lists the immigrant's name and gives a reference to the warrant number.
Reference: CB7/27.
LISTS OF IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING FROM GERMANY
August 1870 - May 1872.
This series lists immigrants arriving from Germany although it is doubtful if it is a complete record of all the
immigrants sent out by Frederick Buck.
The information given is - name of immigrant, age, marital status, children, religion, education, native place
and trade. There is also a remarks column which usually gives the immigrant’s employer and wages.
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The ship and date of arrival is listed as is the port of departure, although only three ships are listed. Indexed.
Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/28.
REGISTER OF BLANK BOUNTY TICKETS ISSUED.
May 1854 - August 1857.
This is a register of blank Bounty Tickets issued to applicants for immigrants from Europe under the
Regulations of January 1854. There is no indication of whether the tickets were actually used.
The following information is listed-date of issue, to whom issued (applicant), for what purpose (immigrants
from Germany, Wales etc.) and the number of family and single tickets issued. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/29
REGISTERS OF APPLICATIONS FOR IMMIGRANTS FROM EUROPE
February 1854 - June 1887. Part of one volume (CB7/29).
This series is a register of application for immigrants from Europe showing payments made on Bounty
Tickets.
The following information is given-name and address of applicant, date of ticket issue (at Hobart and
Launceston), whether the immigrant is a relation or a servant, and the date of payments on the ticket. From
1867 onwards the immigrant’s name is also listed and the date and ship of arrival. There are monthly
summaries of tickets issued. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/30.
REGISTER OF ACCOUNTS PASSED FOR PAYMENT.
May 1861 - October 1866. Part of one volume (CB7/5/3)
This series registers accounts passed by the Immigration Agent for payment by the Immigration Board.
These accounts are mainly for repayments on unused Bounty Tickets, hospital expenses for immigrants, and
travelling expenses.
The information given is - date, creditor’s name, amount owing and a quite detailed summary of how the
expenses were incurred. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/31
LISTS OF IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING
1841 - 1843.
This series is a list of immigrants arriving under the Bounty and General systems with quarterly and annual
abstracts.
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From September 1841 to November 1842 the name of the immigrant is not given-they are listed as either male
or female immigrants - but from November 1842 each immigrant is named. Before this date, only Bounty
System immigrants are listed but after this immigrants arriving under both systems are listed. Other
information given is trade, applicant’s religion, native place, education and wages received. There are
quarterly and annual abstracts of these lists for 1841 and 1842. Indexed. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/32.
REGISTER OF HEALTH CERTIFICATES ISSUED.
May 1841 - November 1843. Part of one volume (CB7/8).
This series is a register of the issue of health certificates for ships bringing Bounty immigrants to Van
Diemen’s Land. They were issued by the Immigration Agent upon the ship’s arrival.
The following information is listed - name of ship, date of arrival, number of immigrants carried, port of
departure and arrival and state of health. This last item is often expanded and the report on the immigrants’
health is quite detailed. Births and deaths on board are also listed. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/33.
LISTS OF SHIPS CARRYING BOUNTY IMMIGRANTS.
1854 - 1856. Part of one volume (CB7/19).
This series is a list of ships carrying Bounty immigrants under the regulations of January 1854.
Although the list is arranged chronologically, it appears to have been compiled as an index to part of series
CB7/12.
The information listed is - name of ship, port and date of arrival and a reference to the ‘book’ number (see CB
7/12 in which the immigrants are listed)
Reference: CB7/34.
MESS LIST OF IMMIGRANTS AT THE IMMIGRATION DEPOT, HOBART.
December 1842 - January 1843.
This series is a mess list of immigrants staying at the Immigration Depot in Hobart.
The name of the immigrant is listed (although in some cases only the head of the family is given), the number
of the mess and the number of daily rations issued. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/35.
PROVISIONS REGISTER
December 1842 - March 1843. Part of one volume (CB7/35)
This series is a daily register of provisions received into the Immigration Depot in Hobart.
The daily amounts of each different type of food received is listed and other items such as soap and candles
are also included. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/36.
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RATION LIST FOR MALE IMMIGRANTS
October 1843 - May 1844. Part of one volume (CB7/35).
This series lists rations issued to male immigrants at the Immigration Depot in Hobart.The list does not give
the immigrant’s name but gives the numbers of men rationed in different age groups. The amount of rations
issued are also listed. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/37.
REGISTER OF LIGHTS AND FIRES
January 1857 - October 1858. Part of one volume (CB7/21).
This series is a register of Lights and Fires in the Immigration Depot, Hobart. It provides a daily record of the
number of fires lit and lights burning in each room of the Immigration Depot. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/38.
DAILY RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS.
July 1842 - June 1844. Part of one volume (CB7/35)
This series is a daily journal of proceedings in the Immigration Depot in Hobart.
It gives a quite detailed picture of the activities of the Depot and records such information as the discharge of
immigrants who obtained employment, visitors to the Depot, arrival of new immigrants, behaviour of the
immigrants and other miscellaneous details. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/39.
REGISTER OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
January 1853 - October 1857.
This register gives an extremely detailed description of each account showing where it had originated. This
often includes copies of relevant letters.
The information given is - date, description of account and amount owing. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/40.
SALARY BOOK.
May 1853 - December 1858.
This series lists fixed and provisional salaries paid to the Immigration Board’s staff at Hobart and Launceston.
Entries are made monthly.
The following information is given - officer’s name, fixed annual salary, period employed, amount paid per
month and provisional salary (i.e. probable increments). After March 1857 no distinction is made between
fixed and provisional salaries. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/41.
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REGISTER OF CONTINGENT ACCOUNTS PASSED FOR PAYMENT.
October 1882 - November 1887. Part of one volume (CB7/24)
This series lists contingent accounts such as salaries, advertising, refunds, stores etc. passed to the Treasury for
payment. The information given is - name of creditor, amount owing, date received, reason for expenditure
and date sent to the Treasury. Chronological arrangement.
Reference: CB7/42.
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PART F.
APPENDICES.
APPENDIX 1. NOTE ON PRIVATE SOCIETIES.
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries a great many societies were established in Tasmania and Great
Britain to encourage and/or sponsor desirable immigrants. Some of these obtained Government grants and
worked through the Government sponsored systems of immigration. Below is a list of the more prominent
societies.
1. The Scottish - Australia Company.
Established in 1822 to bring Scottish emigrants to Hobart Town and Sydney. Its first immigrant ship,
the Greenock, arrived in 1824.1 The Company was disbanded in 1831.
2. The Launceston Immigration Aid Society.
Established in 1840 by the gentlemen of Launceston to relieve the labour shortage by sending an
agent to England to send out farm servants under the indenture system. 2
3. The Saint Andrews Immigration Society.
Formed in 1841; in 1853 a special branch was created ‘to procure from Scotland the most useful labour
sought for by employers in general’. The Society worked through the Government bounty system,
purchasing blank bounty tickets which were sent to a special agent in Scotland. The Society received a
Government grant in 1855.4
4. The Highland and Island Emigration Society.
Received a grant of £3 000 in 1853 from the Van Diemen’s Land Government to aid it in assisting
immigrants from the Scottish highlands and. islands to the colony:5 The same method of selection was
used as that of the St Andrews Society - blank bounty tickets purchased from the Government to be
used by the Scottish agent.
5. The Hobart Town Immigration Society.
Established in 1854 ‘under the pressure of the want of labour, and universally felt necessity to
counteract the objectionable character of the emigration then carried on by the Emigration
Commissioners’. 6 Bounty tickets were purchased from the Government to assist working class
immigrants. The Society was dissolved upon the establishment of the Board of Immigration in 1856.
6. Family Colonization Society.
Established in London in 1855 by an association of gentlemen who devoted their time to emigration to
benefit the colonies. Blank bounty tickets were used to assist domestics to Tasmania. 7
7. The Emigrant and Colonists Aid Corporation.
This Society, established in London in 1871, had as its aim ‘the improvement in the condition of the
industrial classes by emigration, combined with the acquisition of profit’. 8 The Society acted as the
emigration agent for Tasmania in London for 15 years.
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8. The Immigration League of Tasmania.
The League was a branch of the immigration League of Australia, and worked independently until its
amalgamation with the Tourist Bureau in 1907.9 Its funds were raised by public subscription, and in
1907 it received a Government grant. 10 It had agents in London and India and was associated with
German migration.
References
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Hobart Town Gazette 20 February 1824.
CSO5/247/6450.
CSO24/255/10495.
CSD1/40/535.
CSD1/24/8064.
CSD1/48/624.
CSD1/130/4771.
CSD7/40/702.
CSD22/129/88.
7 Edward VII No. 2.
APPENDIX 2. NOTE ON NATURALIZATION PROCEDURES.
The first Naturalization Act was passed by the Colonial Government in 1834 to encourage the immigration of
respectable foreigners. The Act enabled the Lieutenant-Governor to grant letters of denization to respectable
aliens who had either resided in the colony for seven years, or who held a letter of recommendation from the
Secretary of State for the Colonies. Naturalized persons were to enjoy all the privileges of British subjects
save that of election to the Executive and Legislative Councils. Successful applicants had to swear an oath of
allegiance to the local commissioners of the Supreme Court within a month of receiving the letters of
denization. l
In 1861 a new Naturalization Act was passed. This Act gave naturalized persons full citizenship rights.
Applicants were required to submit memorials to the Governor stating age, profession or trade and duration of
residence in the Colony. An oath of allegiance was again to be sworn before the Supreme Court within a
month of naturalization. 2
The years for which naturalization figures survive, 1875 - 1903, record 951 persons as being naturalized, with
the highest number for any one year being 151 in 1903.3 The majority of persons naturalized were Chinese. 4
In 1904 the Commonwealth Government took control of naturalization.
References
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2.
5 Gul IV No. 4. Copies of oaths of allegiance were deposited with the Supreme Court.
See SC218 and SC219 for some surviving copies. CSO1 also contains applications
for, and letters of, denization.
25 Vic No. 2. SC218 and SC219 contain copies of oaths of allegiance and some
naturalization papers and applications.
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3.
4.
Statistics of Tasmania, 1875 - 1903.
The Chief Secretary’s Department correspondence records contain petitions and certificates of
naturalization. The petitions record information such as place and date of birth, occupation, marital status,
family and the length of residence in the colony.
APPENDIX 3. TASMANIAN ACTS OF PARLIAMENT RELATING TO IMMIGRATION
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5 Gul IV, No. 4: An Act for enabling the Lieutenant-Governor to grant letters of Denization in certain
cases, 4 September, 1834.
18 Vic. No. 2: An Act to regulate the binding out of Assisted Emigrants and for other purposes connected
therewith. 15 September 1854. (The Assisted Emigrants Act, 1854).
19 Vic. No. 18: An Act to establish a Board of Immigration Commissioners; and to enable such
Commissioners to raise two hundred thousand pounds by debentures chargeable upon the General
Revenue of Van Diemen’s Land. 22 December 1855. (The Immigration Act, 1855).
25 Vic. No. 2: An Act for the Naturalization of Aliens. 30 November 1861. (The Alien Act, 1861).
31 Vic. No. 26: An Act to amend The Immigration Act, 1855, 11 October 1867. (The Immigration Act,
1867).
31 Vic. No. 27: An Act to enable the Governor to reserve land for settlement by persons coming from
India to Tasmania. 11 October, 1867.
38 Vic. No. 16: An Act to amend The Immigration Act 1867. 18 September 1874. (The Immigration Act,
1874).
46 Vic. No. 40: An Act to further amend The Immigration Act, 1855.6 November, 1882.
49 Vic. No. 4: An Act to regulate the Conveyance of Passengers to Tasmania. 7 September, 1885. (The
Passengers Act, 1885).
49 Vic No. 31: An Act to further amend The Immigration Act, 1855. 5 December, 1885. (The Immigration
Act, 1885).
49 Vic No. 32: An Act to further amend The Immigration Act, 1855. 5 December, 1885. (The Immigration
Appropriation Act, 1885).
51 Vic No. 9: An Act to regulate and restrict Chinese Immigration. 7 November, 1887. (The ChineseImmigration Act, 1887).
60 Vic. No. 55: An Act to apply and extend the provisions of The Chinese Immigration Act 1887, to
certain other coloured races. 26 November, 1896. (The Coloured Races Immigration Act, 1896).
62 Vic. No. 69: An Act to place certain restrictions on Immigration, 29 October, 1898. (The Immigration
Restriction Act, 1898).
2 Geo V. No. 15: An Act to further amend The Closer Settlement Act, 1906. 2 December 1911. (The
Closer Settlement Act 1911).
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16 Geo V. No. 88: An Act to authorise the Government of the State to enter into an Agreement with the
Government of the Commonwealth with respect to the Migration of Persons from the United Kingdom to
the State, and the borrowing by the State from the Commonwealth of Moneys to be expended by the State
in connection with the Settlement of such Persons in the State. 23 April 1926 (The Migration Agreement
Act 1926).
19 Geo V. No. 33: An Act to encourage the Settlement of British Subjects in Tasmania and to authorise
the Treasurer to advance certain Sums of Money for that purpose. 22 December 1928 (The Advances to
British Settlers Act, 1928).
20 Geo V. No. 64: An Act to amend the Advances to British Settlers Act, 1928. 24 December 1929 (The
Advances to British Settlers Act, 1929).
20 Geo V. No. 6: An Act to amend the Migration Agreement Act, 1926, and to notify an Agreement
Supplemental to the Commonwealth and State Agreement Authorised thereby. 25 July 1929 (The
Migration Agreement Act, 1929).
25 Geo V. No. 16: An Act to amend the Passengers Act, 1885. 2 November 1934 (The Passengers Act,
1934).
APPENDIX 4. BOARD OF IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS.
GOVERNMENT NOTICE
No. 96
Colonial Secretary’s Office, 14 May, 1840.
The Lieutenant-Governor, being desirous of giving immediate effect to the intention communicated to the
Deputation of Gentlemen who presented the Address to His Excellency on the 8th instant, has approved of the
following arrangements for bringing out Emigrants from Great Britain or Ireland to this Colony:
1st. That the sum of £40 be paid towards defraying the passage of a man and his wife (and children under
three years of age), provided the ages of the married couple do not exceed, on embarkation, 35 years
respectively.
2nd. That the sum of £19 be paid towards defraying the passage of each male Emigrant above 18 years of
age, and not exceeding 3 5 years, on arrival.
3rd. That the sum of £18 be paid towards defraying the passage of each female domestic above the age of
17 years, and not exceeding 35 years, on arrival.
4th. That the sum of £7 be paid for the passage of each child from 3 to 10 years of age, and of £12 for lads
between the ages of 10 and 18 and females between 10 and 17 respectively, for whose parents, or parent the
rate of Bounty specified in Article No.1 may be allowed.
5th. That there be allowed to the Master of each Vessel bringing out Emigrants under the terms of this
Notice a gratuity of 7s., to the first mate 3s., and to the second mate 1s. 6d., for each person above one year of
age, provided their conduct to such Emigrants during the voyage prove satisfactory to the LieutenantGovernor.
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6th. That parties applying for servants, under the terms of this Notice be required, before receiving the
Bounty, to enter into an engagement to maintain them for the term of the agreement hereinafter alluded to
unless parted with by mutual consent, or discharged by due course of law.
7th. That persons requiring servants, under the Bounties thus offered be allowed to choose their own Ships;
but it is recommended that ‘regular traders’ to and from the ports of Hobart Town and Launceston be selected.
8th. That no Emigrant brought out under the foregoing regulations be engaged for a less period than three
years, under a written agreement, according to a form hereafter to be published, and to date from the day such
agreement is entered into, in Great Britain or Ireland.
9th. That these respective Bounties be allowed for Emigrants of the following description only; viz.
Agricultural Labourers, Shepherds, Masons, Bricklayers, Blacksmiths, Wheelwrights, Shipwrights, and all
other descriptions of Mechanics, and male and female Domestic Servants.
10th. That all applications from persons requiring Servants, or Mechanics, or Labourers, be according to the
subjoined form (A), and addressed to the Colonial Secretary; and no application can be attended to unless the
particulars prescribed in the form are fully inserted.
11th. That all Emigrants arriving under the Bounty be immediately landed on arrival, and maintained at the
expense of the persons sending for them.
12th. These Bounties to be paid from the Colonial Treasury on arrival of the Emigrants, upon the LieutenantGovernor being satisfied that they are of the proper age, and not ineligible from bodily infirmity.
13th. The foregoing Regulations are not to extend to the wives, husbands, or children of Convicts.
By His Excellency’s Command,
M. FORSTER.
N.B. A Form of Agreement to be entered into, as referred to in the above Notice, will be published in a future
gazette.
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A.
Notification of Intention to bring out Servants under the Terms specified in the Government Notice, No. 96
dated 14th May, 1840.
Name and
Address of Party
applying
Male or Female,
and Number of
each.
Description of
Servant,
Mechanic, or
Labourer.
Name of Agent at
Hobart Town or
Name of Agent in
From what Port to
Launceston who
Great Britain or
be embarked
will receive the
Ireland.
Emigrants applied
for on arrival.
I, …………………………………………………………………………………………..do hereby bind myself
to abide by the Regulations published in the Hobart Town Gazette, on the subject of Bounties for Emigrants,
under date 14th May, 1840, and No. 96.
(Signed)
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GOVERNMENT NOTICE
No. 171
Colonial Secretary’s Office, 22nd July 1841.
The Lieutenant-Governor has directed the following instructions to the Immigration Agent to be published for
general information.
By His Excellency’s Command,
JOHN MONTAGU
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE
IMMIGRATION AGENT
The two systems under which Immigrants may be expected to arrive in this Colony are the Bounty System,
and the system under the immediate direction of the Colonization Commissioners in England.
Bounty System
The Regulations of the Bounty System are laid down in the Government Notice of the 14th May, 1840, and by
these the Immigration Agent will be governed. The applications, however, from persons requiring Servants
which are therein directed to be addressed to the Colonial Secretary, are now to be sent in to the Agent, who
will adopt, with respect to them, the same course as has been pursued by the Colonial Secretary.
