Passenger Arrivals in Western Australia 1839-1890 is a index of approximately 27,500 immigrants including convicts and their guards who arrived in Western Australia from the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia and other ports of Australia.
In a searchable database format, the categories include: Surname; Given Name/s; Title; Nationality (sometimes entered, but not always); Departed From; Arrived At; Ship Name; Day; Month; Year; Miscellaneous.
Searches are able to be refined, if initially the search is too broad, entries can be printed. You can have them display in a table format, or in a form (entry by entry) format. Another feature is that you can click on any particular person and find out all the other passengers that were on that same voyage out.
The second CD included with the Passenger Arrivals in Western Australia is actually a bonus disk which has the Ships Crew List 1829-1887, Overland Arrivals in Esperance 1893-95, and Passenger Arrivals in Esperance 1863-1896. Further details explained below:
Ships Crew List 1828-1887
This database contains the names of 676 crewmen from ships that visited Western Australia during the period 1829 to 1887. The crew lists included on this CD include only the periods 1829-1831, 1850-1867, and 1880-1887.
Overland Arrivals in Esperance 1898-1895
This database contains the names of 44 men who travelled from South Australia to Esperance, most carrying out the journey on foot.
Passenger Arrivals in Esperance 1863-1896
This database contains the names of 2,699 passengers who arrived by ship at Esperance between 1863-1896. All these passengers travelled from South Australia except for four men and a boy who travelled from Sydney on board to ship 'MacGregor'.
This CD is readable using Adobe Acrobat, unlike the main CD which uses its own reading/searching system. It is not searchable, but is bookmarked for the various sections for searching through the 900+ pages included in this section. Each entry contains the following information: Surname; Given Name/s; Title; Departed; Arrival; Ship; Day; Month; Year; Remarks.
