Jacki - I've had a lot of success on these links, including the one Jenny sent thru, for NSW and even VIC. I then follow up on the last link, with the name of the ship, and many times find other information, including the exact date the ship arrived and sometimes even when it departed the country of origin. Cargo, the ports of call sometimes, and if you scan the pages sometimes you can pick up other particulars of the voyage. Sadly it only goes to 1855, but even so it's a wonderful resource just as the others are. BTW the third link covers Melbourne and Geelong and other country ports, even other states. Now that we have the unassisted in Sydney online resources for shipping have grown so much over the past couple of years, we're so lucky. http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/ http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/shipdate.htm http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/issn/14403897.html Denise