Upon the arrival of a ship having Immigrants under the Bounty System, the Agent will proceed on board and
ascertain on whose application they have been sent out. He will then place himself in communication with the
applicants or their agents; and, with as little delay as possible, send in a return to the Colony Secretary, stating
the name, age, trade or calling, of each immigrant, whether he or she be married or single - if married, the
number of children (if any), the date of arrival in the Colony, the name of the applicant, the date of the
application, and the amount of Bounty payable under the regulations. The Certificate of the Health Officer to
be appended to the return as to the state of health of each Immigrant.
The Agent will also send in a return of the sums to which the Masters and Mates of the vessel may be entitled.
It will be particularly his duty to ascertain the conduct of the Immigrants during the passage, the quality and
quantity of the provisions which they have received, together with their general treatment, reporting on each of
these particulars to the Colonial Secretary for His Excellency’s information.
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to
I certify that this is a correct Return, and that the Applicants herein named are entitled to the Amounts placed after their Names respectively.
A. B.
Immigration Agent
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Females
Males
10 to 17
(Females)
Trade or
Calling
10 to 18
(males)
Name of
Immigrants
3 to 10
Name of
Applicant
Children
Below 3
Date of
Application
Unmarried
Adults
Females
Date of
Arrival
Females
Name of
Ship
Males
Married
Adults
Males
RETURN of Immigrants arrived from
Amount of
Bounty
Payable
Immigrants by Vessels chartered by the Government
1st. On the arrival of one of these vessels, the Agent will immediately proceed on board, accompanied
by the Health Officer, taking care to ascertain before boarding that no disease prevails on board which will
subject the ship to quarantine. In the event of such disease existing, the Agent will obtain as much
information as he can without breaking through the Quarantine Regulations as to the state of the
Immigrants and their immediate wants, and will, without loss of time, make a report accordingly to the
Colonial Secretary, from whom he will receive further instructions.
2nd.
On arriving on board, the Agent will ascertain the state of the Immigrants, their number, health,
and description, with the deaths and births which may have occurred during the voyage, and other
particulars respecting which he may think it right to require information. He will also ascertain what
supplies of fresh meat may be required, sending in at once a requisition for such as appear to him to be
necessary for the Lieutenant-Governor’s approval.
3rd.
As soon as possible after arrival of the ship, the Agent will have a general muster of the
Immigrants, and ascertain the name, age, native place, religion, education, and trade of each. He will
receive the testimonials which each may have, to be deposited in his office. He will ascertain whether the
Immigrants have been regularly employed during the passage, what general arrangements have been
observed, whether any school has been established, and (if so) with what success, whether Divine Worship
has been regularly performed on the Sunday, the nature of the accommodation, the fitness of the vessel for
the conveyance of the Immigrants, the conduct of the immigrants, the quality and quantity of the provisions
which they have received, and their general treatment.
4th.
After mustering the Immigrants, the Agent will take the necessary steps for disembarking them,
publishing, as soon as possible, a list in the Gazette, giving the name, age and calling of each, for the
information of persons requiring their services. A copy of such list to be posted in his office.
5th.
The Immigrants will be allowed rations for one month from the Government; and all who are
desirous to avail themselves of this allowance must proceed on their disembarkation direct to the House
provided for their accommodation by the Government. Looking, however, to the demand for labour and for
domestic servants which now exists, His Excellency does not contemplate that any one of them will have
occasion to remain for so long a period in the Establishment. No Immigrant is to be allowed to remain after
having refused an offered engagement of which the Agent may approve.
6th.
A weekly list of those engaged, and of those that remain disengaged, is to be published in the
Gazette by the Agent.
7th.
The Agent will make a report respecting each Ship as soon as possible to the Lieutenant-Governor
through the Colonial Secretary, affording information upon all the points referred to in paragraph 3; and, as
all the Immigrants have been disposed of, he will send in a return, giving the names of their employers, the
services for which they have been respectively engaged, and the rate of wages they are to receive.
8th.
It will be the duty of the Agent to keep records in his office of the arrival of every Immigrant, the
service which he or she may have entered, and of the other particulars respecting the party which he has
reported officially.
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9th.
He will keep a register also of all the persons for whom the Bounty may have been refused, and, as
far as he can, of all other Immigrants who may arrive without assistance from the Government. With the
view of enabling the Agent to comply with the latter part of this instruction, His Excellency has directed
that the Officers of Customs should send in to him the reports of the arrival and departures of vessels.
10th.
The Agent will report quarterly the extent of the demand that may continue to exist for labour, and
the class of Immigrants that may more particularly be required.
11th.
He will make, at the expiration of each half-year, a return of the Immigrants who have arrived,
with a statement of the amount paid in Bounties, and of the total expense of any vessels that may have
arrived chartered by the Government; the Immigrants in this return being ranged under the heads of their
several occupations. He will also be required to make, at the end of each year, a full report, setting forth the
number of Immigrants who may have arrived during the past year, their general character, the average rate
of wages which has been obtained by them in their respective occupations, the amount and nature of the
labour still required by the Colonists, and affording generally information upon every point of importance
in connection with the subject, either to the Colonists themselves or to the Mother Country.
12th.
The Immigration Agent will issue the necessary instructions to the Sub-Agent at Launceston, so
that the same rules may be observed with regard to Immigrants there as in Hobart Town. The Sub-Agent
will send in all his returns and reports to the Immigration Agent, who is to be regarded as the Head of the
Department.
JOHN MONTAGU
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
22nd July 1841.
GOVERNMENT NOTICE
No. 110
Colonial Secretary’s Office, 22nd October 1852.
The Lieutenant-Governor has directed the following instructions to the Immigration Agents, and to those
persons who may desire to avail themselves of the proposed Regulations, to be published for general
information.
By His Excellency’s Command,
H. S. CHAPMAN.
INSTRUCTIONS and Regulations for the Guidance of the Immigration Agents, and of those Persons who
may desire to introduce Mechanics and Labourers into the Colony under the same.
1. All persons who are, or may be, desirous of introducing any mechanics, labourers, or other male
servants into the Colony, under the Regulations hereinafter set forth, must apply to the Immigration Agent
at Hobart Town or Launceston, and furnish such Agent with a written description of the class of the
Immigrants (that is, whether mechanics, labourers, or otherwise) sought to be introduced.
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2. Every person so applying shall pay to such Agent the sum of Three Pounds Fifteen Shillings in
money, in respect of every such male Immigrant proposed to be introduced, together with his promissory
note for a like sum of Three Pounds Fifteen Shillings, payable to the Colonial Treasurer of the Colony on
the arrival of such Immigrant.
3. Upon such payment in money, and upon the signing of such promissory note, the Immigration
Agent, to whom application shall have been made, shall deliver to the applicant an Emigration Ticket, in
the form set forth in Schedule A, in respect of every such payment so made and every such Immigrant so
intended to be
introduced.
4. The holder of such Emigration Ticket shall be at liberty to select through any private Agent in the
United Kingdom, any mechanic, labourer, domestic or other male servant as to the applicant may seem fit.
5. Upon making such selection, the Agent of the applicant, upon presenting his Emigration Ticket
(having first duly executed the Certificate at the back thereof) at the Office of the Colonial Land and
Emigration Commissioners, and upon furnishing such Commissioners with the name, description, and
place of abode of the person so selected, shall be entitled to claim, and shall receive, for the person so
selected a free passage to this Colony in the earliest available ship; and, if the number of persons for whom
a free passage is claimed under and by virtue of such Emigration Tickets be sufficient, His Excellency is
prepared to recommend that a ship be specially chartered for their conveyance.
6. Every intending male Emigrant who may be desirous of availing himself of the conditionally free
passage contemplated by these Regulations, will be required, prior to embarkation, to sign a promissory
note for the sum of Seven Pounds, Ten Shillings, payable on demand to his intending employer in the
Colony. Payment of this promissory note will not be required so long as the Immigrant shall continue in his
service in the Colony. On completion of one year’s service, one third (Two Pounds Ten Shillings) of the
said note will be written off,-the Immigrant being then liable to the payment of Five Pounds only. On
completion of two year’s service, another third (Two Pounds Ten Shillings) will be written off,the
Immigrant then being liable to the payment of Two Pounds Ten Shillings only. On completion of three
years’ service the said Promissory Note will be cancelled, or will become null and void. Provided that if the
employer shall wrongfully, and without just cause, dismiss any mechanic, labourer, or other male servant
introduced under these Regulations before the expiration of this term of service, such employer shall not be
entitled to recover the amount of the said Promissory Note or any part thereof.
7. Intending Emigrants will be required to enter into an agreement in writing with the Agent of their
proposed employer in the Colony. In this agreement must be set forth in clear and distinct language, the
term of service, not exceeding three years, for which such intending Emigrant agrees to hire himself,
together with the rate of wages agreed upon. The agreement shall also recite the promissory note mentioned
in the sixth Regulation, and the conditions upon which it is given.
8. Any Settler, who shall, by himself or his own private Agent, after having obtained his Emigration
Ticket in the manner set forth in the second and third Regulations, bring or convey into the Colony a
mechanic, labourer, or other male Immigrant under indenture or agreement to serve the said Settler, and
who shall produce such indenture or agreement, so as to prove to the satisfaction of the Immigration Agent
at Hobart Town or Launceston that such indenture or agreement has been entered into bona fide by and
between the Agent of such Settler and such mechanic, labourer, or other male Immigrant, and who shall
produce proof to the satisfaction of such Immigration Agent that such mechanic, labourer, or other
immigrant mentioned in such indenture or agreement has arrived in the Colony, such Settler, on the
production of his Emigration Ticket shall
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receive the Government Bounty; that is to say, the difference between the whole cost of passage for the
time being from the port or place at which such Immigrant shall have embarked to Hobart Town or
Launceston and the sum of Seven Pounds Ten Shillings; he, the said Settler, first duly paying his said
promissory note for Three Pounds Fifteen Shillings mentioned in the second Regulation, unless the said
promissory note shall have been already satisfied.
His Excellency desires it to be further notified, that funds will be immediately placed at the disposal of Her
Majesty’s Land and Emigration Commissioners to an extent equal, at least, to the vote of the Legislative
Council, and as much more as will constitute the available balance of the Land Fund, for the purpose of
defraying the cost of the passages of the wives and children of the intending Emigrants under the foregoing
Regulations: but as the fund is limited, it must be understood that the Government cannot pledge itself to
defray the whole cost of the passages of families however numerous they may be. Discretion must,
therefore, be given to the Land and Emigration Commissioners as to the mode of appropriating such
monies: but His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor is prepared to recommend that it be expended in such
a manner as to give to each Immigrant a fair share of the advantages offered, in accordance with the spirit
of the Report of the Legislative Council.
H. S. CHAPMAN
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
22nd October, 1852.
SCHEDULE A
No.
No.
£.
Received .. .. .. .. 3
Promissory Note .. .. 3
£.7
s.
15
15
10
Certificate for the passage of a
Male Emigrant.
Applicant.
Hobart Town,
185
I do hereby certify that I have this day received from
………………………….……the sum of Three Pounds Fifteen
Shillings, together with his Promissory Note for the like sum
of Three Pounds Fifteen Shillings, under the Immigration
Regulations of 1852.
The said…………………upon presenting this Certificate at
the Office of the Land and Emigration Commissioners in
Park-street, Westminster, will be entitled to claim a free passage
to Van Diemen’s Land for one male Emigrant.
Immigration Agent
Immigration Agent.
(At the back)
I hereby certify that……………………………… , carpenter, [or other description as the case may be] has
this day signed a Promissory Note for Seven Pounds Ten Shillings, in compliance with the Regulation of
the Government of Van Diemen’s Land dated the 22nd October 1852, No. 6, under which a free passage is
now claimed for the said
Agent of………………………………………………
of Van Diemen’s Land
The ………………..…. day of ……………..185 .
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GOVERNMENT NOTICE
No. 11
Colonial Secretary’s Office, 23rd January 1854.
The Lieutenant-Governor, having approved of the following Regulations for the promotion of Immigration
to Van Diemen's Land, directs that they be published for general information; and that all former notices
and regulations on the same subject be from this date revoked and cancelled, except in so far as may be
necessary to give effect to applications already received and acted upon.
By His Excellency’s Command,
W. CHAMP
BOUNTY REGULATIONS for the Introduction of Mechanics, Labourers, and Domestic or other Servants
into Van Diemen’s Land from any Port of Europe.
1. Applications and payment to be made to the Immigration Agent.] - Persons who may desire to
avail themselves of these Regulations must apply in writing (Form No. 1) to the Immigration Agent at
Hobart Town or Launceston, describing the Immigrants intended to be introduced, and stating whether they
are to be mechanics, labourers, domestic or other servants, and whether male or female, single or with
families; and shall pay to him the sum of £3 in respect of every single immigrant of the age of fourteen
years and upwards, and £5 in respect of every family.
2. Bounty Tickets to be issued transferable to Masters of Vessels.] - The Immigration Agent, on
receiving such applications and payments, and being satisfied that the applicants intend to employ in the
Colony the Immigrants proposed to be introduced, will deliver to the applicants Bounty Tickets in duplicate
in the form set forth in Schedules A and B for the payment of the whole passage-money of the Immigrant
or Immigrants applied for, at the rate fixed for the time being in the manner herein declared by Regulation
7; and the passage-money set forth in every such Bounty Ticket shall, under the condition laid down in
Regulation 3, be payable at the Colonial Treasury on the arrival of the immigrants, either to the applicant
himself, or to the master of the vessel in which they may be brought to Van Diemen’s Land, should such
Bounty Ticket have been endorsed over by the applicant in the form specified on the Ticket.
3. Condition on which Bounty Tickets will be payable.] - The Immigration Agent at Hobart Town or
Launceston must be satisfied that the immigrant or Immigrants in respect of whom the Bounty is claimed
have arrived in the Colony under agreement not to leave Van Diemen’s Land within four years after arrival;
or otherwise before leaving that Colony to make to the Immigration Agent at Hobart Town repayment
towards his or her passage-money, at the rate of one-fourth of such passage-money for every year wanting
to complete four years’ residence, and a proportionate sum for every part of a year, which engagement shall
be executed on the Bounty Ticket in the form thereon set forth. On being satisfied that this condition has
been duly performed, the Immigration Agent will certify in writing on the Bounty Ticket the arrival (or
death on the voyage) of such immigrant or Immigrants, and the amount of their passage-money, which will
then be payable upon presentation of the ticket at the Colonial Treasury, provided that every such Bounty
Ticket shall be presented for payment within eighteen months from the date thereof. Applicants for Bounty
Tickets will also be supplied at the same time with blank Forms of Agreement, by which their Agents may
contract with Immigrants for their services for such period after arrival in the Colony as may be agreed on;
and for the repayment during each service of the £3 or £5, as the case may be, paid by such applicants to
the Government.
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4. Promotion of the Immigration of the Relatives and Friends of persons in the Working Classes
residing in Van Diemen's Land.] - In order to promote the Immigration and settlement in Van Diemen’s
Land of the relatives and friends of persons in the working classes residing in that Colony, it is hereby
provided that, on application and payment being made by such persons, in the manner set forth in
Regulation 1, for the introduction of friends or relatives in the working classes, the Immigration Agent, on
being satisfied that the Immigrants applied for are of that description, and coming out to live by labour,
will, in the manner specified in Regulation 2, deliver to the applicants Bounty Tickets to which the
foregoing conditions shall apply.
5. Payments may be returned.] - Persons having sent to Europe for Immigrants under these
Regulations, on showing reasonable cause for having failed to introduce them, may, by application at the
Immigration Office from which the Bounty Tickets were issued, and on returning the tickets, obtain
repayment of the money advanced by them.
6. Blank Bounty Tickets transmitted to Agents &c. in the United Kingdom or elsewhere to provide
Passages for Emigrants selected by them.] - Blank Bounty Tickets in the form set forth in Schedules C and
D will be transmitted to such Committees, Agents, or other persons in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, as
may be considered by the Colonial Government likely to advance the interests of Van Diemen's Land by
sending out suitable Emigrants. Such Committees, Agents, or other persons will insert in the Tickets the
names of Emigrants, who will thus obtain a free passage at the rate fixed for the time being by the
Government of the Colony, in the manner herein declared by Regulation 7; subject to the condition laid
down above in Regulation 3, and to an engagement to be executed on the Bounty Ticket in the form thereon
set forth to repay to the Immigration Agent at Hobart Town £3 for a single Immigrant, and £5 for a family,
as part of the expenses of their introduction.
7. Rates of passage-money which will be paid on Bounty Tickets.] - The rate at which the
Government of Van Diemen’s Land will pay for the passages of immigrants from the United Kingdom,
from other parts of Europe, or other countries or places from which it may at any future time be considered
advantageous to encourage Immigration, will be fixed from time to time prospectively, and notified in the
Hobart Town Gazette and newspapers, so as to give sufficient and timely notice on the subject; and the rate
payable for the time being will be inserted in each Bounty Ticket when issued.
The passage-money will be fixed with reference to the ages of the Immigrants at the time of
embarkation, at a certain rate per statute adult of fourteen years of age or upwards, one half of which will
be paid for children of three years and under fourteen years, and one quarter thereof for children under three
years old. In the case of the death of an Emigrant during the voyage, one half of the rates so fixed will be
paid.
8. Persons introducing Immigrants must provide for them on arrival.] - Persons who introduce
Immigrants under these Regulations must provide for their reception on arrival.
Should it be found necessary to receive any such Immigrants into a Government establishment, a
charge of two shillings a day, or part of a day, for each individual will be made against the introducer.
W. CHAMP
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FORM No. 1
APPLICATION for the Introduction of Immigrants of the
Labouring Classes
(Place and Date)
Sir,
I am desirous of introducing into Van Diemen’s Land, under the Bounty Immigration Regulations of 24
January 1854, the under-mentioned Immigrants. [Here state the description of Immigrants, whether
mechanics, labourers, domestic or other servants whether male or fernale, single or with families and
whether to be employed by the Applicant or introduced as his relatives or friends, - in the latter case state
the relationship, &c.] And I herewith enclose the sum of £ ……..
