Ships papers and notes
The following list was extracted from Appendix A of the Shipping Guide.
The following list was extracted from Appendix A of the Shipping Guide which is available in the reading rooms. It includes records from the following series:
NRS 5328, Immigration Agent; Ships papers, 1835-91 [9/6276-91]
It should be noted that the Ships papers may not contain information about all the immigrants on board the particular ship.
NRS 5239, Immigration Agent; Letters received, 1846–97 [9/6189–260, 9/9169–71]
This series includes Matrons diaries, [9/6212-13]
Journals of Surgeon Superintendent (PRO Reels)
Consult the Convict Guide for the listing by the name of the ship.
NRS 5256, Immigration Agent; Reports by surgeons on health of immigrants during their passage (Medical Journals), 1838, 1880, 1882-83, 1886 [4/4698. 1-.6], Reel 2852
NRS 906, Colonial Secretary, Special bundles:
Immigration: Disputes and inquiries. Ships ‘Sir Charles Napier’ and ‘Panama’, 1842–53 [4/1149.1]
Immigrant ship reports — ‘Araminta’, ‘Plantagenet’, and ‘Sabrina’, 1854 [4/1881.3]
Immigrant ship "Rose of Sharon" — report of irregularities on board and arrival, 1855 [4/1881.6]
Inquiry by Immigration Board into conduct of surgeon of the ‘Samuel Plimsoll’, 1879 [4/817.2]
This list is arranged alphabetically by name of ship:
| Ship | Date of arrival in NSW | Item no. | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abyssinian | 29 May 1862 | [9/6281.6] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Adam Lodge | 14 February 1840 | PRO Reel 3213 | Journal of Surgeon Superintendent |
| Alfred (at Moreton Bay) | September 1858 | [9/6276.10] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Alfred | 6 January 1860 | [9/6279.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Aliquis | 16 March 1839 | [9/6276.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Annie Wilson | 8 April 1862 | [9/6281.5] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Araminta | 29 July 1854 | [4/1881.3] | Colonial Secretary; NRS 906, Special bundles, immigrant ship reports |
| Argyle (at Moreton Bay) | July 1852 | [9/6276.5] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Austral | 20 February 1888 | [9/6291.7] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Austral | 26 June 1888 | [9/6290.10] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Austral | 22 February 1889 | [9/6291.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Austral | 27 June 1889 | [9/6291.5] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Blair Athole | 4 March 1879 | [9/6290.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| British Commodore | 24 April 1873 | [9/6289.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| British Trident | 7 January 1861 | [9/6280.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Burlington | 16 February 1867 | [9/6287.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Bussorah Merchant | 3 September 1839 | PRO Reel 3213 | Journal of Surgeon Superintendent |
| Canning | 8 January 1873 | [9/6289.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Cardigan Castle | 20 August 1883 | [4/4698.5], Reel 2852 | NRS 5256, Medical journal |
| Chance | 13 July 1860 | [9/6279.4] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Charles Kerr | 8 January 1839 | PRO Reel 3213 | Journal of Surgeon Superintendent |
| Clyde | 13 May 1880 | [4/4698.2], Reel 2852 | NRS 5256, Medical journal |
| Coldstream | 18 January 1863 | [9/6282.4] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Crescent | 11 February 1840 | PRO Reel 3213 | Journal of Surgeon Superintendent |
| Cuzco | 3 April 1888 | [9/6290.8] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Cuzco | 6 August 1888 | [9/6290.11] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Cuzco | 14 September 1891 | [9/6291.10] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Cuzco (3) | 4 April 1889 | [9/6291.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Cuzco (4) | 6 August 1889 | [9/6291.6] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Cuzco (5) | 9 December 1889 | [9/6291.9] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| David McIvor | 24 September 1858 | [9/6277.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Devonport | 31 July 1868 | [9/6287.4] | NRS 5328, Ships papersIncludes papers of William and Mary arriving 21 November 1849 |
| Dirigo | 13 April 1860 | [9/6279.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Dunbar Castle | 28 September 1871 | [9/6288.4] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Eastern Empire | 29 November 1862 | [9/6282.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Escort | 11 March 1858 | [9/6276.8] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Eveline | 25 January 1862 | [9/6281.4] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Fairlie | 29 April 1863 | [9/6282.5] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Fitzjames | 1 April 1857 | [9/6212] | NRS 5239, Matron’s diary |
| Fitzjames | 20 February 1860 | [9/6279.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Florist | 26 October 1839 | PRO Reel 3213 | Journal of Surgeon Superintendent |
| Forest Monarch | 21 December 1858 | [9/6277.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Garrow | 2 March 1839 | [9/6276.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Garrow | 2 March 1839 | PRO Reel 3213 | Journal of Surgeon Superintendent |
| Golconda | 25 May 1857 | [9/6213] | NRS 5239, Matron’s diary |
| Hawkesbury | 5 March 1871 | [9/6288.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Herefordshire | 27 May 1857 | [9/6213] | NRS 5239, Matron’s diary |
| Hero | 26 September1839 | PRO Reel 3213 | Journal of Surgeon Superintendent |
