Eveline Your Australian relatives can get lots of information from State Records NSW where they can view the passenger list. http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/ There are also 3 volumes of Log of Logs available in most Australian libraries that give details of any journals, diaries etc and where they are held. regards Lyn in Oz. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eveline Clarke" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 6:03 PM > Subject: [HEF] Assisted passage to Australia. > > >> HI >> >> Hope someone can help me with this, my Australian line has asked if I >> could find out any information about >> people who travelled to Australia in 1852 on board the ship Ship David >> McIver which arrived in Sydney on 19th May, 1852. >> >> I believe it may have been assisted passage, however it may also be that >> the church paid the passage and they had to pay the church back. >> >> Eveline >> >> >> ==== ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ==== >> . >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> >> >