[The payment required for each
married couple including their sons and daughters, or for each married man or woman, or widower or
widow, including his or her sons and daughters, is £5. The payment for each single man or woman applied
for is £3.]
Sir,
Your obedient
Servant,
Name ....................................
Occupation............................
Address..................................
To the Immigration Agent at
SCHEDULE A
EMIGRATION from Europe to Van Diemen’s Land, under the Bounty Regulations of Van Diemen’s Land,
dated 24th January 1854.
FAMILY BOUNTY TICKET
To be presented for payment at the Colonial Treasury, Hobart Town, within eighteen months from the date
thereof.
Rate of passage-money payable on this Bounty Ticket.
Description of Emigrant
For Emigrants from
the United Kingdom
£.
s.
d.
For each adult who may be at
the time of embarkation
fourteen years of age or
upwards.
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For Emigrants
from other
parts of Europe
£.
s.
d.
For each child of three years
and under fourteen years.......
For each child under three years
In the event of the death of an Emigrant on the voyage, one half of the above rates will be paid.
No.
Port of
185
I hereby certify that A. B., the applicant for this Bounty Ticket has paid to me the sum of Five Pounds in
respect of the following Emigrants of the working class proposed to be introduced into Van Diemen’s Land
from Europe by the said applicant; viz. - one married couple and their sons and daughters, or one married
man or married woman, or widower or widow, with his or her sons and daughters.
Upon proof being given to the satisfaction of the Immigration Agent at Hobart Town or Launceston that the
Emigrants in respect of whom the Bounty is claimed under this Ticket, have arrived in Van Diemen’s Land,
or have died on the voyage thither, and provided it shall appear that the engagement printed upon the back
of this Bounty Ticket has been executed by every Emigrant of the age of fourteen years or upwards, then
the Immigration Agent will Certify upon this Ticket to the arrival or death on the voyage of the Emigrants
and to the amount of passage-money payable; which amount will then be paid upon presentation of this
Bounty Ticket at the Colonial Treasury within eighteen months after the date thereof (and not afterwards),
either to the above-named applicant himself, or to the Commander of any vessel to whom this Ticket may
be endorsed over by the said applicant (in the form given below), and by whom the Emigrants may be
brought to Van Diemen’s Land.
The applicant will be at liberty to introduce a single adult male or female Emigrant under this Bounty
Ticket instead of a family, subject to the above condition in which case payment will be made of the
passage-money of one adult at the rate above specified, but no return of deposit will be made.
C. D.
Immigration Agent at
I hereby endorse over this Bounty Ticket to the Commander of any vessel in which the Emigrants
therein described may be brought from Europe to Van Diemen’s Land.
Dated
185
E. F.
Applicant.
I hereby certify that the following Emigrants have arrived in Van Diemen’s Land under this Bounty
Ticket, or have died on the voyage from Europe thither; and that the passage-money below stated is payable
to A. B.
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£
s.
d.
Brown, John, age 42, passage-money ..........................................
“ , Mary, …...39
“
…………………………..
“ , James ……12
“
…………………………..
“ , Ellen …..10, died on voyage .………………………….
Total….£
Dated
185.
C. D.
Immigration Agent at
ENGAGEMENT
[On the back of the Bounty Ticket.]
Each of the undersigned, Emigrants to the Colony of Van Diemen’s Land under the Bounty Regulations of
Van Diemen’s Land, dated 24th January 1854, in consideration of a passage to the said Colony being
provided for him [or her] , hereby agrees not to leave the said Colony for the period of four years after his
[or her] arrival there, without having previously paid to the immigration Agent at Hobart Town one-fourth
of the cost of his [or her] said passage for every year wanting to complete four years’ residence in the
Colony, and a proportionate sum for every part of a year.
[To be signed by all Emigrants who may at the time of embarkation be fourteen years of age or upwards.]
SCHEDULE B
BOUNTY TICKET for a Single Immigrant, similar to
Schedule A.
SCHEDULE C
EMIGRATION from Europe to Van Diemen’s Land under the Bounty Regulations
of Van Diemen’s Land, dated 24th January, 1854.
FAMILY BOUNTY TICKET, to be filled up in Europe. To be presented for payment at the Colonial
Treasury, Hobart Town, within eighteen months from the date thereof.
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Rate of Passage-money payable on this Bounty Ticket.
Description of Emigrant
For Emigrants from
the United Kingdom
£.
s.
d.
For Emigrants
from other
parts of Europe
£.
s.
d.
For each adult who may be
at the time of embarkation
fourteen years of age or
upwards…………………
For each child of three years
and under fourteen years
For each child under three years
In the event of the death of an Emigrant on the voyage, one-half of the above rates will be paid.
No.
Port of
185
Whereas by the Immigration Regulations of Van Diemen’s Land, dated 24th January, 1854, it is declared
that Bounty Tickets in blank will be forwarded to such Committees, Agents, or other persons as may be
approved by the Colonial Government, in order that Emigrants selected by such Committees or persons
may obtain a free passage to Van Diemen’s Land by the insertion of their names in such Bounty Tickets: I
hereby certify that authority has been given by the Colonial Government to E. D. to insert in this Bounty
Ticket the names of one married couple and their sons and daughters, or one married man or married
woman, or widower or widow, with his or her sons and daughters, being Emigrants of the working class,
such insertion being duly signed in the form following:DESCRIPTION of Emigrants selected for a Free Passage.
Morgan, Charles, age 34, Agricultural Labourer,
“ , Charlotte, age 30, Laundress, wife of the above
“ , James, age 7}
“ , Mary, age 5 } children of the above
I hereby certify that the above-named [four] persons are nominated by me for a free passage to Van
Diemen’s Land under this Bounty Ticket.
J. B.
Secretary to Committee, Agent, &c. [as the case may be]
Upon proof being given to the satisfaction of the Immigration Agent at Hobart Town or Launceston that the
Emigrants in respect of whom the Bounty is claimed under this Ticket have arrived in Van Diemen’s Land,
or have died on the voyage thither; and provided it shall appear that the Promissory Note and the
engagement which are printed upon the back of this Bounty Ticket, have been executed by the Emigrants to
whom they apply, then the Immigration Agent will certify upon this Ticket to the arrival or death on the
voyage of the Emigrants, and the amount of passage-money payable, which amount will then be paid upon
presentation of this Bounty Ticket
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at the Colonial Treasury within eighteen months after the date thereof (and not afterwards) to the
Commander of any vessel to whom this Ticket may be endorsed over (in the form given below) by the
Committee, Agent, or other person above-named as authorised to nominate Emigrants for passages, and by
whom the Emigrants may be brought to Van Diemen’s Land.
C. D.
Immigration Agent at
I hereby endorse over this Bounty Ticket to the Commander of the (Barque Magnus Troil), or to the
Commander of any vessel in which the Emigrants therein described may be brought from Europe to Van
Diemen’s Land.
Dated
J. B.
Secretary to Committee, Agent, &c. [as the case may be.]
I hereby certify that the following Emigrants have arrived in Van Diemen’s Land under this Bounty Ticket,
or have died on the voyage from Europe thither; and that the passage-money below stated is payable to A.
B.
£.
s.
d.
Morgan, Charles, age 34, passage-money ....................................
“ , Charlotte, age 20,
“
....................................
“ , James, age 7,
“
…................................
“ , Mary, age 5,
”
……………………....
Total £
Dated
C. D.
Immigration Agent at
[On back of the Ticket]
PROMISSORY NOTE
£5
0
0
Six months after the date of my arrival in the Colony of Van Diemen’s Land I promise to pay to the
Immigration Agent at Hobart Town the sum of Five Pounds on account of a Passage to that Colony
provided for myself and family under the Bounty Regulations of Van Diemen’s Land, dated 24 January
1854.
[To be signed by the father or other head of the family emigrating.]
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ENGAGEMENT
As in Schedule A.
[To be signed by all Emigrants under fourteen years of age or upwards, whether parents or otherwise.]
SCHEDULE D
BOUNTY TICKET for a Single Emigrant, similar to
Schedule C
BOARD OF IMMIGRATION
Notice No. 1
1st March, 1856.
The Board of Immigration having approved of the following Regulations for the promotion of Immigration
to Tasmania, they are published for general information; the former Regulations on the same subject, dated
24th January, 1854, being from this date revoked and cancelled, except in so far as may be necessary to
give effect to applications already received and acted upon.
W. CHAMP,
President
P. FRASER
H. BUTLER
T. D. CHAPMAN
A.
McNAUGHTAN
BOUNTY REGULATIONS for the Introduction of Mechanics, Labourers, and Domestic or other Servants
into Tasmania
from any Part of Europe.
1. Application and payment to be made to the immigration Agent.] - Persons who may desire to avail
themselves of these Regulations must apply in writing to the Immigration Agent at Hobart Town or
Launceston, in accordance with Form No. 1, stating the particulars therein required, and making the
payments there specified, viz., - the sum of £3 in respect of every single Immigrant of the age of fourteen
years and upwards, and £5 in respect of every family.
2. Bounty Tickets to be issued transferable to Masters, Owners, or Agents of Vessels, but to no other
persons.] - The Immigration Agent, on receiving such applications and payments, and being satisfied that
the applicants intend to employ in the Colony the Immigrants proposed to be introduced, will deliver to the
applicants Bounty Tickets in the form set forth in Schedules A and B, for the payment of the whole
passage-money of the immigrants applied for, at the rate fixed for the time being in the manner herein
declared by Regulation 7; and the passage-money set forth in every such Bounty Ticket shall, under the
conditions laid down in Regulation 3, be payable at the Colonial Treasury on the arrival of the Immigrants,
either to the applicant himself, or to the master, owner, or agent of the vessel in which they may be brought
to Hobart Town or Launceston, as specified in the Bounty Ticket, should such Bounty Ticket have been
endorsed over by the applicant in the form specified on the Ticket.
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3. Conditions on which Bounty Tickets will be payable.] - The Immigration Agent at Hobart Town
or Launceston must be satisfied that the Emigrants named or described in the Bounty Ticket when issued
have been sent for to Europe subsequently to the date of the Bounty Ticket, and have been conveyed to
Hobart Town or Launceston as required in the Ticket, or have died on the voyage thither, and also that the
engagement printed on the back of the Bounty Ticket, (by which the Emigrant agrees not to leave Tasmania
within four years after arrival, or otherwise before leaving that Colony to make to the Immigration Agent at
Hobart Town repayment towards his or her passage-money at the rate of one-fourth of such passagemoney
for every year wanting to complete four years residence, and a proportionate sum for every part of a year),
shall have been duly executed by every Emigrant of the age of fourteen years or upwards.
The following conditions regarding the Emigrants must also have been observed to the satisfaction of the
Board of Immigration of the Colony; viz. The Emigrants shall have been during the voyage treated as bona fide steerage or intermediate passengers.
During the voyage, and while in any port, the Emigrants shall have been provisioned and supplied with
medical comforts and water according to the scale and quality required for the time being to be observed
for Emigrants in ships chartered by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, including fresh
provisions and vegetables. Ten clear running days, reckoning from noon after the arrival of the ship at the
usual place of disembarkation in the Colony, shall have been allowed, if required, for the disembarkation of
the Emigrants; during which time they shall have been accommodated in the same manner as during the
voyage, and provisioned and allowed water and medical comforts as above required. And further, with
regard to ships required by the Passengers Act, 1855, to carry a Medical Practitioner, the following rules
shall have been observed; viz.-they shall be of the first class, and from the time of arrival in Tasmania, and
during the above-mentioned ten days, such directions shall have been observed as may have been given to
the Master on the part of the Colonial Government regarding the place of anchorage of the ship, the
admission of persons on board, and arrangements for the management, hiring, or otherwise disposing of the
Emigrants. Emigrants from the United Kingdom shall not have been introduced by the. way of any of the
Australian Colonies. Whether the ship be divided into compartments and fitted with enclosed berths or not,
the single women shall have been during the voyage berthed in the after part of the ship in a compartment
divided off from the space appropriated to the other passengers by a substantial and well-secured bulkhead.
There shall have been separate hospitals for males and females, at all times clear and ready for use. The
Medical Practitioner shall have been required to keep a journal similar to that required for the time being in
ships chartered by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners.
When the number of single women without natural protectors equals or exceeds five, a Matron shall have
been appointed to take charge of them subject to the directions of the Master, and liable to be removed by
him for misconduct or incapacity; and in the care and superintendence of the single women the rules
contained in the instructions issued for the time being for Matrons of ships chartered by the Colonial Land
and Emigration Commissioners shall, as far as possible, have been observed.
The Emigrants shall have been landed as directed by the Colonial Government, with their baggage, at the
expense of the ship.
These conditions having been observed, then the Immigration Agent will certify upon the Ticket the arrival
or death on the voyage of the Emigrant, and the amount of passage-money payable, which amount will then
be paid upon the presentation of the Bounty Ticket at the Colonial Treasury within eighteen months after
the date thereof (and not afterwards) either to the applicant himself, or to the Master, Owner, or Agent of
any vessel, as provided in Regulation 2.
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The applicant will be at liberty to introduce a single adult male or female Emigrant under this Bounty
Ticket instead of a family, subject to the above conditions; in which case the bounty will be paid for one
adult, but no return of deposit will be made.
With regard to the Blank Bounty Tickets referred to in Rule 6, the following condition must also have been
observed; viz.
The Emigrants on account of whom the bounty is claimed shall have been bona fide selected by the
Committee, Agent, or other person named in the Ticket as authorised for that purpose, or under his or their
directions, and there shall have been no substitution or alteration of persons, names, or descriptions.
4. Promotion of the Immigration of the Relatives or Friends of Persons in the Labouring Classes
residing in Tasmania.] - To promote the immigration and settlement in Tasmania of the relatives or friends
of persons in the working classes residing in that Colony, and bona fide of the labouring classes, it is
hereby provided that, on application and payment being made by such persons, in the manner set forth in
Regulation 1, for the introduction of relatives or friends in the labouring classes, the Immigration Agent, on
being satisfied that the Emigrants applied for are of that description, and coming out to live by labour, will,
in the manner specified in Regulation 2, deliver to the applicants Bounty Tickets to which the foregoing
conditions shall apply.
5. Payments may be returned.] - Persons having sent to Europe for Immigrants under these
Regulations, on showing reasonable cause for having failed to introduce them, may, by application at the
Immigration Office from which the Bounty Tickets were issued, and on returning the tickets, obtain
repayment of the money advanced by them.
6. Blank Bounty Tickets transmitted to Agents &c., in the United Kingdom or elsewhere to provide
Passages for Emigrants selected by them.] - Blank Bounty Tickets in the form set forth in Schedules C and
D will be transmitted to such Committees, Agents, or other persons in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, as
may be considered by the Board of Immigration likely to advance the interests of Tasmania by sending out
suitable Emigrants. Such Committees, Agents, or other persons will insert in the Tickets the names of the
Emigrants, who will thus obtain a free passage at the rate fixed for the time being by the Board of
Immigration of the Colony, in the manner herein declared by Regulation 7; subject to the conditions laid
down above in Regulation 3, and to an engagement to be executed on the Bounty Ticket in the form thereon
set forth to repay to the Emigration Agent at Hobart Town £3 for a single Immigrant, and £5 for a family,
as part of the expense of their introduction.
7. Rates of Passage-money which will be paid on Bounty Tickets.] - The rate at which the
Government of Tasmania will pay for the passages of immigrants from the United Kingdom, from other
parts of Europe, or other countries or places from which it may at any future time be considered
advantageous to encourage Immigration, will be fixed from time to time prospectively, and notified in the
Hobart Town Gazette and newspapers, so as to give sufficient and timely notice on the subject; and the rate
payable for the time being will be inserted in each Bounty Ticket when issued.
The passage-money will be fixed with reference to the ages of the Emigrants at the time of embarkation, at
a certain rate for each person of twelve years of age or upwards, one half of which will be paid for children
of three years and under twelve years, and one quarter thereof for children under three years old. In the case
of the death of an Emigrant during the voyage, one half of the rates so fixed will be paid.
70.
8. Persons introducing Immigrants must provide for them on arrival.] - Persons who introduce
Immigrants under these Regulations must provide for their reception on arrival.
Should any such Immigrants be received into a Government establishment, a charge of two shillings a day,
or part of a day, for each individual will be made against the introducer.
9. Gratuities.] - Gratuities will be allowed to Officers and others on board Emigrant ships as follows;
provided the Board of Immigration of the Colony shall be satisfied with the conduct of the persons
claiming them toward the Emigrants, and the manner in which the duties have been performed, and in
particular as regards the proper superintendence and protection of the single women; viz. ₤
s.
d.
The Commander on each Immigrant landed alive .. .. .. .. .. ..
0
2
6
The Medical Officer, ditto
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
0
2
6
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
0
1
0
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
0
1
0
The person who serves out the provisions, &c .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
0
1
0
The Matron:- For single women without natural protectors, in
number 5 and not exceeding 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Ditto, above 10 and not exceeding 2. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2
0
0
3
0
0
Ditto, above 20 and not exceeding 50 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
5
0
0
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
0
0
6
Hospital Assistants, one male and one female, for every soul landed
alive each .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Any person who may have been appointed by the Master
to act as Teacher during the voyage, - for each child above the
age of four years and under twelve years, and for each
0
0
6
0
5
0
The First Mate, ditt
The Second Mate, ditto
When above 50, 2s. each on the whole number.
The Cook, for souls landed alive each
person above that age who may have regularly attended
School .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
71.
FORM No. 1
APPLICATION for the Introduction of Immigrants of the Labouring Classes.
(Place and Date)
Sir,
I am desirous of introducing into Tasmania, under the Bounty Immigration Regulations of March 1, 1856,
the under-mentioned Emigrants, which Emigrants are to be conveyed to the Port of [state whether Hobart
Town or Launceston.]