| Highflyer | 16 March 1864 | [9/6284.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Hornet | 3 March 1859 | [9/6277.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Hotspur | 24 February 1861 | [9/6280.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Hotspur | 18 July 1862 | [9/6282.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Hyderabad | 19 February 1848 | [9/6276.4] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Irene (at Moreton Bay) | February 1858 | [9/6276.7] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Ironside | 9 May 1863 | [9/6282.6] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| James Pattison | 8 February 1840 | PRO Reel 3213 | Journal of Surgeon Superintendent |
| John and Lucy | 6 May 1857 | [9/6213] | NRS 5239, Schoolmasters report and matron’s diary |
| John Masterman | 2 August 1861 | [9/6281.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| John Temperley | 1 August 1863 | [9/6283.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| La Hogue | 7 September 1872 | [9/6289.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Lady Head | 16 June 1858 | [9/6276.9] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Light Brigade | 21 May 1867 | [9/6287.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Liguria | 6 October 1887 | [9/6290.4] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Lusitania | 21 January 1888 | [9/6290.6] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Lusitania | 27 December 1888 | [9/6290.14] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Mary Ann | 19 March 1857 | [9/6212] | NRS 5239, Matron’s diary |
| Montmorency | 29 November 1864 | [9/6285.4] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Montrose | 27 March 1864 | [9/6284.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Nile | 4 May 1861 | [9/6280.4] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Nimroud | 7 April 1859 | [9/6278.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Ocean Empress | 28 September 1862 | [9/6282.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Ocean Empress | 18 January 1864 | [9/6284.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Orient | 10 December 1887 | [9/6290.5] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Orizaba (1) | 14 May 1888 | [9/6290.9] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Orizaba (2) | 17 September 1888 | [9/6290.12] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Ormuz (1) | 12 November 1888 | [9/6290.13] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Ormuz (2) | 28 October 1889 | [9/6291.8] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Oroya | 19 August 1887 | [9/6290.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Oroya (2) | 7 January 1889 | [9/6291.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Oroya (3) | 16 May 1889 | [9/6291.4] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Oroya (4) | 16 September 1889 | [9/6291.7] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Panama | 12 January 1850 | [4/1149.1] | Colonial Secretary; NRS 906, Special bundles, disputes and inquiries |
| Parthia | 13 January 1886 | [9/6290.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Peerless | 6 June 1866 | [9/6286.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Persia | 10 May 1863 | [9/6283.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Peterborough | 23 December 1882 | [4/4698.3], Reel 2852 | NRS 5256, Medical journal |
| Plantagenet | 28 July 1854 | [4/1881.3] | Colonial Secretary; NRS 906, Special bundles, immigrant ship reports |
| Port Victor (1) | 8 July 1886 | [4/4698.6], Reel 2852 | NRS 5256, Medical journal |
| Queen Bee | 31 March 1861 | [9/6280.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Queen of the East | 30 April 1864 | [9/6284.4] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Racehorse | 22 September 1866 | [9/6286.4] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Rose of Sharon | 13 April 1855 | [4/1881.6] | Colonial Secretary; NRS 906, Special bundles, report on irregularities on board and arrival |
| Roslin Castle | 1 March 1883 | [4/4698.4], Reel 2852 | NRS 5256, Medical journal |
| Sabrina | 10 July 1854 | [4/1881.3] | Colonial Secretary; NRS 906, Special bundles, immigrant ship reports |
| Samuel Plimsoll | 12 June 1879 | [4/817.2] | Colonial Secretary; NRS 906, Special bundles, Inquiry by Immigration Board into conduct of surgeon |
| Sandringham | 26 June 1864 | [9/6284.5] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Sapphire | 24 May 1859 | [9/6278.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Scythia | 26 June 1871 | [9/6288.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Severn | 10 October 1863 | [9/6283.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Sir Charles Napier | 10 April 1842 | [4/1149.1] | Colonial Secretary; NRS 906, Special bundles, disputes and inquiries |
| Sir Robert Sale | 29 October 1864 | [9/6285.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Sir Robert Sale | 13 December 1867 | [9/6287.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Sirocco | 3 October 1864 | [9/6285.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Sobraon | 28 December 1870 | [9/6288.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Sovereign of the Sea | 1 September 1861 | [9/6281.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| St Hilda | 13 January 1865 | [9/6286.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Stornaway | 17 October 1861 | [9/6281.3] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Strathdon | 19 December 1871 | [9/6288.5] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Susan | 1 February 1839 | [4/4698.1], Reel 2852 | NRS 5256, Medical journals |
| Telegraph | 3 February 1858 | [9/6276.6] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| Thunderbolt | 11 May 1865 | [9/6286.2] | NRS 5328, Ships papers Thunderbolt to Melbourne, Wonga Wonga to Sydney |
| Wanata | 3 September 1864 | [9/6285.1] | NRS 5328, Ships papers |
| William and Mary | 21 November 1849 | [9/6287] | NRS 5328, Ships papersPapers with those for Devonport arriving 31 July 1868 |
