Hi Catherine I don't know why you have posted to this list. 1881-91 is after the convict period and Melbourne is some distance from Port Jackson. As far as I know, the only Census material from the Australian colonies from this period are abstracts and no individual returns were kept. When looking for records, a good place to start is the LDS (Mormon) catalogue at familysearch.org. https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/library_catalog Looking under Australia, Victoria. Census, there are two entries: An abstract of the NSW 1836 Census for the Port Phillip District and Census of Port Phillip, 1838 Regards On 23 July 2011 20:04, Catherine Rowntree <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lesley and listers, > > I am looking to search the 1881,1886,1891 Melbourne census's. I am trying to > google it but not getting very far. One sight you had to join and pay > membership to search. > > Does anybody know if there is a free site to search? I have a feeling from > something I read that they may have been destroyed. I hope I am not right > there. > > Catherine > > > ---------------------- > To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks for your help with this. Everyone on the list is so experienced that they usually know where to point me. I'll remember to keep on topic more next time. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jordan Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 9:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PJ] 1881 census of Melbourne Hi Catherine I don't know why you have posted to this list. 1881-91 is after the convict period and Melbourne is some distance from Port Jackson. As far as I know, the only Census material from the Australian colonies from this period are abstracts and no individual returns were kept. When looking for records, a good place to start is the LDS (Mormon) catalogue at familysearch.org. https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/library_catalog Looking under Australia, Victoria. Census, there are two entries: An abstract of the NSW 1836 Census for the Port Phillip District and Census of Port Phillip, 1838 Regards On 23 July 2011 20:04, Catherine Rowntree <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lesley and listers, > > I am looking to search the 1881,1886,1891 Melbourne census's. I am trying to > google it but not getting very far. One sight you had to join and pay > membership to search. > > Does anybody know if there is a free site to search? I have a feeling from > something I read that they may have been destroyed. I hope I am not right > there. > > Catherine > > > ---------------------- > To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ---------------------- To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3786 - Release Date: 07/24/11 18:33:00