I hereby promise that, if any Bounty Ticket issued in my name, in consequence of this Application, shall be
sold or transferred (except to the Master, Owner, or Agents of a ship as provided by the Bounty
Regulations) or made use of to introduce any Emigrant by or on account of any other person than myself; or
if any Emigrant shall be introduced under any such Bounty Ticket not of the description and not for the
purposes herein stated, I will (independently of any penalty which may be legally provided in such cases)
repay, upon demand, to the immigration Agent or Acting Immigration Agent at Hobart Town any money
which may have been paid from the Public Funds of Tasmania upon any such Bounty Ticket. Also, that I
will, in like manner, repay any excess of Bounty which may have been paid in consequence of any
misrepresentation of the age of any Emigrant introduced under any such Bounty Ticket; and generally in
like manner any payment which may have been made by the said Government in consequence of any
misrepresentation or mis-statement in this Application, or which may be made by any person acting on my
behalf, or by the said Emigrants or any of them. Also, to repay in like manner any Bounty which may be
paid upon any Bounty Ticket issued in consequence of this Application for any Emigrant who may have
gone to Europe from Tasmania, or any of the Australian Colonies, within four years previous to the date on
which such Bounty Ticket may be issued.
And I herewith enclose the sum of £
I remain,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant.
Name Occupation Address To the Immigration Agent at
DIRECTIONS
State whether the Emigrants are to be employed in this Colony by the Applicant or introduced as his
relatives or friends.
If the Emigrants are to be introduced as the relatives or friends of persons in the working class, state here as
far as possible the sex, name, age, trade or occupation, address, relationship to the Applicant, the manner in
which the Emigrants are to be employed, and any other particulars requisite for a satisfactory description of
each individual.
72.
If to be introduced as servants, the trade or calling of the Emigrants must be stated, also whether male or
female, and single or with families, and, as far as possible, the name and address of the agent or other
person in Europe by means of whom the Emigrants are to be sent out, and who may be referred to; and it is
to be distinctly stated that the Emigrants will be introduced for the purpose of being employed by the
Applicant in the Colony.
The payment required for each married couple, including their unmarried sons and daughters, or for each
married man or woman, or widower or widow, including his or her unmarried sons and daughters, is £5.
The payment for each single man or woman applied for is £3. No other relatives can be included in a
family. Persons cannot be considered a family unless accompanying the parents, or one of them, or unless
named or described in the Bounty Ticket when issued, but must otherwise each be paid for as a single man
or woman.
Observe - When the Bounty Ticket is obtained, the Applicant must be careful, before sending it to Europe
to endorse it over to the Master, Owner, or Agents of the ship bringing out the Emigrants, by signing his
name to the form which will be found printed near the end of the Bounty Ticket, in order to enable such
persons to receive the Bounty, as otherwise the Emigrants may not be able to obtain a passage.
PASSAGES
Persons requiring passages to Tasmania from the United Kingdom are recommended to apply to Messrs
John Jaffray & Co., Great St. Helen’s, London; or to Messrs James Baines & Co., No. 6, Cook-street,
Liverpool, the owners of the Black Ball Line of the Australian Packets, who grant Passages for the amount
of the Bounty without additional charge. Such persons must not leave home till they receive a written reply
stating the day they are to be on board with their baggage.
SCHEDULE A
EMIGRATION from Europe to Tasmania of Mechanics, Domestic Servants, and Labourers, under the
Bounty Regulations of Tasmania, dated 1st March 1856.
FAMILY BOUNTY TICKET
(Not transferable)
Under which may be introduced, subject to the terms herein stated, one married couple and their unmarried
sons and daughters, or one married man or married woman, or widower or widow, with his or her
unmarried sons and daughters; or, instead of a family, one single adult male or female Emigrant, - all such
persons being in accordance with the description below entered. Persons cannot be considered a family
unless accompanying the parents or one of them, excepting such as may be named or described in this
Bounty Ticket when issued. To be presented for Payment at the Colonial Treasury, Hobart Town, within
eighteen months from the date thereof.
73.
Rate of Passage-money payable on this Bounty Ticket.
Description of
Emigrant.
For Emigrants
for the United
Kingdom.
£
s. d.
For Emigrants
from other parts
of Europe.
£
s. d.
For each person who may be at the time
of embarkation twelve years of age
or upwards .........................................
For each child of three years and under
twelve years .......................................
For each child under three years ..........
In the event of the death of an Emigrant on the voyage, one-half of the above rates will be paid.
No.
Hobart Town,
I hereby certify that A. B., the applicant for this Bounty Ticket, has paid to me the sum of Five Pounds in
respect of the following Emigrants of the working class proposed to be introduced into Tasmania from
Europe by the said applicant; and to be landed at the Port of [insert ‘Hobart Town’ or ‘Launceston.’]
Description of the Emigrants, to be inserted by the Immigration Agent at the time the Ticket is issued, as far
as possible, and in which no alteration is to be made.
The Immigration Agent at Hobart Town or Launceston must be satisfied that the Emigrants abovenamed or
described have been sent for subsequently to the date of this Ticket, and have arrived in Tasmania, having
been conveyed to the Port above mentioned, or have died on the voyage thither, and that the Engagements
printed upon the back of this Bounty Ticket have been executed by every Emigrant of the age of twelve
years or upwards. The following Conditions must also have been observed regarding the Emigrants in
respect of whom the Bounty is claimed, to the satisfaction of the Board of Immigration of the Colony: viz, CONDITIONS
The Emigrants shall have been during the voyage treated as bona fide Steerage or Intermediate Passengers.
During the voyage, and while in any Port, the Emigrants shall have been provisioned and supplied with
medical comforts and water, according to the scale and quality required for the time being to be observed
for Emigrants in ships chartered by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, including fresh
provisions and vegetables.
Ten clear running days, reckoning from noon after the arrival of the ship at the usual place of
disembarkation in the Colony, shall have been allowed (if required) for the disembarkation of the
Emigrants, during which time they shall have been accommodated in the same manner as during the
voyage, and provisioned and allowed water and medical comforts as above required.
74.
185
And further, with regard to ships required by the Passengers Act, 1855, to carry a Medical Practitioner, the
following Rules shall have been observed:- They shall be of the first class, and from the time of arrival in
Tasmania, and during the abovementioned ten days, such directions shall be observed as may be given to
the Master on the part of the Colonial Government regarding the place of anchorage of the ship, the
admission of persons on board, and arrangements for the management, hiring, or otherwise disposing of the
Emigrants.
Emigrants from the United Kingdom shall not have been introduced by the way of any of the Australian
Colonies.
Whether the Ship be divided into compartments and fitted with enclosed berths or not, the single women
shall have been during the voyage berthed in the after part of the Ship, in a compartment divided off from
the space appropriated to the other Passengers by a substantial and well-secured Bulk-head.
There shall have been separate Hospitals for males and females, at all times clear and ready for use.
The Medical Practitioner shall have been required to keep a journal similar to that required for the time
being in Ships chartered by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners.
When the number of single women on board without natural protectors equals or exceeds Five, a Matron
shall have been appointed to take charge of them, subject to the directions of the Master, and liable to be
removed by him for misconduct or incapacity; and, in the care and superintendence of the single women,
the rules contained in the instructions issued for the time being for Matrons of Ships chartered by the
Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners shall, as far as possible, have been observed.
The Emigrants shall have been landed as directed by the Colonial Government, with their baggage, at the
expense of the Ship.
These Conditions having been observed, the immigration Agent will certify upon this Ticket to the arrival
or death on the voyage of the Emigrants, and to the amount of passage-money payable; which amount will
then be paid upon presentation of this Bounty Ticket at the Colonial Treasury within eighteen months after
the date thereof (and not afterwards), either to the abovenamed applicant himself, or to the Master, Owner,
or Agents of any vessel to whom this Ticket may be endorsed over by the said applicant (in the form given
below), and in which vessel the Emigrants may be brought to the Port abovenamed.
The applicant will be at liberty to introduce a single adult male or female Emigrant under this Bounty
Ticket instead of a family, subject to the above conditions, in which case payment will be made of the
passage-money of one adult at the rate above specified, but no return of deposit will be made.
Immigration Agent
I hereby endorse over this Bounty Ticket to the [here insert ‘Commander’, ‘Owner’, or ‘Agents’, as may be
desired] of any vessel in which the Emigrants herein above described may be brought from Europe to
Tasmania.
Dated
185
Signature of Applicant.
75.
CAUTION - This Endorsation must be signed before the Ticket is sent to the United Kingdom in order to
enable Shipowners to grant a Passage to the Emigrants.
I hereby certify that the following Emigrants have arrived at , under this Bounty Ticket, or have died on the
voyage from Europe thither; and that the passage - money below stated is payable to [Commander, Owner,
or Agents].
Name
Age
£
Total ..
Dated
Immigration Agent
[On the back of the Bounty Ticket.]
ENGAGEMENT
Each of the undersigned Emigrants to the Colony of Tasmania under the Bounty Regulations of Tasmania,
dated 1st March 1836, in consideration of a passage to the said Colony being provided for him [or her] and
for his [or her] children under twelve years of age (if any), hereby agrees not to leave the said Colony for
the period of four years after his [or her] arrival there, without having previously paid to the Immigration
Agent at Hobart Town one-fourth of the cost of his [or her] said passage, and the passage of his [or her]
children under twelve years of age (if any) for every year wanting to complete four years' residence in the
Colony, and a proportionate sum for every part of a year; and also agrees to conform, during the passage
and while in port (with his or her children) to all or any of the rules and regulations directed to be observed
for the time being in Emigrant Ships chartered by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, if
required to do so by the Master or Medical Officer of the Ship in which the said passage or passages may
be provided.
(To be signed by all Emigrants who may at the time of embarkation be twelve years of age and
upwards.)
CAUTIONS AND ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS
The sale or transfer of a Bounty Ticket, the alteration of names, substitution of persons, or any fraud or
misrepresentation regarding Emigrants introduced under it, or regarding the purpose of their introduction,
will render the person to whom the Ticket is issued liable to repay any money which may be paid from the
Public Funds of Tasmania upon such Ticket, and also to a Penalty not exceeding £50.
Relatives or friends of persons in the working class in Tasmania are recommended to provide themselves
with satisfactory certificates that they are the persons they are represented to be, and that any particulars
stated regarding them are correct.
76.
s.
d.
Persons sending Bounty Tickets to Europe should be careful to sign the form of endorsation (given on the
other side) to the Master, Owner, or Agents of the Ship bringing out the Emigrants, in order to enable such
persons to receive the Bounty, as otherwise the Emigrants may not be able to obtain a passage.
Masters of vessels should be careful to have the Bounty Tickets for Emigrants ready to produce to the
Immigration Agent, together with the Emigrants on board immediately after arrival. Masters should also be
careful that no Emigrants under Bounty Tickets leave the vessel after arrival before they have been
inspected by the immigration Agent or his Deputy. The neglect of these precautions may occasion much
inconvenience, as well as delay and difficulty, in obtaining payment of the Bounty.
Persons requiring passages to Tasmania from the United Kingdom are recommended to apply to Messrs
John Jaffray & Co., Great St. Helen's, London; or to Messrs James Baines & Co., No. 6, Cook-street,
Liverpool, owners of the Black Ball line of Australian Packets, who grant passages for the amount of the
Bounty without additional charge.
Such persons must not leave home till they receive a written reply stating the day they are to be on board
with their baggage.
GRATUITIES
The following Gratuities will be allowed for Vessels required by the Passenger Act to carry a Medical
Practitioner, provided the Board of Immigration in the Colony shall be satisfied with the conduct of the
persons claiming them towards the Emigrants, and the manner in which the duties have been performed;
and in particular as regards the proper superintendence and protection of the single women by the Master,
Medical Officer, and Matron.
The duties are to be performed, if required, until the expiration of the ten days after arrival, during which
the Emigrants are to be maintained on board.
£.
s.
d.
The Master on each Immigrant landed alive .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
0
2
6
The Medical Officer, ditto ditto .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
0
2
6
The First Mate, ditto ditto .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
0
1
0
The Second Mate, ditto ditto .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
0
1
0
The Person who serves out the Provisions.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
0
1
0
In number 5 and not exceeding 10 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2
0
0
Above 10 and not exceeding 20 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
3
0
0
Above 20 and not exceeding 50.. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
5
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
6
The Matron:- For single women without natural protectors, -
When above 50, 2s. each on the whole number.
The Cook, for each person landed alive .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Hospital Assistants, one male and one female each, for every soul
landed alive .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Any person who may have been appointed by the Master to act as, Teacher during the voyage, for each child above the age of four
years and under twelve years; and for each person above that
age, which person may have regularly attended School .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
77.
0
5
0
SCHEDULE B
BOUNTY TICKET for a Single Immigrant, similar to
Schedule A
SCHEDULE C
EMIGRATION from Europe to Tasmania of Mechanics, Labourers, and Domestic Servants under the
Bounty Regulations of Tasmania, dated 1st March 1856.
FAMILY BOUNTY TICKET, to be filled up in Europe
(Not transferable)
To be presented for Payment at the Colonial Treasury, Hobart Town,
within Eighteen Months from the Date thereof.
Rates of Passage-money payable on this Bounty Ticket.
For Emigrants for the
United Kingdom.
Description of
Emigrant.
£
s. d.
For Emigrants from
other parts of Europe.
£
s. d.
For each person who may be at the time
of embarkation 12 years of age
or upwards .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
For each child of three years and under
12 years .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
For each child under three years .. .. .. .. ..
In the event of the death of an Emigrant on the voyage, one-half of the above rates will be paid.
No.
Hobart Town
185
Whereas by the Immigration Regulations of Tasmania, dated 1st March 1856, it is declared that Bounty
Tickets in Blank will be forwarded to such Committees, Agents, or other persons as may be approved by
the Board of Immigration of the Colony, in order that Emigrants selected by such Committees or persons
may obtain a free passage to Tasmania by the insertion of their names and descriptions in such Bounty
Tickets: I hereby certify that authority has been given by the Board of Immigration of the Colony
to…………………...to insert in this Bounty Ticket the names of one married couple and their unmarried
sons and daughters, or one married man or married woman, or widower or widow, with his or her
unmarried sons and daughters, being Emigrants of the labouring class, such insertion being duly signed in
the form following:-
78.
DESCRIPTION of Emigrants selected for a Free Passage
Name
Age
Trade or Occupation
[To be inserted by the person herein named and no other]
I hereby certify that the abovenamed and described [insert number] persons are nominated by me for a free
passage to Tasmania under this Bounty Ticket to be conveyed to the Port of [insert Hobart Town or
Launceston.]
Signature
Secretary to Committee, Agent, &c. [as the case may be] .
The Immigration Agent at Hobart Town or Launceston must be satisfied that the Emigrants above-named
and described have arrived in Tasmania, having been conveyed to the Port abovementioned, or have died
on the voyage thither; and that the Promissory Note and Engagement, printed upon the back of this Bounty
Ticket, have been executed by the Emigrants to whom they apply. The following Conditions must also have
been observed regarding the Emigrants in respect of whom the Bounty is claimed, to the satisfaction of the
Board of Immigration of the Colony; viz.CONDITIONS
The Emigrants on account of whom the Bounty is claimed shall have been bona fide selected by the
Committee, Agent, or other person abovenamed as authorised for that purpose, or under his or their
directions, and there shall have been no substitution or alteration of persons, names, or descriptions.
The Emigrants shall have been during the voyage treated as bona fide steerage or intermediate passengers.
During the voyage, and while in any Port, the Emigrants shall have been provisioned and supplied with
Medical comforts, and water, according to the scale and quality required for the time being to be observed
for Emigrants in ships chartered by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, including fresh
provisions and vegetables. Ten clear running days, reckoning from noon after the arrival of the ship at the
usual place of disembarkation in the Colony, shall have been allowed (if required) for the disembarkation of
the Emigrants, during which time they shall have been accommodated in the same manner as during the
voyage, and provisioned and allowed water and medical comforts as above required.
And farther, with regard to ships required by the Passengers Act, 1855, to carry a Medical Practitioner the
following rules shall have been observed:They shall be of the first class, and, from the time of arrival in Tasmania, and during the above-mentioned
ten days, such directions shall be observed as may be given to the Commander on the part of the Colonial
Government, regarding the place of anchorage of the ship, the admission of persons on board, and
arrangements for the management, hiring, or otherwise disposing of the Emigrants.
Emigrants from the United Kingdom shall not have been introduced by the way of any of the Australian
Colonies.
79.
Whether the ship be divided into compartments and fitted with enclosed berths or not, the single women
shall have been during the voyage berthed in the after part of the ship, in a compartment divided off from
the space appropriated to the other passengers by a substantial and well-secured bulk-head.
There shall have been separate hospitals for males and females, at all times clear and ready for use.
The Medical Practitioner shall have been required to keep a journal similar to that required for the time
being ships chartered by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners.
When the number of single women on board without natural protectors equals or exceeds five, a matron
shall have been appointed to take charge of them, subject to the directions of the Master, and liable to be
removed by him for misconduct or incapacity, and, in the care and superintendence of the single women,
the rules contained in the instructions issued for the time being for matrons of ships chartered by the
Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners shall, as far as possible have been observed.
The Emigrants shall have been landed as directed by the Colonial Government with their baggage at the
expense of the ship.
These conditions having been observed, the Immigration Agent will certify upon this Ticket to the arrival
or death on the voyage of the Emigrants, and the amount of passage-money payable, which amount will
then be paid upon presentation of this Bounty Ticket at the Colonial Treasury within eighteen months after
the date thereof (and not afterwards) to the Master, Owner, or Agents of any vessel to whom this Ticket
may be endorsed over (in the form given below) by the Committee, Agent, or other person above-named as
authorised to nominate Emigrants for passages, and in which vessel the Emigrants may be brought to the
port abovenamed.
Immigration Agent.
I hereby endorse over this Bounty Ticket to the [here insert Commander, Owner, or Agents as may be
desired] of the ……………………or to the [here insert Commander, Owner, or Agents as may be desired]
of any vessel in which the immigrants herein described may be brought from Europe to Tasmania.
Dated
Signature
Secretary to Committee, Agent, &c., [as the case may be.]
I hereby certify that the following Emigrants have arrived at …………………………………………….
under this Bounty Ticket, or have died on the voyage from Europe thither; and that the passage-money
below stated is payable to [Commander, Owner, or Agents.]
Name
Age
£.
s.
Total .. £ .
Dated
Immigration Agent.
80.
d.
