----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Welch" <ianwelch@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: <AUSSIE-GEN-RESEARCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 3:16 PM Subject: [A.G.R. ] Arrival Chin Lang (or Ling Tip Hi Ian . > He arrived in Victoria in 1856 and was about 19 years of age.He came > from Sin Ning District (Taishan) in Canton Province Suggest your best bet is to check the Naturalisation Indexes for Vic . The NLA should have these . If he was naturalisated ( and a great many Chinese were ) this doc should have the name of the ship he came on Bye MargM Beautiful Central Coast of NSW