Migration

Archives behind the scenes - assisted passenger lists
In this episode of Archives Behind the Scenes Emily shows us some assisted passenger lists, in particular the Board's Passenger Lists of arrivals to Sydney that date from 1848 to 1896

Beannachd leat, Alba – Goodbye, Scotland
For a number of Scottish women, the Hyde Park Barracks immigration depot was a refuge from the devastating Highland Clearances of the 19th century

Chinese on the goldfields
By the early 1850s, news of a gold rush in Australia sparked an influx in Chinese migration to Australia.

Convict Sydney
Female migration
For many women in the UK migration was seen as an opportunity to change their fortunes - to escape poverty, find work and start a family

Hope 1848–1886
In 1848 the Hyde Park Barracks became an immigration depot and hiring office for unaccompanied women newly arrived in Sydney

Irish orphan girls at Hyde Park Barracks
This is a story of over 4000 Irish orphans driven from their homeland by the Great Famine

Remembering the Great Irish Famine
The memorial was officially unveiled on 28 August 1999 by Governor-General Sir William Deane