Persons requiring passages to Tasmania from the United Kingdom are recommended to apply to Messrs
John Jaffray and Co., Great St. Helen’s, London; or to Messrs James Baines and Co., No. 6, Cookstreet,
Liverpool, owners of the `Black Ball' line of Australian Packets.
[On Back of Ticket]
PROMISSORY NOTE
£5
0
0
On demand after my arrival in the Colony of Tasmania I promise to pay to the Immigration Agent at Hobart
Town the sum of Five Pounds on account of a Passage to that Colony provided for myself and family under
the Bounty Regulations of Tasmania, dated 1st March 1856.
[To be signed by the Father or other head of the family emigrating.]
ENGAGEMENT
[As in Schedule A]
CAUTION AND ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS
Masters of vessels should be careful to have the Bounty Tickets for Emigrants ready to produce to the
Immigration Agent, together with the Emigrants on board immediately after arrival. Masters should be
careful that no Emigrants under Bounty Tickets leave the vessel after arrival before they have been
inspected by the immigration Agent or his Deputy. The neglect of these precautions may occasion much
inconvenience as well as delay and difficulty in obtaining payment of the Bounty.
GRATUITIES
[As in Schedule A]
SCHEDULE D
BOUNTY TICKET for a Single Immigrant, similar to
Schedule C.
W. CHAMP,
President.
P. FRASER.
H. BUTLER.
T. D. CHAPMAN.
A. McNAUGHTAN.
81.
AN ACT to amend The Immigration Act, 1855
[11 October 1867]
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament
assembled, as follows:
1. The Act of Council of the 19th Victoria, No. 18, may be cited as The Immigration Act, 1855,
and this Act may be cited as The Immigration Act, 1867.
2. It shall be lawful for the Board of Immigration to appoint Agents for the purposes of this Act.
Short title
Appointment of
Agents for
Emmigration.
3. Such Agents shall make all necessary arrangements and provision for the selection of
Emigrants, and shall furnish information and issue all notices, and do things relating to Emigration o
Tasmania that the Board of Immigration from time to time direct in pursuance of this Act.
Agents’ duty in
respect of the
selection and
conveyance of
Emigrants.
4. Every such Agent shall issue to each Emigrant whom he approves as suitable, and who has not
previously resided in the Colony, and who proceeds direct from Europe to Tasmania, and who pays the
full cost of the passage of himself or any other person being a member of his own family, and
approved as aforesaid, a Land Order Warrant, which shall specify the names and ages, as well of the
person to whom it is issued, as also of the Emigrant or respective Emigrants on account of the payment
of whose passage money the same is issued.
Agents to issue Land
Order Warrants.
5. Such Land Order Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to receive, immediately on his arrival
in the Colony, one Land Order in respect of each person named therein as the Emigrant or Emigrants
whose passage-money has been paid in full by the person to whom such Order was issued as aforesaid;
and all such Land Orders shall be of the respective nominal values of Eighteen Pounds for each
Emigrant of the age of Fifteen years or upwards, and Nine Pounds for each Emigrant child between the
ages of Twelve months and Fifteen years, according to the ages respectively specified in such Land
Order Warrants as aforesaid.
Value of Land Order
Warrants.
6. Every such Land Order shall be available to its full nominal value, and be received in payment
by the Commissioner of Crown Lands for or on account of the purchase money for any Waste Lands
sold at any Government sale, or selected for purchase under The Waste Lands Act, 1863.
Land Orders
available as payment
for land.
7. Any person arriving in the Colony with the intention of settling therein, fromEurope or India,
whose passage-money to the Colony is paid by himself as a cabin or intermediate passenger, and who
has not previously received or accepted a Land Order as hereinbefore provided, shall, at any time
within Twelve months after his arrival in the Colony be entitled to demand from the Board of
Immigration, and shall thereupon receive, a certificate authorising such person to select Thirty acres of
land; and in case such person arrives under the circumstances aforesaid with a family, then such
person shall be entitled to a further certificate authorising him to select twenty acres within twelve
Issue of certicates to
persons not receiving
Land Orders.
82.
months after the arrival of his wife (if any), and also a further certificate authorising him to select ten
acres in respect of each child within twelve months after the arrival of such child in Tasmania, such
selections to be made within twelve months after the date of such certificates; and every such
certificate shall be received in payment by the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the purchase money
of any Waste Lands selected by virtue of such certificate for purchase under the Nineteenth Section of
The Waste Lands Act, 1863.
To be available as
payment for land.
8. No person who pays the purchase money for any Waste Lands of the Crown by virtue of any
such Land Order, or who selects land under any such certificate as aforesaid, shall be entitled to claim
a Grant from the Crown of the land so paid for or selected until he has resided for five years in
Tasmania: Provided that, in case he should die before he has resided for five years in Tasmania, his
heir-at-law or devisee, as the case may be, shall be forthwith entitled to a Grant of the said land: And
provided further, that in case any such person ceases to reside in Tasmania before the expiration of
five years after his arrival, the land so purchased by virtue of any such Land Order or selected under
any such certificate shall revert to the Crown and become Waste Land.
Five years residence
before Grant.
9. This Act and The Immigration Act, 1855, shall be read and construed together as one and the
same Act.
Acts to be read
together.
IMMIGRATION OFFICE
11th May 1868.
The Immigration Commissioners have agreed to appoint an Agent to carry out the provisions of the Act of
Parliament, 31st Victoria, No. 26, at the following rate of remuneration; namely, - Salary £250 per annum,
and an allowance at the rate of £1 for each Immigrant landed in the Colony of the age of 18 years and
upwards, and 10s. for each child under 18 years of age.
The Commissioners have also approved of the following allowances in connection with this appointment: £
For Offices, actual rent not to exceed per annum .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100
For a Clerk.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 50
For Advertising actual cost not exceeding .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 200
For Travelling Expenses, actual amount not exceeding.. .. .. .. 150
For Postages and Petty Expenses, not exceeding .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25
The Agent to pay his own passage-money, and his salary to commence from the date of his embarkation for
England.
Persons desirous of being appointed Emigration Agent are requested to apply by letter, addressed to the
Secretary to the Board of Immigration, on or before Tuesday, the 26th instant.
RICHARD DRY, President.
83.
With reference to the above notice, the Immigration Commissioners desire to notify that, under the
provisions of the Act of Parliament, 31st Victoria, No. 26, the Agent appointed is authorised to issue to
each Immigrant proceeding direct from Europe to Tasmania of whom he may approve, and who pays the
cost of his own passage and that of the members of his family, a Land Order Warrant, which will entitle the
Emigrant upon his arrival to a Land Order of the nominal value of eighteen pounds for each Immigrant
named in the Warrant of the age of fifteen years and upwards, and nine pounds for each child so named
between the ages of twelve months and fifteen years.
These Land Orders will be available as payment on account of the Purchase Money for any waste lands of
the Crown sold at any Government Sale, or selected for purchase under The Waste Lands Act, 1863.
The Agent will be directed to restrict the issue of Land Order Warrants to such Emigrants only as may
appear to him likely to prove themselves self-supporting and industrious Colonists.
The Commissioners are especially desirous to induce young and healthy Farming Men to avail themselves
of the advantages offered by the Act; and the Agent will be instructed to afford all Emigrants to whom he
may issue a Warrant every assistance in his power in the selection of ships, and in making arrangements for
their embarkation.
B. TRAVERS SOLLY, Secretary.
TASMANIA
BOARD OF IMMIGRATION OFFICE
Hobart, 23rd December, 1882.
The following Regulations made by the Board of Immigration under the provisions of the Act of Parliament
46 Viet. No. 40, and approved by the Governor in Council are published for general information.
Forms of Application for ‘Passage Certificates’ can be obtained upon application to the Immigration Agent
in Hobart or Launceston, also from the Wardens of Rural Municipalities, and Police or Stipendiary
Magistrates, and the Emigration Agent in London.
Wm. MOORE, President.
1. To meet the public convenience, persons resident in the Colony who may desire to introduce
immigrants in accordance with these Regulations shall be entitled to nominate such Immigrants, and to
deposit the necessary sum or sums in trust with the Agent for immigration, at the Immigration Office,
Hobart or Launceston, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., and, in the country districts, with the
Wardens of Rural Municipalities, or Police or Stipendiary Magistrates, or other authorised person, as the
case may be, during the usual office hours: provided that no person shall, without the consent of the Board,
be entitled to nominate more Emigrants within any one year than shall be equivalent to twenty Statute
Adults. All applications for Passage Certificates on account of such nominated Emigrants to be forthwith
forwarded by the person receiving the same, in Launceston or any country district, to the Immigration
Agent, Hobart. Such nominations will be subject, however, to the approval of the Emigration Agent in
England, and the rules of selection prescribed by these Regulations as in cases where no such nominations
have been made.
84.
2. In the event of any person or persons nominated in the Colony for a passage declining to emigrate,
or not being able to comply with the conditions required by these Regulations, or in case the amount
deposited shall exceed that required for the number of Immigrants actually introduced, the amount
deposited, or the amount in excess, as the case may be, will be returned to the depositor upon the receipt in
the Colony of the Emigration Agent’s report recommending its repayment. But if any attempt at fraud or
concealment be made by the depositor or by the nominee under the certificate the deposit will be forfeited.
3. The selection of Emigrants shall be limited to such adult persons as can pay towards the cost of
their passage to the Colony, or for whom has been paid in the Colony, the following sums respectively Adult males .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £5 for each person.
Adult females .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £3 for each person.
Married couples .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £6
Children, accompanied by their parents or parent, under 3 years of age, free.
Children between the ages of 3 and 12, half
the amount payable by adults. Provided that
the amount to be deposited on account of
themselves and their children under 12 years
of age shall not exceed £12. All children
above the age of 12 years at the time of
embarkation to be deemed ‘Adults’.
4. All Emigrants shall be selected by (or, if nominated in this Colony, shall be subject to the approval
of) the Emigration Agent, or by such persons as he may appoint for the purpose, under instructions from the
Board of Immigration, provided such instructions shall not be contrary to these Regulations.
5. All Emigrants must be of sound mental and bodily health, and of good moral character, and shall
consist either of married persons not exceeding 45 years of age (with or without children), or of unmarried
men and women not exceeding 40 years of age, except under special circumstances approved by the Board;
and shall be selected from the classes of agriculturists, mechanics, skilled and other labourers and domestic
servants with a special view to the industrial requirements of the Colony, and the fluctuations affecting
those requirements as reported from the Colony from time to time. Should the age of any intending
Emigrant exceed the limits herein prescribed, the sum payable on his or her account shall be £15.
6. The person introducing any nominated Immigrant under a Passage Certificate issued by the Board
of Immigration who shall be found upon arrival not to be in accordance with the description given in the
application shall be liable to repay to the Immigration Agent, on demand, any money which may have been
paid from Public Funds on account of such Immigrant.
7. The ‘Engagement’ set out in the Passage Certificate must be signed by the Emigrant (for himself
and family), agreeing not to leave Tasmania within four years after arrival without having previously paid
to the Immigration Agent at Hobart or Launceston one-fourth of the whole cost of the passage-money for
every year wanting to complete four years residence in the Colony, and a proportionate sum for every part
of a year. And if any Emigrant attempts to leave Tasmania contrary to such ‘Engagement’ he shall be liable
to a penalty not exceeding £50, which may be recovered in a summary way in the mode prescribed by The
Magistrates Summary Procedure Act.
85.
8. The proportion of unmarried men shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the whole number of
adult Emigrants.
9. A proportion of the Emigrants, not exceeding fifteen per cent of the whole, may be natives of
European countries other than Great Britain and Ireland, who shall answer to the physical, moral, and
industrial descriptions embodied in these Regulations.
10. The Emigrants must be brought out in ships chartered for that purpose by the Emigration Agent on
behalf of Tasmania, or by such other means as may be approved of by him, and under such Regulations as
he may make and prescribe for their moral and sanitary condition during the passage; subject to the
approval of the Board of Immigration.
11. All deposits of money on account of the passages of Emigrants, except as provided for in section
fourteen, shall be paid to the Emigration Agent in London, and shall be accounted for by him on behalf of
the Government of Tasmania.
12. No money paid by persons non-residents in Tasmania on account of any passage or passages will
be returned should the person or persons making such payment not avail himself or themselves of the
passage or passages so provided; but the Emigration Agent, in cases where circumstances satisfactorily
explained may prevent embarkation on the ship first arranged for, may authorise a passage or passages by a
succeeding ship.
13. Immigrants by chartered ships shall be entitled to remain on board and will be provisioned at the
ship's expense for seven clear days after the ship drops anchor in the port of arrival.
14. Every person authorised to receive deposits under these Regulations shall immediately on the
receipt thereof remit the amount to the Agent for Immigration at Hobart, with a statement of the number
and description of Immigrants whom the depositor wishes to introduce.
15. Forms of application, and all information for the guidance of depositors, can be obtained from the
Wardens of Rural Municipalities or Police or Stipendiary Magistrates in the country districts, at the office
of the Agent for Immigration in Hobart and Launceston, or in England from the Emigration Agent.
16. The passage certificate must be forwarded by the depositor to the nominee, who in every case
must produce it within twelve months from the date thereof to the Emigration Agent in London.
17. A Quarterly Report shall be prepared under the instructions of the Board of Immigration, giving an
account of the state of trade, of farming, mining, industrial operations, and domestic employment, including
rates of wages, etc., and of the progress of the Colony generally; and copies of all such Reports shall be
regularly transmitted to the Emigration Agent in London, in January, April, July, and October of each year
for his information and guidance and for distribution amongst suitable districts in Great Britain.
18. Persons resident in the Colony who introduce Immigrants under these Regulations, otherwise than
by chartered ships, must provide for their reception immediately on their arrival.
Should any such nominated Immigrants be received into an Immigration Depot, a charge of two
shillings a day, or part of a day, for each individual will be made against the introducer.
19. Pending the arrival of the Emigration Agent in England, the Emigrant and Colonists’ Aid
Corporation, 79'/2, Gracechurch-street, London, E.C., are empowered to act in all respects as the Agents of
the Board as regards Emigrants nominated by persons in the Colony in accordance with the provisions of
the foregoing Regulations.
20. These Regulations shall take effect on and after the 1st January, 1883.
86.
APPENDIX 5.
RETURN OF ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS 1832-90
This list was compiled from shipping lists (1832-1843, 1856) and from Statistics of Tasmania (1851-1855, 1857-90).
YEAR
1832
NUMBER
663
1833
787
1834
276
1835
493
1836
574
1837
554
1841
247
1842
1485
1843
3 093
1851
418
1852
220
1853
1 831
1854
4 172
1855
5 471
1856
963
1857
2 512
1858
479
1859
721
1860
820
1861
358
1862
583
1863
170
1864
118
1865
92
1866
53
1867
56
1868
56
1869
28
1870
342
1871
9
1872
199
1873
28
87.
YEAR
NUMBER
1874
18
1875
16
1876
48
1877
7
1878
44
1879
56
1880
52
1881
59
1882
141
1883
598
1884
949
1885
582
1886
168
1887
183
1888
32
1889
19
1890
3
88.
APPENDIX 6.
ASSISTED IMMIGRANT SHIPS 1832 - 1889.
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Clyde
Liverpool
Hobart
38
Ann Jameson
Leith via Cape
Hobart
14
Adventure
Liverpool via Cape
Hobart
29
Rubicon
London
Hobart
15
Marianne
Sydney
Hobart
11
Jul. 15
Norval
Cork
Hobart
24
Aug. 5
Waterloo
Liverpool
Hobart
5
Wellington
Liverpool
Hobart
15
Princess Royal
London
Hobart
200
Mansfield
London
Hobart
41
Mary
London
Hobart
14
Sep. 24
Sophia
Sydney
Hobart
12
Sep. 31
Minerva
Leith
Hobart
23
Mountaineer
Sydney
Hobart
10
Oct. 14
Sarab
Liverpool
Hobart
19
Nov. 7
Lavinia
Liverpool
Hobart
19
Nov. 12
Mail
Liverpool
Hobart
19
Nov. 12
North Briton
Leith
Hobart
21
Nov. 12
Thomas Laurie
London
Hobart
17
Nov. 30
John Craig
London
Hobart
58
Dec. 6
Edward Lombe
London via Cape
Hobart
42
Dec. 7
Duckenfield
London
Hobart
12
Dec. 13
Palambam
London
Hobart
6
Sir Thomas Munro
The Downs
Hobart
2
Date of Arrival
1832: Jan. 18
May 30
Apr. 9
Jun. 18
Jul. 9
Aug. 16
Sep. 6
Aug. 23
Sep. 9
Oct. 6
1833: Jan 30
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
89.
No. of
Immigrants
Date of Arrival
Port of Arrival
Gulnare
London
Hobart
9
Mar. 1
Protector
London
Hobart
2
Mar. 2
Ellen
London
Hobart
6
Mar. 8
William
Liverpool
Hobart
19
Mar. 11
Chili
London
Launceston
5
Mar. 30
Enchantress
London
Hobart
7
Apr. 24
Henry Porcher
London
Hobart
29
Apr. 26
Macclesfield
Liverpool
Hobart
12
Chili
London
Launceston
5
Mar. 30
Enchantress
London
Hobart
7
Apr. 24
Henry Porcher
London
Hobart
29
Apr. 26
Macclesfield
Liverpool
Hobart
12
Apr. 27
George Hibbert
Gravesend
Hobart
5
Jun. 26
Strathfieldsay
Dublin
Hobart
285
Jun. 26
Warrior
London
Hobart
21
Aug. 11
Thomas
Leith
Hobart
13
Aug. 12
Mary Ann
Plymouth
Hobart
8
Aug. 16
Curler
London
Hobart
12
Aug. 25
Cabotia
Liverpool
Hobart
33
Aug. 25
Sir John Rae Reid
London
Hobart
19
Sep. 9
Indiana
London
Hobart
15
Sep. 18
Locheil
Leith
Hobart
15
Sep. 30
Ann
London
Hobart
16
Sep. 30
Mary Catherine
Liverpool
Hobart
3
Oct. 9
Edward Colston
Liverpool
Hobart
22
Oct. 14
Drummore
Leith
Hobart
2
Oct. 23
Lady Last
Liverpool
Hobart
108
Oct. 23
Lonach
London
Hobart
2
Nov. 3
Eliza
Dublin
Hobart
49
Nov. 5
.Scotia
Leith
Hobart
6
Nov. 14
Wave
London
Hobart
5
Princess Victoria
Liverpool
Hobart
3
Feb. 18
Othello
Liverpool
Hobart
5
Aug. 15
Strathfieldsay
Gravesend
Hobart
238
Dec. 26
Cabotia
Liverpool
Hobart
30
Mar. 1
1834:
No. of
Immigrants
Port of Departure
1833: Feb. 12
Jan. 3
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
90.
Date of Arrival
1835: Jan. 16
Feb. 1
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
No. of
Immigrants
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Royal Saxon
Liverpool
Hobart
11
Thomas Harrison
Hobart
3
Hobart
243
Feb. 15
Sarah
London &
Liverpool
Th Lizard
Apr. 18
Bachelor
Liverpool
Hobart
3
Nov. 20
Brothers
London
Hobart
4
Nov. 20
Charles Kerr
London
Launceston
229
Boadicea
London
Launceston
265
Amelia Thompson
London
Launceston
309
Fairlie
London
Hobart
30
Jan. 24
William Metcalfe
London
Hobart
289
Dec. 12
Bussorah Merchant
Cork
Hobart
235
Adelaide
London
Launceston
1
Essex
London
Launceston
9
Jun. 25
Winwick
London
Hobart
22
Aug. 1
Countess Minto
Leith
Hobart
4
Aug. 11
Vestal
London
Launceston
2
Aug. 20
Ina
London
Launceston
2
Aug. 24
Arabian
Bristol
Launceston
67
Aug. 30
Andromeda
London
Launceston
45
Aug. 31
George
Leith
Hobart
14
Oct. 12
Tasmania
London
Hobart
54
Nov. 10
Glenbervie
London
Hobart
5
Nov. 17
Derwent
London
Hobart
14
Nov. 18
Noormahul
London
Launceston
1
Nov. 22
Calcutta
London
Hobart
1
Psyche
Bristol
Launceston
4
Mary Hay
London
Launceston
9
Jan. 19
Henry
London
Launceston
7
Jan. 26
Prince of Orange
Leith
Hobart
13
1836: Feb. 3
Aug. 20
1837: Jan. 5
1841: Apr. 3
May 5
Dec. 5
1842: Jan. 6
91.
Date of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Sydney
London
Hobart
14
Arab
London
Launceston
282
Apr. 6
Indian
London
Launceston
40
Apr. 23
Canada
London
Hobart
1
May 8
Corsair
London
Launceston
48
Jul. 4
Orleana
London
Hobart
266
Jul. 16
Tintern
London
Hobart
2
Jul. 21
Jane Blain
London
Hobart
34
Sep. 24
Apoline
Hobart
222
Oct. 5
Bolivar
London via
Plymouth
London
Launceston
204
Oct. 27
Mona
London
Launceston
1
Nov. 9
Adelaide
London
Launceston
15
Nov. 9
Derwent
London
Hobart
10
Nov. 20
Vindictive
China
Hobart
7
Nov. 22
Royal Saxon
London via Cork
Launceston
73
Nov. 23
Calcutta
London
Hobart
3
Nov. 28
Sir Charles Napier
Plymouth
Hobart
220
Dec. 3
Munro
Leith
Hobart
11
Dec. 22
Auriga
London
Hobart
3
Tasmania
London
Hobart
4
Jan. 10
Royal Sovereign
London via Cork
Launceston
48
Jan. 28
King William
Hobart
267
Elizabeth and Jane
London via
Plymouth
London
Launceston
53
Agostina
London
Launceston
2
Apr. 4
Brankemoor
London via Cork
Launceston
45
Apr. 10
John Renwick
London
Hobart
2
1842: Jan. 28
Mar. 31
1843: Jan. 6
Feb. 9
Mar. 27
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
92.
Date of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Rajah
Leith
Hobart
5
Sep. 21
Psyche
London
Hobart
3
Oct. 16
Mandarin
London
Hobart
51
Nov. 3
Henry
London
Launceston
6
Beulah
Plymouth
Hobart
812
Oct. 3
Australasia
The Downs
Hobart
41
Nov. 2
Calcutta
Plymouth
Hobart
714
1852: Dec. 5
Australasia
Plymouth
Hobart
221
1853: Jan. 10
Louisa
Plymouth
Hobart
208
Jan. 20
Derwentwater
London
Hobart
26
Mar. 1
Midlothian
Kingston
Hobart
12
Mar. 6
Northumberland
Liverpool
Launceston
274
Panama
Liverpool
Hobart
298
May 6
Mohammed Shah [burnt; to Hobart per Ellen]
London
Hobart
21
May 6
Eucalyptus
Melbourne
Hobart
17
May 12
Creole
Melbourne
Hobart
9
May 13
Flying Squirrel
Melbourne
Hobart
1
May 15
Thomas and Joseph Crisps
London
Launceston
7
May 22
Harriett Nathan
Melbourne
Hobart
12
May 28
Emma Prescott
Melbourne
Hobart
8
Jun. 13
Pryde
Melbourne
Hobart
10
Jun. 21
Circassian
Melbourne
Hobart
5
Jun. 22
Creole
Melbourne
Hobart
30
Jul. 1
Eucalyptus
Melbourne
Hobart
13
Jul. 7
Flying Squirrel
Melbourne
Hobart
32
Jul. 17
Tasmania
Melbourne
Hobart
6
Jul. 17
Coromandel
Southhampton
Hobart
344
Jul. 25
Harriett Nathan
Melbourne
Hobart
55
1843: Jun. 23
1851: Aug. 28
Apr. 27
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
93.
Date of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Emma Prescott
Melbourne
Hobart
18
Jul. 31
Circassian
Melbourne
Hobart
9
Aug. 1
Euphemia
Melbourne
Hobart
39
Aug. 4
Creole
Melbourne
Hobart
30
Aug. 13
Pilot
Melbourne
Hobart
8
Aug. 14
Pryde
Melbourne
Hobart
26
Aug. 21
Eucalyptus
Port Albert
Hobart
43
Aug. 24
Sword Fish
Melbourne
Hobart
16
Aug. 31
Margaret Thompson
Melbourne
Hobart
16
Sep. 11
Emma Prescott
Melbourne
Hobart
7
Sep. 13
Harriett Nathan
Melbourne
Hobart
12
Sep. 15
Circassian
Melbourne
Hobart
14
Sep. 28
Euphemia
Melbourne
Hobart
3
Sep. 28
Creole
Melbourne
Hobart
20
Oct. 9
Eucalyptus
Melbourne
Hobart
12
Oct. 16
Sword Fish
Melbourne
Hobart
5
Oct. 20
Fortitude
London
Hobart
13
Oct. 22
Margaret Thompson
Melbourne
Hobart
3
Nov. 1
Emma Prescott
Melbourne
Hobart
6
Nov. 8
Creole
Melbourne
Hobart
24
Nov. 9
Harriett Nathan
Melbourne
Hobart
4
Nov. 11
Wellington
London
Hobart
14
Nov. 27
Eucalyptus
Melbourne
Hobart
11
Nov. 27
Euphemia
Melbourne
Hobart
5
Sword Fish
Melbourne
Hobart
17
Dec. 14
Creole
Melbourne
Hobart
33
Dec. 17
Emma Prescott
Melbourne
Hobart
32
Dec. 23
Harriett Nathan
Melbourne
Hobart
13
1853: Jul. 25
Dec. 3
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
94.
Date of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Eucalyptus
Melbourne
Hobart
3
Jan. 15
Euphemia
Melbourne
Hobart
12
Jan. 23
Sword Fish
Melbourne
Hobart
8
Sir Allan McNab
Liverpool
Hobart
298
Feb. 14
Emma Prescott
Melbourne
Hobart
23
Feb. 20
Creole
Melbourne
Hobart
17
Feb. 23
Fingal
London
Launceston
4
Eucalyptus
Melbourne
Hobart
42
Mar. 11
Pryde
Melbourne
Hobart
10
Mar. 18
Picard
Melbourne
Hobart
6
Mar. 27
Ann Bridson
London
Hobart
12
Emma Prescott
Melbourne
Hobart
18
Apr. 18
Creole
Melbourne
Hobart
26
Apr. 18
Eucalyptus
Melbourne
Hobart
21
Apr. 29
Tasmania
Melbourne
Hobart
18
May 13
Tasmania
Malbourne
Hobart
46
May 25
Constance
Melbourne
Launceston
4
Emma Prescott
Melbourne
Hobart
16
Jun. 17
Creole
Melbourne
Hobart
11
Jun. 17
Eucalyptus
Melbourne
Hobart
3
Jun. 24
Tasmania
Melbourne
Hobart
38
Jul. 4
Themis [from Melbourne per Lady Bird]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Jul. 6
Picard
Melbourne
Hobart
7
Jul. 25
Llewellyn
London
Launceston
5
July 8
Tasmania
Melbourne
Hobart
27
Jul. 19
Star in the East [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Launceston
24
Jul. 22
Tasmania
Melbourne
Hobart
32
Jul. 25
Northumberland
Southhampton
Hobart
180
1854: Jan. 1
Feb. 1
Mar. 3
Apr. 5
Jun. 9
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
95.
-
Date of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Balmoral
London
Melbourne
25
Jul. 31
Creole
Melbourne
Hobart
22
Jul. 31
Emma Prescott
Melbourne
Hobart
11
Aug. 5
Tasmania
Melbourne
Hobart
20
Aug. 6
Eucalyptus
Melbourne
Hobart
22
Aug. 19
Tasmania
Melbourne
Hobart
54
Aug. 21
Juno
London
Launceston
24
Aug. 24
Prince of Wales
London
Launceston
12
Aug. 26
City of Hobart
Melbourne
Hobart
38
Aug. 26
Kingston
Southampton
Hobart
341
Aug. 26
Baltimore
London
Hobart
9
Sep. 2
Tasmania
Melbourne
Hobart
27
Sep. 10
Emma Prescott
Melbourne
Hobart
10
Sep. 12
City of Hobart
Melbourne
Hobart
34
Sep. 16
Creole
Melbourne
Hobart
13
Sep. 16
Banca
London
Launceston
2
Sep. 16
Maitland
Plymouth
Hobart
304
Sep. 19
Picard
Melbourne
Hobart
13
Sep. 19
Eucalyptus
Melbourne
Hobart
5
Sep. 23
City of Hobart
Melbourne
Hobart
18
Sep. 27
Reindeer
Melbourne
Hobart
15
Sep. 29
Caroline Middleton
Liverpool
Hobart
371
Sep. 30
Tasmania
Melbourne
Hobart
33
Oct. 7
Mousam
Melbourne
Hobart
11
Oct. 7
City of Hobart
Melbourne
Hobart
23
Oct. 20
Merlington
London
Launceston
136
Oct. 22
Creole
Melbourne
Hobart
19
Oct. 27
Colombus
Plymouth
Hobart
182
Oct. 30
Mooltan
Southampton
Hobart
257
Nov. 1
Eucalyptus
Melbourne
Hobart
16
1854: Jul. 27
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
96.
Date of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Wellington
London
Hobart
15
Nov. 20
Clasmerden [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
8
Nov. 22
Honduras
London
Hobart
1
Nov. 26
Derwentwater
Plyouth
Hobart
13
Dec. 3
Lima
Falmouth
Hobart
7
Dec. 6
Duchess of Northumberland
Plymouth
Hobart
256
Dec. 6
Antipodes
London
Hobart
7
Dec. 21
Mary Goddard
London
Hobart
2
Dec. 23
Mobile [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Dec. 23
Constance [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
-
Hobart
2
Dec. 24
Sterlingshire
London
Launceston
8
Dec. 25
William Hammond
Plymouth
Hobart
257
Dec. 25
Southern Cross
London
Hobart
5
Australasia
The Downs
Hobart
192
Jan. 5
Earl of Chester
London
Hobart
23
Feb. 3
Flora McDonald
Liverpool
Launceston
186
Feb. 13
Wanderer
Hobart
185
Feb. 14
Duke of Lancaster
London & The
Downs
London
Hobart
2
Feb. 15
Fortitude
Plymouth
Hobart
147
Feb. 17
Jul. 28
Feb. 19
Liverpool
Liverpool
Launceston
Hobart
Hobart
4
3
322
London via
Melbourne
London
Hobart
193
Feb. 19
Shalimar [Lady Bird from Melbourne]
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
James Baines [ Indian Queen from Melbourne]
[Ocean Chief from Melbourne]
Indian Queen [Picked up James Baines immigrants in
Melbourne]
Chatham
Hobart
147
Feb. 24
Fingal
London
Launceston
25
Mar. 23
Lightning
England via
Melbourne
Launceston
33
1854: Nov. 5
1855: Jan. 3
Feb. 19
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
97.
Date of Arrival
1855: Mar. 25
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Liverpool
Hobart
129
Mar. 27
Ocean Chief [picked up James Baines immigrants in
Melbourne]
Raleigh
Southampton
Launceston
176
Mar. 31
Whirlwind
London
Launceston
255
Apr. 7
Commodore Perry
Liverpool
Launceston
429
Apr. 9
Eagle
Launceston
5
Hobart
24
Apr. 23
Zeepard
England via
Melbourne
London
Apr. 26
Rienzi [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Dublin
Hobart
3
Apr. 29
Annie Wilson
Via Melbourne
Launceston
4
Resolution
London
Launceston
1
May 18
Boomerang[ From Melbourne per City of Hobart]
Liverpool
Hobart
75
May 24
[From Melbourne per Clarence]
Launceston
22
May 9
-
May 24
Lewe van Nyenstein
Hamburg
Hobart
122
May 24
Mermaid [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
34
Jun. 6
Queen Victoria
London
Launceston
52
Jun. 7
Blanche Moore [Lady Bird from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
18
Hobart
4
Jun. 14
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
-
Jun. 10
Katherine Sharer
London
Hobart
26
Jun. 25
Iceni
London
Launceston
8
Jun. 28
Augustus
Cowes
Hobart
12
Jun. 28
Montmorency
Liverpool
Launceston
86
Jun. 30
Marco Polo [City of Hobart from Melbourne
Liverpool
Hobart
57
Launceston
5
Jul. 6
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
-
Jul. 23
America
Liverpool
Hobart
246
Jul. 24
White Star[Lady Bird from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
12
-
Hobart
132
London
Hobart
6
Launceston
7
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Aug. 5
Aug. 19
Senior
Miles Barton [Lady Bird from Melbourne]
98.
Liverpool
Date of Arrival
1855: Aug. 19
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Startled Faun [Lady Bird from Melbourne]
Aug. 21
No. of
Immigrants
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
England via
Sydney &
Melbourne
Launceston
8`
Hobart
68
[Tasmania from Melbourne]
Aug. 26
Wilhelmsburg
Hamburg
Hobart
476
Aug. 27
Heather Bell
London
Hobart
15
Aug. 27
Storm Cloud
Glasgow
Launceston
352
Aug. 28
Henry Reid
London
Launceston
1
Donald McKay [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
31
Hobart
120
Launceston
46
Hobart
1
Launceston
51
-
Hobart
12
Sep. 3
& Sep. 6
Sep. 28
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Champion of the Seas [Black Swan from Melbourne]
& Oct. 5
Oct. 9
Liverpool
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Ben Nevis [Black Swan from Melbourne]
& Oct. 20
Liverpool
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Oct. 14
Conway
Liverpool
Hobart
296
Oct. 20
Shalimar [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
3
Oct. 29
James Baines [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
30
-
Hobart
57
San Francisco
Hamburg
Hobart
42
Nov. 14
Sussex [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
8
Nov. 17
Sea Nymph
London
Hobart
14
Nov. 23
Anglesey [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
2
Nov. 25
Arnon
London
Launceston
1
Nov. 26
Wellington
London
Hobart
4
Nov. 29
Lightning [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
20
Nov. 30
Emma [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
2
& Nov. 2
Nov. 2
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
99.
Date of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Vice-Admiral Gobius
London
Hobart
18
Dec. 4
John Bell
Greenock
Hobart
207
Dec. 8
Red Jacket [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
6
Dec. 13
Derwentwater
London
Hobart
3
Dec. 31
Schomberg [Maid of Yarra from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
15
Launceston
26
Hobart
27
Hobart
59
Launceston
24
1855: Dec. 2
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
& Jan. 4
[Lady Bird from Melbourne]
&. Jan. 5
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
1856: Jan. 22
Liverpool via
Melbourne
Indian Queen
Jan. 5
[Also Lady Bird from Melbourne]
Jan. 5
Gipsy Bride [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
7
Sultana [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
3
Launceston
2
Jan. 17
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
Jan. 19
Jan. 28
& Feb. 2
Feb. 13
La Hogue [Tasmania from Sydney]
London
Hobart
2
Ocean Chief [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
[Lady Bird from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
Launceston
30
14
-
Launceston
40
Hobart
3
London
Hobart
3
Liverpool
Hobart
8
Launceston
3
Launceston
33
London
Hobart
6
Liverpool
Hobart
2
Mermaid [Fenella from Melbourne]
& Feb. 18
[Ant from Melbourne]
Feb. 14
Mercia
Feb. 26
Marco Polo [Tasmania from Melbourne]
& Feb. 29
Apr. 7
Apr. 23
Jun. 6
[Maid of the Yarra from Melbourne]
Earl of Sefton [Fenella from Melbourne]
Irene
Champion of the Seas [City of Hobart from
Melbourne]
100.
