This CD includes two indexes previously published as separate microfiche sets (but they have now been extended to 1856):
1. Unassisted Arrivals to New South Wales 1842-1856 Index
2. Ships and Masters to Sydney 1842-1856 Index
Unassisted Arrivals to New South Wales 1842-1856 Index lists approximately 150,000 entries for Sydney arrivals. It was compiled from three State Records NSW sources (Reports of Vessels Arrived 1842-56' Passengers Arriving Sydney 1846; and Shipping Master's Office (Passengers Arriving) 1854-56) and is supplemented by over 25,000 additional names from the 'Sydney Morning Herald' Shipping Intelligence columns. The list was then compared with the arrivals in the Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List, a weekly publication reproducing shipping information as, on occasion, an arrival was omitted from one or other of the sources. All name variants were noted and, if sufficiently different, appear as separate entries with cross-referencing in the remarks column. If the 'Sydney Morning Herald' provided a full forename where the original record had only an initial, the full name has been placed in the index and not in the remarks column. Includes the name of any regiment noted plus any deaths on board. The index lists the name, age (when given), arrival date, status (master, passenger or crew - and crew only listed from 1854), departure ports, including foreign, coastal and interstate and a remarks column noting any additional information such as place of origin, nationality etc.
Ships and Masters to Sydney 1842-1856 Index For the convenience of those studying the ships and masters of this period, this index lists all of the ship arrivals (over 12,000 entries) with a separate list of the masters with name variations. Although the State Records NSW records do not generally include ships arriving from Moreton Bay and New South Wales coastal ports such as Clarence River, Port Macquarie, Twofold Bay, Newcastle etc., they are reported in the 'Sydney Morning Herald'. These are included in this list. As a special feature of this publication and the previous one, there is also, separately listed, the 42 ships arriving from German departure ports.
The whole CD can be searched, and pages can be enlarged and printed if required.
All other titles in this series:
Immigration Deposit Indexes
Free Railway Passes (New South Wales) Index 1880-1892
Convicts and Employers (New South Wales) Index: 1828, 1832-1833, Jan 1838-Jan 1844
Deane Index Re-Indexed 1823-1840
Pastkeys Miscellaneous Indexes
- Unclaimed Letters (Noting Ship or Regiment) Index 1836-1852
- Unemployed Registers 1860, 1884 Index
- Wages Paid to Orphans Index 1849-1851
