----- Original Message ----- From: <acpittard@optusnet.com.au> To: <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 6:30 PM Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Sydney General Trade List and Shipping Gazette > > What is the Sydney General Trade List and Shipping > Gazette and where do I find it?? > Its in the NLA Ferguson project........ they have been digitising old newspapers for quite a while and more are being done http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/issn/14403897.html And http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/browselist.html Its says newspapers from 1840 -1845 but the Commercial Journal dates fr 1835 -1840 and the Maitland Mercury 1843 -1855 and the Sydney Shipping Gazette goes up to 1855 If youve unsure of the full date of arrival of a ship into Port of Sydney , State Records now have an on line index of ships names and full dates HTH Bye MargM Member of Central Coast FHS Gosford NSW