Would anyone have knowledge of the ship Australie which I believe arrived in Melbourne in November 1854 carrying immigrants (I presume Bounty Immigrants). The name interests me as it is obviously French, and why would a French ship be carrying immigrants to Australia at that time? I am searching for a HILL FAMILY (Joseph, Esther,William, James,Charles, Louisa, Esther(jnr) David, Mary Ann, Emma and Henry and a couple of others) and I believe they may have been on this ship. Any information about the ship and/or passenger list would be very appreciated. Chris.

Chris, I too, located a ship carrying immigrants from UK in 1889 that was in fact an Italian vessell - 'Liguria" which arrived in June 1889 at Portland, Victoria. Try the 'ship transcribers guild' on line, this site may be able to give you some clues, would be intrigued to know what you discover. Have a terriffic day! Julia ----- Original Message ----- From: Higgs Family <higgs@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 8:27 AM Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] AUSTRALIE to Melbourne 1854 > Would anyone have knowledge of the ship Australie which I believe arrived in > Melbourne in November 1854 carrying immigrants (I presume Bounty > Immigrants). > The name interests me as it is obviously French, and why would a French ship > be carrying immigrants to Australia at that time? > I am searching for a HILL FAMILY (Joseph, Esther,William, James,Charles, > Louisa, Esther(jnr) David, Mary Ann, Emma and Henry and a couple of others) > and I believe they may have been on this ship. > Any information about the ship and/or passenger list would be very > appreciated. > > Chris. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

I will give it a try, thanks Julia, and I will let you know if anything exciting turns up. Chris. -----Original Message----- From: juliag [mailto:juliag@froggy.com.au] Sent: Monday, 3 June 2002 3:16 PM To: AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] AUSTRALIE to Melbourne 1854 Chris, I too, located a ship carrying immigrants from UK in 1889 that was in fact an Italian vessell - 'Liguria" which arrived in June 1889 at Portland, Victoria. Try the 'ship transcribers guild' on line, this site may be able to give you some clues, would be intrigued to know what you discover. Have a terriffic day! Julia ----- Original Message ----- From: Higgs Family <higgs@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 8:27 AM Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] AUSTRALIE to Melbourne 1854 > Would anyone have knowledge of the ship Australie which I believe arrived in > Melbourne in November 1854 carrying immigrants (I presume Bounty > Immigrants). > The name interests me as it is obviously French, and why would a French ship > be carrying immigrants to Australia at that time? > I am searching for a HILL FAMILY (Joseph, Esther,William, James,Charles, > Louisa, Esther(jnr) David, Mary Ann, Emma and Henry and a couple of others) > and I believe they may have been on this ship. > Any information about the ship and/or passenger list would be very > appreciated. > > Chris. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237