Liverpool
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
1856: Jun. 7
[Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Launceston
5
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Hobart
1
& Jun. 20
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Date of Arrival
Jul. 5
James Baines [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
4
Jul. 6
Shalimar [Ant from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
5
Sep. 5
Cleo
Liverpool
Hobart
6
Nov. 7
Eagle [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Dec. 2
Sir W. F. Williams
Liverpool
Hobart
336
Dec. 29
Woodcote
London
Hobart
62
Dec. 30
Alice Walton
Liverpool
Launceston
294
Neumublen
Hamburg
Hobart
3
Great Tasmania
Liverpool
Hobart
522
Ambrosine
London
Launceston
62
Mercia
London
Hobart
53
Apr. 1
Broomielaw
Glasgow
Launceston
264
Jun. 1
Frotune
Liverpool
Launceston
121
Jul. 1
Prompt
Liverpool
Hobart
156
Jul. 21
Forest Monarch
Glasgow
Launceston
144
Jul. 25
Oriental
London
Hobart
67
Aug. 18
Sir W. F. Williams
Liverpool
Hobart
145
Aug. 28
Southern Eagle
Liverpool
Launceston
229
Sep. 13
Antipodes
London
Hobart
1
Affiance
London
Launceston
4
Oct. 12
D. F. Weber Senior
Hamburge
Hobart
24
Oct. 31
Persian
Liverpool
Hobart
194
Aurora Australis
London
Hobart
68
Pirate
London
Launceston
6
Feb. 22
Trade Wind
London
Hobart
292
Aug. 18
Constance [Oberon Hobart-Launceston]
Hobart
192
Sep. 13
Antipodes
Gravesend via The
Downs
London
Hobart
3
Nov. 16
Champion of the Seas [Royal Shepherd from
Melbourne]
Eastern City [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Hobart
2
1857: Jan. 27
Jan. 27
Feb. 1
Mar. 17
Oct. 3
1858: Jan. 4
Jan. 8
Nov. 26
101.
-
Date of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Aurora Australis
London
Hobart
1
Florence Nightingale [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
3
Mar. 25
Indus
London
Hobart
3
May 20
Marco Polo
Hobart
3
Jun. 26
Broadwater
Liverpool via
Melbourne
London
Hobart
10
Jul. 24
Suffolk
London
Launceston
1
Aug. 5
Peter Maxwell [Melbourne July 22]
Liverpool
Melbourne
11
Aug. 6
Primula
London
Hobart
1
Aug. 12
Vater Smydt [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Aug. 12
Sir William Ayre [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
London
1
Aug. 31
Morning Light [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
14
Hobart
43
1859: Jan. 1
Jan. 14
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
& Sep. 7
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Sep. 9
Oriental
London
Hobart
139
Oct. 3
Argonaut [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
15
Oct. 5
Heather Bell
London
Hobart
1
Oct. 7
Saldanha [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
3
Oct. 7
Ida [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
7
Oct. 21
Zambesia [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Oct. 23
Isles of the South
London
Hobart
10
Oct. 29
Harmonides [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
4
Hobart
8
& Nov. 4
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Nov. 12
Sussex [Black Swan from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Nov. 12
Champion of the Seas [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
7
Nov. 18
David G. Fleming [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
32
Nov. 26
Broomielaw
Glasgow
Launceston
225
Nov. 28
Antipodes
London
Launceston
3
102.
Date of Arrival
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
1859: Dec. 1
Ocean Chief [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
Dec. 1
Greyhound [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Dec. 2
Dec. 4
Dec. 21
1860: Jan. 16
Liverpool
Hobart
8
Liverpool
Launceston
8
Liverpool
Launceston
9
Hobart
5
London
Hobart
16
Hooghly
London
Hobart
131
Launceston
14
Hobart
26
-
Launceston
3
Liverpool
Launceston
6
Hobart
4
Launceston
13
Hobart
6
Launceston
28
Hobart
2
Launceston
9
Hobart
4
Liverpool
Launceston
2
-
Launceston
1
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Hobart
2
Hilton [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
-
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Southampton [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Jan. 25
White Star [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
& Feb. 11
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
King of Algeria [ Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
& Feb. 11
Liverpool
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Dawn of Hope [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
& Feb. 11
Feb. 7
No. of
Immigrants
Percy
Jan. 25
Feb. 7
Port of Arrival
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Feb. 11
Jan. 25
Port of Departure
Liverpool
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Marco Polo [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
& Feb. 11
Liverpool
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Feb. 26
Eagle [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Mar. 16
Bheejapore [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Apr. 12
British Trident [Black Swan from Melbourne]
& Apr. 21
[North Star from Melbourne]
Apr. 24
Indiana
Glasgow
Launceston
234
Apr. 30
Red Jacket [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
4
May 7
Empire of Peace [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
16
May 7
Gipsy Bride [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
Hobart
1
May 8
[Montezuma from Melbourne]
103.
Date of Arrival
1860: Jun. 22
Jun. 25
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
S. Curling [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Hope [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
9
Hobart
8
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
& Jul. 6
[City of Hobart]
No. of
Immigrants
Jul. 6
Sussex [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
5
Jul. 6
Young America [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
2
Aug. 17
Suffolk [City of' Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
2
Aug. 17
Commodore Perry [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
3
Launceston
9
Hobart
4
Launceston
2
& Aug. 20
Aug. 17
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
Great Tasmania [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
& Aug. 20
Liverpool
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
Sep. 4
Queen of India [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Sep. 4
Champion of the Seas [Royal Shepherd from
Melbourne]
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
10
Hobart
2
Saldanha [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
17
Hobart
4
Launceston
10
Hobart
1
& Sep. 14
Sep. 4
& Sep. 14
Sep. 12
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Elizabeth Ann Bright [Black Swan from Melbourne]
& Sep. 14
Oct. 9
Oct. 11
& Oct. 12
Oct. 30
& Nov. 9
Liverpool
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Isles of the South
London
Hobart
106
Ocean Chief [Black Swan from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
4
Hobart
3
Launceston
5
Hobart
8
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Arabian [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Nov. 8
Eagle [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
4
Nov. 8
Lord Raglan [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
8
104.
Date of Arrival
1860: Nov. 8
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Liverpool
Launceston
5
Hobart
12
Launceston
2
Launceston
2
160
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Lightning [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
& Nov. 9
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Nov. 8
Empress of the Seas [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
& Dec. 29
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
No. of
Immigrants
Dec. 5
Antipodes
London
Launceston
Dec. 6
Percy
London
Hobart
6
Dec. 19
Kent [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Dec. 20
Blue Jacket [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
13
Hobart
1
Launceston
2
Hobart
2
103
& Dec. 21
1861: Jan. 14
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Marco Polo [Black Swan from Melbourne]
& Jan. 18
Liverpool
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Jan. 23
Aurora Australis
London
Hobart
Jan. 26
Blue Jacket [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
Hobart
6
Launceston
16
Hobart
3
Launceston
3
& Jan. 30
Jan. 26
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Morning Light [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
& Jan. 30
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
& Feb. 2
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Mar. 30
Green Jacket [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Apr. 10
Donald McKay [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
6
Apr. 13
Great Australia [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Launceston
1
& May
[Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Apr. 28
Red Jacket [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
6
Jun. 13
David G. Fleming [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
5
Hobart
1
Jun. 21
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
105.
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Flowers of the Forest [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
Liverpool
Hobart
Jul. 22
Queen of the Mersey [Royal Shepherd from
Melbourne]
Prince Consort [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Jul. 22
King of Algeria [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
6
Hobart
1
Launceston
4
Hobart
8
Date of Arrival
1861: Jun. 20
Jul. 4
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
No. of
Immigrants
1
& Aug. 2
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Jul. 22
Champion of the Seas [Royal Shepherd from
Melbourne]
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Jul. 24
Ocean Chief [Havillah from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
Aug. 2
Shalimar [Havillah from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Hobart
1
Launceston
10
Hobart
1
& Aug. 2
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Aug. 21
Empress of the Seas [Havillah from Melbourne]
Liverpool
[Tasmania from Melbourne]
Sep. 3
Heather Bell
London
Hobart
1
Sep. 3
Lightning [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Launceston
1
Launceston
10
Launceston
6
& Oct. 25
Oct. 9
[Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Empire of Peace [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
& Oct. 10
Liverpool
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
Oct. 19
Antipodes
London
Hobart
1
Oct. 21
Great Tasmania [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
5
Launceston
5
Launceston
3
Hobart
1
Launceston
1
& Dec. 19
Oct. 31
& Nov. 8
Nov. 5
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
Prince of the Seas [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Elizabeth Ann Bright [Royal Shepherd from
Melbourne]
106.
Liverpool
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Yorkshire [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
1
Dec. 12
Commodore Perry [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
7
Dec. 12
Donald McKay [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
13
Dec. 24
Percy
London
Hobart
1
Dec. 26
Lily [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Chariot of Fame [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Aurora Australis
London
Hobart
99
Jan. 14
Blue Jacket [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
3
Jan. 20
Hope [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
4
Hobart
3
Date of Arrival
1861: Nov. 26
1862: Jan. 6
Jan. 9
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
& Jan. 25
[Tasmania from Melbourne]
No. of
Immigrants
Jan. 25
Morning Light [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
5
Feb. 6
Water Nymph [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Feb. 14
Harrowby
London
Hobart
1
Feb. 26
Lord Raglan [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
10
Solway [Black Swan from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
6
Mar. 15
Marco Polo [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
4
Apr. 19
Lady Egidia
Glasgow
Launceston
236
May 16
Merchant Prince [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
2
May 16
Oceanica [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
3
May 31
James Booth [Tasmania from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
7
Launceston
1
Launceston
1
Hobart
10
Mar. 9
& Jun. 3
Jun. 3
& Jun. 28
Jun. 5
Jun. 29
Jul. 7
& Jul. 11
Jul. 14
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
Vanguard [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
[Tasmania from Melbourne]
Star of Brunswick [ Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Phoenix [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
Lightning [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
5
Hobart
10
Launceston
1
[Tasmania from Melbourne]
May Flower [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
107.
London
Date of Arrival
1862: Jul. 30
Jul. 30
Aug. 9
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
City of Melbourne [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
9
Mysteries of the Seas [Royal Shepherd from
Melbourne]
Netherby [ Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
12
London
Hobart
2
Launceston
25
Hobart
2
Launceston
6
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Aug. 19
Sep. 5
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
Blanche Moore [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Sep. 5
London
[Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
No. of
Immigrants
Sept. 5
Greyhound [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
15
Sept. 6
Heather Bell
London
Hobart
2
Oct. 31
Champion of the Seas [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
10
Nov. 5
Wallace [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
10
Nov. 13
Suffolk [Black Swan from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
3
Nov. 21
Shalimar [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
4
Dec. 31
Red Jacket [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Dec. 31
Henry Fernie [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
5
Star of Brunswick [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Marco Polo [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Hobart
1
Launceston
5
1863: Jan. 3
Jan. 15
& Jan. 16
Jan. 15
[Tasmania from Melbourne]
Blue Jacket [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
& Jan. 16
[Tasmania from Melboume]
Hobart
3
Jan. 30
[Tasmania from Melbourne]
Hobart
5
Feb. 20
Princess Royal [Black Swan from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
6
Feb. 26
Morning Light [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
Feb. 28
Royal Family [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Mar. 13
Merrie Monarch [Tasmania from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
3
Mar. 31
Great Tasmania [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
Launceston
4
Hobart
5
& Apr. 16
[Havillah from Melbourne]
& Apr. 18
[Tasmania from Melbourne]
108.
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Tornado [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Apr. 24
Southern Empire [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
May 21
Arabian [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Hobart
2
Date of Arrival
1863: Apr. 24
& May 22
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
[Tasmania from Melbourne]
No. of
Immigrants
Jun. 13
Golden South [Black Swan from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
4
Jun. 13
Eastern Empire [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Hobart
1
& Jun. 19
[Tasmania from Melbourne]
Jun. 25
Bates Family [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Jun. 30
Royal Dance [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Jul. 21
Golden Land [Black Swan from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
2
Aug. 6
Western Ocean [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Hobart
1
Launceston
3
Hobart
8
& Aug. 7
Aug. 6
& Aug. 7
[Tasmania from Melbourne]
Donald McKay [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
[Tasmania from Melbourne]
Aug. 14
Queen of the South [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Aug. 26
Southern Ocean [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
Launceston
3
& Aug. 30
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
Sep. 5
Pegasus [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Sep. 6
Lightning [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Sep. 19
White Star [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
4
Oct. 2
Queen Bee [Tasmania from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
1
Launceston
5
Hobart
4
Launceston
1
Hobart
2
& Oct. 5
Oct. 2
& Oct. 5
[Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Champion of the Sea [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
[Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Oct. 18
Jessie Munn [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Nov. 12
Vanguard [Havillah from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
15
Nov. 27
Marco Polo [Havillah from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
6
109.
Date of Arrival
1863: Nov. 27
Dec. 4
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
Landsborough [Havillah from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
Commodore Perry [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
12
Launceston
1
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
& Dec. 11
Dec. 19
1864: Jan. 12
Jan. 19
[City of Launceston from Melbourne]
No. of
Immigrants
Greyhound [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
16
Tribolgen [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Great Australia [Havillah from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
7
Hobart
7
& Jan. 23
[Tasmania from Melbourne]
Jan. 23
Shalimar [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
3
Feb. 15
Royal Standard [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Feb. 19
Blanche Moore [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
4
Launceston
3
Hobart
2
Launceston
3
& Feb. 21
Mar. 17
[City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Naval Reserve [Tasmania from Melbourne]
& Mar. 22
Liverpool
[City of Launceston from Melbourne]
May 19
Powerful [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Jun. 11
Empire of Peace [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
2
Jun. 25
Empress of the Seas [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
5
Jun. 25
Tornado [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Launceston
1
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
Aug. 5
Aug. 16
Southern Empire [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Blue Jacket [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Hobart
2
& Sep. 2
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Aug. 22
Royal Dane [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
Aug. 31
Broadwater
London
Hobart
12
Golden Land [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
4
Sep. 2
110.
Port of Departure
Date of Arrival
1864: Sept. 16
Sept. 6
& Sept. 16
Sept. 20
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Lightning [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
No. of
Immigrants
Hobart
2
Launceston
9
Hobart
13
White Star [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
10
Oct. 15
Marco Polo [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
6
Oct. 23
Sam Cearns [Royal Shepherd from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Hobart
1
& Oct. 27
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Nov. 28
Champion of the Seas [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
8
Nov. 30
Annie Wilson [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Hobart
1
Launceston
3
Hobart
7
Launceston
2
Hobart
3
& Dec. 9
Nov. 30
& Dec. 9
Dec. 30
1865:
Port of Arrival
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Jan. 7
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Great Victoria [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Liverpool
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Avalanche [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
London
[Derwent from Melbourne]
Jan. 16
Red Jacket [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Jan. 16
Golden Empire [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
4
Launceston
3
Hobart
1
Launceston
8
Launceston
2
& Jan. 18
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
& Jan. 27
[Derwent from Melbourne]
Feb. 25
& Mar. 2
Royal Standard [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
[City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Feb. 27
Southern Ocean [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
4
Mar. 22
Vanguard [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Mar. 22
Vernon [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
111.
No. of
Immigrants
Date of Arrival
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Port of Departure
Port of Arrival
1865: May 8
Thunderbolt [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Hobart
1
[City of Hobart from Melbourne]
May 13
Shalimar [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
May 22
Utopia [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
& May 29
[Derwent from Melbourne]
Hobart
3
& Jun. 9
[Derwent from Melbourne]
Hobart
1
Jun. 4
Napier [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
5
Jun. 4
City of Melbourne [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
13
Hobart
1
Launceston
2
& Jun. 9
[Derwent from Melbourne]
Jul. 1
Queen of the North [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Jul. 16
Empress of the Seas [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Jul. 25
Tornado [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Hobart
3
& Jul. 28
Jul. 30
[Derwent from Melbourne]
Grasmere
London
Hobart
10
Aug. 11
Lightning [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
4
Sep. 17
Marco Polo [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
Hobart
1
Sep. 22
[Derwent from Melbourne]
Sep. 30
Great Britain [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Sep. 30
Wennington [City of Launceston from Melbourne
Liverpool
Launceston
5
Oct. 20
Morning Light [City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Champion of the Seas [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
6
Launceston
1
Oct. 9
Oct. 12
Dec. 19
1866: Jan. 5
[City of Launceston from Melbourne]
Chariot of Fame [Havillah from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Royal Standard [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
5
112.
Port of Arrival
Date of Arrival
1866: Jan. 5
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Port of Departure
Sam Cearns [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
[Black Swan from Melbourne]
No. of
Immigrants
Hobart
1
Launceston
2
Jan. 17
Southern Empire [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
5
Apr. 9
Western Ocean [Havillah from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Launceston
1
& Apr. 22
[Derwent from Melbourne]
Apr. 21
Great Britain [Havillah from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
Aug. 11
Palm Tree [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
9
Aug. 22
Golden Empire [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
Hobart
9
& Aug. 24
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Aug.24
Tornado [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Sep. 21
Lightning [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
4
Sep. 25
Chariot of Fame [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
4
Nov. 18
Champion of the Seas [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart via
Launceston
Hobart
Dec. 14
Royal Standard [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Launceston
1
Dec. 28
Donald McKay [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
7
Great Britain [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Jan. 27
Kingston [Black Swan from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
5
Feb. 13
Morning Light [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Mar. 12
Underly [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Apr. 23
Castlemaine [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
5
Jun. 15
Suffolk [Derwent from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
1
Jul. 19
Western Empire [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
1867: Jan. 1
113.
4
Port of Arrival
Date of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Port of Departure
Frederick Warren [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Aug. 2
Chariot of Fame [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Sep.13
Lightning [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
8
Nov. 7
Champion of the Seas [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
8
Hobart
2
1867: Jul. 23
& Nov. 8
Nov. 8
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Red Jacket [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
4
Dec. 16
Shalimar [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Dec. 22
City of Melbourne [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
6
Hobart
1
Launceston
1
Hobart
2
Dec. 23
1868: Jan. 22
Jan 31.
Feb. 13
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Light of the Age [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Wennington [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Apr. 3
Salsette [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
12
May 3
Royal Oak [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
4
Jul. 28
Duke of Edinburgh [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
3
Sep. 9
Oriental [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
5
Hobart
5
Launceston
1
Hobart
1
& Sep. 18
Sep. 12
& Sep.
Oct. 8
Nov. 17
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Lightning [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
British Statesman [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
4
Empress of the Seas [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
114.
