Earlier I did a post on One, but many that won the 2013 GovHack competition using the National Archives’ Passenger Arrivals Index (PAI). The Passengers Arrival list is for Perth post 1920.
There is a list of NAA Fact Sheets here.
The best one (for me) was:
Customs shipping records held in Sydney – Fact sheet 65.
Especially Registers of ships, arrivals and departures, Sydney (arranged chronologically), 1841–1922, (Series Number SP729/1).
Description of series:
17 bound registers, generally, 19" x 15",
titled "Arrivals & Departures", being a chronological register of
ships arrivals and departures to and from Port Jackson, Sydney, for the period
named. On each open page Arrivals are entered on left hand side and Departures
on right hand side. The first volume is a variation as Departures start at one
end of register and Arrivals at the other. Entries in the first register
are under Date, Name of ship, Captns. Name, Wherefrom, Remarks (eg. cargo,
convicts, emigrants, troops, whaling, etc.), and Burthen (tonnage).
Printed register details (1917-22) are as follows: Date, Name of Vessel,
Description of Vessel (eg. Steam, Motor, Sail), Master's Name, Tonnage, No. of
Crew, No. of Passengers (Male, Female, and Children), Total No. of Passengers,
and in case of "Arrivals" column: "Whence from" and
"Departures" "Where bound".
History Prior/Subsequent to Transfer:
Prior to transfer: These registers appear to the
forerunner of the Clearing Clerk's Ship's Register, Series 5 and 6. The
difference from about 1850 onwards is that the general registers of arrivals
and departures are chronological and are chronological to the present, whereas,
the Jerquer copy has always been an alphabetical type of index register,
chronological under each letter of the alphabet.
A more thorough history of these records is being
compiled with the aid of the State Archives Office of NSW and will be issued as
a supplement to this accession.
Subsequent to transfer: This series was originally
transferred to archival custody in August 1952 as SP70, Series 1 and 2, and has
been used quite often for reference. With the microfilming of the Passenger
Lists in 1964 it was decided to consolidate all Ships' Registers, Inward and
Outward, to make for easier reference by officers in Archives, other
Commonwealth Departments, and the general public.
NOTE: On 2 February 1967 Mr. Russel Doust, Archivist,
Archives Office of NSW intimated that he had located some 1850's vintage
Registers at the Maritime Services Board, Sydney, and would follow-up and
advise us further. They were Arrivals and Departures Registers and may well
fill in the gaps in this accession.
The Sydney Office is located at
National Archives of Australia,
120 Miller Road,
CHESTER HILL NSW 2162
9am–4.30pm Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
(02) 9645 0110
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