Descriptive Lists of Immigrants, with Details of Name, Marital State, Age, Children, Religion, Literacy, Native Place, Trade and Applicant (Sponsor) 29 Aug 1851 – 31 July 1867 and 8 July 1883 – 7 November 1889

This series consists of descriptive lists of immigrants arriving in Hobart and Launceston. From 1851 to 1867 each volume contains a number of ‘books’ and each ‘book’ lists the immigrants arriving on usually one, but sometimes more, ships. These lists were apparently compiled after the ship’s arrival. The first two volumes of this series contain lists of immigrants who arrived prior to the regulations of January 1854 while the remainder list immigrants arriving under the 1854 regulations and later amendments. Each ‘book’ (except the first seven) in the volumes covering the period 1851-67 contains a roughly alphabetical list of immigrants and gives the following additional information about each – marital status, age religion, education, native place, trade, sponsor, amount of bounty and a remarks column which contains miscellaneous information about the immigrant including assessments of the immigrant’s character. There are also summaries of the number of immigrants, births and deaths, trades, native countries and religion. The names of ships’ officers and other officials such as matron and schoolmaster who received payment from immigration funds are also listed. The two volumes for 1883 – 89 do not contain summaries of the names of the ships’ officers and the remarks column often includes the name and address of the immigrant’s employer and the wages paid. Arrangement is roughly chronological except for the first two volumes in which the ‘books’ are arranged in a random fashion. These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives