G'day Bill, Suggest you contact the State Library Melbourne Vic. They hold a good collection of newspaper records on film. Sorry I do not know their e-mail address.The Victoria Public Record Office in Melbourne has indices and lists for immigrants, they may respond to an overseas plea for elp( they won't for within Australia). Kevin Herring, Bowral NSW. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill McKinlay <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 2:46 AM Subject: Immigrant Ships > Would any Australian group member know perhaps of a Melbourne paper that would still be in operation from the 1850s? > > I am looking for an immigrant ship passenger list that may have been published, as they often were, in 1853. > > Thanks > > Bill > > [email protected] > > >