Many thanks, Ada. Cheers, Alwynne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ada Ackerly" <aackers@alphalink.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Visiting Australia by Ship > Hello Alwynne, > > One would expect to find them on the shipping indexes of whatever state > they landed in. Fare paying passengers were not asked their reason for > going to Australia. There must have been many hundreds (thousands?) who > just came for a visit, or on their way to another country. Just because > they are listed does not automatically mean that they were immigrating. > > Regards, Ada > > At 16:41 20-08-03 +1000, you wrote: > >I posted this message in the soc.gen.ausnz newsgroup, but got no reply, so I > >thought I would ask the wise people at this list. > >The question is, how does one look for the shipping details of someone who > >came to australia around 1860, not as an immigrant, but simply to visit with > >family? > >Any help would be much appreciated. > >Many thanks, > >Alwynne > > > > > > > >==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > >Geelong & District and Bellarine Indexes : > >http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdbksrc1.asp > >http://www.zades.com.au/bellhs/bpnmsrc1.asp > > regards, > Ada Ackerly, Melbourne, Australia > formerly Ackerly DocuSearch > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong & District and Bellarine Indexes : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdbksrc1.asp > http://www.zades.com.au/bellhs/bpnmsrc1.asp > >