Port of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Date of Arrival
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Port of Departure
1868: Nov. 21
Donald McKay [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
9
Nov. 22
Antiope [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Dec. 12
Globe [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
Dec. 17
Champion of the Seas [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Dec. 30
Duleep Sing(h) [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Nereus [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Borrodaile [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
2
Jul. 9
Dallam Tower [Southern Cross from Melbourne
Liverpool
Hobart
10
Jul. 9
Explorer [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
2
Jul. 16
Royal Edward [Rob Roy from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
4
Aug. 6
Bucton Castle [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
17 Sep.
Horton (Houghton Tower) [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Oct. 9
Great Victoria [Tasmania from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Dec. 3
Stockbridge [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
3
Dec. 19
Thomas Stevens [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Dec. 30
Duleep Sing(h) [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
British Viceroy [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Feb. 25
Baird [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Apr. 23
Tornado [Derwent from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
9
Apr. 29
Montrose [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
7
May 28
Harlech Castle [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Aug.1
Merrie Monarch [Southern Cross from Melbourne
London
Hobart
1
1869: Feb. 5
Apr. 3
1870: Jan. 21
115.
Port of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Date of Arrival
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Port of Departure
1870: Aug. 21
Victoria
Hamburg
Hobart
176
Sep. 24
Jason [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Sep. 24
Southern Empire [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Oct. 3
Mikado [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
1
Oct. 6
Annesley [Tamar from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
6
Oct. 6
Juliet [Tamar from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Oct. 22
Somersetshire [Derwent from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Oct. 26
Figaro
Hamburg
Hobart
130
Nov. 25
Thomas Stevens (Stephen) [Southern Cross from
Melbourne]
[Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
3
Launceston
1
Kirkham [Derwent from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Jan. 31
Kumesia [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Feb. 28
City of Agra [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
River Lune [Tamar from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
[Tamar from Melbourne]
Carnarvonshire [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Great Victoria [Derwent from Melbourne]
Eurynome [Tamar from Melbourne]
Duke of Edinburgh [Derwent from Melbourne]
Francis Thorpe [Derwent from Melbourne]
Great Britain [Tamar from Melbourne]
Eugenie
Southern Belle [Tamar from Melbourne]
Liverpool
London
Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool
Hamburg
London
Launceston
Hobart
Launceston
Launceston
Launceston
Launceston
Launceston
Hobart
Launceston
1
1
1
1
6
2
1
123
1
& Nov. 26
1871:
Jan. 21
&25 Jan
May 2
& May 11
Jul. 7
Aug. 9
Nov. 30
1872:
Jan. 3
Jan. 30
Feb. 24
Mar. 23
Jun. 29
116.
Port of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Date of Arrival
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Port of Departure
1872:
Jul. 28
City of Agra [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
2
Aug. 25
Pentbesilea [Derwent from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Oct. 5
Star Queen [Tamar from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
2
Oct. 19
Mertnerus [Tamar from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Dec. 23
Cholula [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Jan. 4
Vernon [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Apr. 19
Calcutta [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
1
Jun. 20
London
Hobart
85
Sep. 12
Carranjab [Passengers from the North Fleet, which was
wrecked]
Wasdale [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Livepool
Hobart
14
Nov. 16
Tbeophane [Tartar from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Launceston
1
Dec. 24
Sovereign or Sobraon [Tasman from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
1
Dec. 24
Great Britain [Tasman from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
7
Dec. 26
Patterdale [Tasman from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
4
Knowsley Hall [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
9
Oberon [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Northumberland [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
1
Eaton Hall [City of Hobart from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
2
Sep. 25
Altcar [Tasman from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
2
Nov. 9
Fleur de Lis [Tasman from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
2
Nov. 9
Theophane (Tasman from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
1
Great Britain [Tasman from Melbourne]
Liverpool
Hobart
2
Phillipine [Tasman from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Adelaide
London
Hobart
1
1873:
1874: Feb. 8
Apr. 2
May 15
Jul. 24
1875: Mar. 19
Mar. 19
Jun. 3
117.
Port of Arrival
Date of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Port of Departure
Somersetshire [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
1
Sep. 24
Lincolnshire [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
7
Oct. 23
Great Britain [Derwent from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Nov. 22
Northumberland [Derwent from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
4
Somersetshire ['Tamar from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Tamar
2
Launceston
7
Hobart
21
1875: Jul. 30
1876: Jan. 26
& Feb. 4
Mar. 22
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Durham [Tamar from Melbourne]
& Mar. 24
London
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
May 31
Northumberland [Derwent from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
2
Jun. 13
Essex [Tamar from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Somersetshire [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
10
Northumberland [Albion from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
4
Launceston
1
Launceston
6
Hobart
2
Sep. 1
Nov. 25
& Nov. 26
Dec. 20
[Derwent from Melbourne]
Kent [Tamar from Melbourne]
& Dec. 22
1877: Mar. 5
May 31
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Somersetshire [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Northumberland [Derwent from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Hobart
1
& Jun. 1
Jul. 13
London
[Tamar from Melbourne]
Kent [Tamar from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
1
Aug. 25
Somersetshire [Derwent from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Oct. 19
Durham
Hobart
2
Kent [Mangana from Melbourne]
London via
Melbourne
London
Launceston
1
Somersetshire [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
7
1878: Jan. 5
Mar. 7
118.
Port of Arrival
Date of Arrival
1878: Apr. 16
May 28
& May 31
Jul. 12
Aug. 16
& Aug. 18
Oct. 2
& Oct. 4
Nov. 15
1879: Jan. 4
Feb, 15
Feb. 20
Jul. 7
No. of
Immigrants
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Port of Departure
Durham [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
9
Northumberland [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
3
Hobart
5
[Ringarooma from Melbourne]
Kent [Taranua from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
8
Somersetshire [Tamar &Southern Cross from
Melbourne]
[Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
2
Launceston
2
Durham [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Hobart
1
[Tararua from Melbourne]
Northumberland [Ringarooma for Melbourne]
London
Hobart
9
Kent [Tamar from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
9
Somersetshire [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Hobart
7
[Tararua from Melbourne]
Kent [Tamar from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
5
Aug. 16
Somersetshire [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
2
Sept. 24
Durban [Claude Hamilton from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
16
Oct. 27
Northumberland [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Nov. 5
Lincolnshire [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Dec. 8
Norfolk [.Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
4
Launceston
8
& Dec. 10
Dec. 20
1880: Feb. 4
Feb. 17
Mar. 8
Mar. 24
May 4
[Mangana from Melbourne]
Orient [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
2
Respigadora [Tamar from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
5
Somersetshire [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
12
True Briton [Tasman from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
7
Durham [Mangana from Melbourne]
Plymouth
Launceston
1
Northumberland [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
3
119.
Port of Arrival
Date of Arrival
1880: May 6
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Port of Departure
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
No. of
Immigrants
Hobart
4
May 29
Cotopaxi [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
8
Jun. 16
Lusitania [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Aug. 3
Sir Walter Raleigh [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Aug. 15
Chimborazo [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Sep. 17
Durham [FIinders from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
2
Somersetshire [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
7
Launceston
1
Launceston
2
Hobart
1
Oct. 5
Oct. 9
1881: May 13
May 19
[Flinders from Melbourne]
Potosi [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Jun. 4
Chimborazo [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
2
Jul. 2
Cuzco [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
2
Hobart
3
Launceston
4
Launceston
4
Launceston
11
& Jul. 8
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
& Jul. 13
[Mangana from Melbourne]
Jul. 13
Cotopaxi [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
[Mangana from Melbourne]
Aug. 5
Sir Walter Raleigh [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
2
Aug. 15
Garonne [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
3
Aug. 23
Lusitania [Tamar from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
4
Hobart
1
Aug. 24
Sep. 9
Sep. 27
Oct. 8
& Oct. 12
[Rotomahana from Melbourne]
Liguria [Ringarooma from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
2
Potosi [Tamar from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Chimborazo [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
6
Hobart
2
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Nov. 26
Cuzco [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
6
Dec. 12
Orient [Alhambra from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
3
120.
Port of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Date of Arrival
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Port of Departure
1882: Jan. 26
Liguria [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Potosi [Tasman from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
13
Hobart
1
Launceston
3
Launceston
1
Hobart
2
Launceston
9
Hobart
5
Launceston
5
Hobart
1
Launceston
5
Feb. 20
& Mar. 2
[Tasman from Melbourne]
& Mar. 19
[Mangana from Melbourne]
Mar. 7
Chimborazo [Flinders from Melbourne]
& Mar. 10
Mar. 19
[Tamar from Melbourne]
John Elder [Mangana from Melbourne]
& Mar. 20
Mar. 29
London
London
[Tamar from Melbourne
Sorata [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
& Mar. 30
[Hero from Melbourne]
& Apr. 1
[Mangana from Melbourne]
Apr. 15
Cuzco [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
2
Apr. 27
Cotopaxi [Rotomahana from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
2
May 10
Garonne
Launceston
1
May 10
Orient [Flinders from Melbourne]
London via
Melbourne
London
Launceston
1
Hobart
1
Hobart
4
Launceston
5
Launceston
3
Hobart
1
Launceston
1
Tamar
2
& May 11
May 25
& May 26
Jun. 7
& Jun. 8
Jul. 1
& Jul. 6
Aug. 2
[Ringarooma from Melbourne]
Lusitania [Ringarooma from Melbourne]
London
[Mangana from Melbourne]
Liguria [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
[Albion from Melbourne]
Austral [Mangana from Melbourne]
[Tamar from Melbourne]
Chimborazo [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
2
Aug. 23
Sir Walter Raleigh [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
Aug. 30
Sorata [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
2
Hobart
5
& Sep. 2
[Esk from Melbourne]
Aug. 31
Melbourne [Manapouri from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
6
Sep. 10
Cuzco [Ringarooma from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
4
Sep. 23
Cotopaxi [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
5
Hobart
1
Launceston
7
& Sep. 28
Oct. 14
[Rotomahana from Melbourne]
Liguria [Mangana from Melbourne]
121.
London
Port of Arrival
No. of
Immigrants
Date of Arrival
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Port of Departure
1882: Nov. 13
Shannon [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
1
Nov. 13
Garonne [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
1
Nov. 23
Potosi [Manapouri from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
9
Launceston
11
Launceston
16
Hobart
1
Launceston
3
& Nov. 26
Dec. 5
& Dec. 11
[Mangana from Melbourne]
Orient [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
[Rotomahana from Melbourne]
Dec. 23
Sobraon [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Dec. 23
Chimborazo [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
1883: Jan. 13
Jan. 18
& Jan. 20
Feb. 6
Feb. 8
Feb. 13
1
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Sorata [Te Anau from Melbourne]
1
London
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Cuzco [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
[Mangana from Melbourne]
Liguria [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Gravesend
Hobart
5
Launceston
3
Launceston
2
Launceston
3
Launceston
1
& Mar. 1
[Rotamahana from Melbourne]
Hobart
1
Feb. 15
[Manapouri from Melbourne]
Hobart
1
Hobart
5
Mar. 5
Cephalonia [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
& Mar. 9
[Corunna from Melbourne]
Launceston
4
& Mar. 12
[Flinders from Melbourne]
Launceston
1
Launceston
1
Hobart
12
Apr. 11
& Apr. 12
Potosi [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
[Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Apr. 12
Garonne [Te Anau from Melbourne]
Gravesend
Hobart
1
Apr. 28
Orient [Flinders from Melbourne]
Gravesend
Launceston
1
Lusitania [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
1
May 28
John Elder [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
8
Jun. 6
Chimborazo [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
5
Iberia [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
61
Aug. 11
Potosi [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
38
Aug. 31
Orient [Esk from Melbourne]
London
Hobart
47
May 9
Aug. 1
122.
Port of Arrival
Date of Arrival
Port of Departure
Kehireider [Southern Cross from Melbourne]
Hamburg
Hobart
6
Sep. 29
Lusitania [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
6
Oct. 26
Cape Clear
Plymouth
Hobart
370
Nov. 22
Etna [Corinna from Melbourne]
Germany
Hobart
5
1883: Sep. 20
1884: n.d.
Jan. 10
Iberia [Sailed 1 November 1883]
_
_
1
Procida [Wai from Melbourne]
Hamburg
Hobart
7
Gulf of Carpentaria
London
Hobart
406
Jun. 22
Westmeath
London
Hobart
121
Jul. 23
Gulf of Carpentaria
London
Hobart
142
Oct. 15
Pathan
Plymouth
Hobart
151
Dec. 15
Kildare
London
Hobart
312
Nurjahan
London
Hobart
178
Ibernia
Hobart
56
Launceston
19
Feb. 3
1885: Jan. 19
Feb. 2
May 27
Austral [Mangana from Melbourne]
London via
Melbourne
London
Jun. 15
Cuzco [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
22
Jun. 27
Liguria [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
50
Jul. 10
Iberia [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
39
Jul. 28
Potosi [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
16
Sep. 17
Procida [Waitarapa from Melbourne]
Hamburg
Hobart
121
Oct. 1
John Elder [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
12
Oct. 17
Cuzco [Flinders from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
49
Nov. 3
Liguria [Pateena from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
6
Orient
Launceston
15
John Elder [Pateena from Melbourne]
London via
Melbourne
London
Launceston
8
Apr. 7
Iberia [Mangana from Melbourne]
London
Launceston
23
Aug. 3
Liguria
London
Hobart
2
Sep. 22
Tainui
London
Hobart
4
Oct. 22
Doric
London
Hobart
8
Oct. 28
Duke of Devonshire
London
Hobart
38
Oct. 31
Gulf of St Vincent
London
Hobart
1
Dec.
1886: Feb. 9
123.
No. of
Immigrants
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
Port of Arrival
Date of Arrival
Ship from Britain and/or Melbourne
1886: Nov. 22 Arawa
Port of Departure
No. of
Immigrants
London
Hobart
35
London
Hobart
26
London
Hobart
11
Jan. 15 Coptic
London
Hobart
7
Jan. 28 Port Augusta
London
Hobart
20
Dec. 16 Ionic
1887: Jan. 14
Elderslie
Feb. 10
Taihui
London
Hobart
14
March 11
Doric
London
Hobart
15
April 7
A rawa
London
Hobart
8
May 5
Ionic
London
Hobart
21
Jun. 3
Coptic
London
Hobart
17
June 30
Jul. 28
Taibui
Doric
London
London
Hobart
Hobart
10
11
Aug. 24
Arawa
London
Hobart
5
Sept. 23
Ionic
London
Hobart
26
Oct. 20
Coptic
London
Hobart
15
Nov. 16
Taihui
London
Hobart
14
Taihui
London
Hobart
1
Jun. 28
Tonic
London
Hobart
9
Jul. 29
Coptic
London
Hobart
10
Aug. 23
Taihui
London
Hobart
1
Sep. 18
Doric
London
Hobart
2
Taihui
London
Hobart
2
Feb. 5
Doric
London
Hobart
10
Mar. 7
Arawa
London
Hobart
1
1888: Apr. 6
1889: Jan. 10
Note: This list is not completely accurate; records differ as to the number of immigrants by each ship,and
the classification of ships as immigrant vessels or otherwise.
124.
APPENDIX 7.
ABSTRACT SHOWING THE SHIPS IN WHICH PENSIONERS ARRIVED IN THE COLONY OF
TASMANIA AS GUARDS OVER CONVICTS, WITH DATES OF ARRIVAL RESPECTIVELY.
Staff Officer of Pensions Office, Hobart Town, 14 August 1857
Name of Ship
Date of Arrival
Strength of Guard
Blenheim & Maria Somes
16 August & 31 July 1850
60
Nile
15 October 1850
30
On 14 October 1857
William Jardin
21 November 1850
30
On 20 November 1857
Rodney (I)
10 December 1850
30
On 9 December 1857
Hyderabad
24 December 1850
30
On 23 December 1857
London
28 March 1851
30
On 27 March 1858
Lady Kennaway
6 June 1851
30
On 5 June 1858
Cornwall
20 June 1851
30
On 19 June 1858
Blenheim
15 November 1851
30
On 14 November 1858
Rodney (2)
31 December 1851
30
On 30 December 1858
Abourkir
30 March 1852
30
On 29 March 1859
Fairlee
12 July 1852
30
On 11 July 1859
Pestongee Bomangee
6 August 1852
30
On 5 August 1859
Lord Dalhousie
21 August 1852
30
On 20 August 1859
Reference: CSD1/144/3994
125.
Remarks in each case the
7 years will expire as under
APPENDIX 8
RETURN OF IMMIGRANTS UNDER THE YOUTHS FOR FARM WORK SCHEME.
YOUTHS FOR FARM WORK-Introduced into Australia under the joint Commonwealth and State
Migration
Year
NSW
Vic.
Qld
S.A.
W.A.
Tas.
Total
1922
636
125
68
580
101
-
1 510
1923
854
899
873
605
197
72
3 500
1924
1 033
612
255
275
101
-
2 276
1925
1115
616
617
1
60
-
2 409
1926
1 189
470
732
2
26
-
2 419
1927
935
656
527
50
150
-
2 318
1928
835
488
553
76
170
-
2122
1929
613
268
313
1
121
-
1 316
1930
67
15
157
-
-
-
239
1931
-
-
7
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7 277
4 149
4 102
1 590
926
72
18 116
1932
&
onwards
Total
Reference: PD1/552/55/8/36
126.
APPENDIX 9.
MIMIGRANTS UNDER THE `HOUSEHOLD WORKERS' SCHEME'.
HOUSEHOLD WORKERS-Introduced into Australia under the Joint Commonwealth and State Migration
Scheme.
Year
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
N.S.W.
214
224
437
472
660
670
716
509
138
12
Vic.
274
265
481
388
428
430
463
268
69
4
Qld.
67
101
113
77
218
213
160
99
60
11
S.A.
41
110
121
112
117
159
142
74
7
-
W.A.
135
244
213
213
172
401
304
293
45
-
Tas.
35
69
54
6
8
1
2
F.C.T.
24
-
Total
766
1 013
1 419
1 268
1 603
1 897
1 785
1 243
313
29
onwards
Total
4 045
3 070
1 119
883
2 020
175
24
11 336
Reference: PD1/552/55/8/36
127.