Immigration
This section of the site is dedicated to those ancestors
who first came to the colonies from the UK & Ireland. All arrivals
are to Sydney, NSW AUS unless otherwise stated.
See also the Immigration - Ships
page for further details of the journey of each of the vessels listed
below.
Convicts
| Name |
Native Place |
Ship & Year |
| John BAILEY or MCCRAW |
Probably London, ENG |
Lady East, 1815 (to VDL)
Coromandel, 1825 (to NSW) |
| James BARKER |
London, ENG |
Hercules II, 1825 |
| Rebecca BLOXHAM |
Leicestershire, ENG |
Harmony, 1827 |
| Charles BUSTARD |
ENG |
Maitland (1), 1840 |
| James HANLEY |
unknown |
Hive, 1834 |
| John HOOPER |
unknown |
Hibernia, 1819 (to VDL) |
| James MILSOM |
Somersetshire, ENG |
Susan, 1835 |
| Henry MORGAN |
Glasgow, Scotland |
Agamemnon, 1820 (to NSW)
Southworth (2), 1834 (to VDL) |
| Thomas PEARCE |
Leicestershire |
Coromandel, 1804 |
| George TONGUE |
Nottingham, ENG |
Surrey, 1831 |
| James WHITNEY |
Herefordshire, ENG |
Tottenham, 1818 |
Assisted
Immigrants
| Name |
Accompanied by / Comments |
From |
Ship & Year |
| Thomas BRIERLEY |
wife Margaret (nee ELLIOT)
and children Thomas, James, Ittai & Elizabeth |
Manchester, ENG |
Agnes, 1842 |
| Michael COFFEY |
sister Ann already living in the colony |
Tipperary, IRE |
Bee, 1856 |
| Ellen KELLY |
sister Catherine already living in the colony |
Co. Clare, IRE |
Admiral Lyons, 1857 |
| Samuel MAWHINNEW |
wife Elizabeth (nee LAURENCE)
and daughters Sarah, Charlotte and Mary Jane. Also on same ship,
Elizabeth's sisters Catherine & Mary Ann LAURENCE and William
CHAMBERS. |
Ireland |
Isabella, 1840 |
| Henry REVELL |
wife Arabella (nee KING) and children Charles, Frank, Arthur,
Alfred and Mabel |
Birmingham, WAR, ENG |
Zamora, 1883 (QLD) |
Free
/ Other
| Name |
Accompanied by / Comments |
From |
Ship & Year |
| John BROWN |
possibly as crew on ship |
England |
bef. 1868 |
| Hugh CHAMBERS |
brother William already in colony (VIC & NSW); Hugh first
emigrated with mother and siblings to New York USA per Venice
in 1847 |
Ireland via USA |
Unconfirmed entry for Hugh per Eastern State from New
York USA to Melbourne VIC 1855 |
| Alfred William GASKELL |
|
Shropshire (via USA?) |
bet. 1912 and 1917 |
| Ann HUGHES (nee ELLIS) |
probably arrived in Francis Rossi's party as a servant |
Ireland (via South Africa) |
Hercules II, 1825 |
| Mary Ann PEARCE (nee STUART) |
wife of convict Thomas PEARCE,
arrived free with child(ren) |
England |
Experiment, 1805 |
| Richard SCOTT |
wife Mary (nee GRIMBLY), children Agnes, Richard & James |
London? |
John Dalton, 1848 |
| Richard Silver SMITH |
wife Emma Jane (nee GRANT), children |
Portsea, Hampshire (via New Zealand?) |
1850's |
| Walter SMITH |
|
London, ENG |
mid 1880's |
| James WANMER |
soldier in British Army in India before his arrival |
Pembury, KENT, ENG (via India) |
1850's (to QLD) |
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