Hello Dale, I think you may find that quite a few Passenger Ships came to Port Jackson in the early 1800's. Some of them had port of call as Cork and or Ireland. Most of my family were from Ireland in the 1850's. They mainly came from the south of Ireland. They went to Victoria, so I was able to trace their entry to Australia. The Vic records are very good. Ships records for Victoria started in 1852. I think that most ships from overseas, around 1840, came to Port Jackson. Convict transport did not cease in PJ until about 1842. Until it started again sometime in the 1850/60's. They were called Exiles and were sent to Western Australia to serve out their time. There was a chronic lack of Labour in WA and this was one method to get workers. Regards, Jill J Top o' the mornin' to you all, Has anyone come across a list of UNASSISTED passengers online, Ireland to Australia, in the early to mid 1800's. Still seeking my GG grandfather, Thomas Dunne, who arrived from Ireland somehow (!!) in Melbourne around the 1840's Dale On a rather cool morning in the Whitsundays....brrrr. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Thank you Jill, I think I searched the NSW records but at the time, there wasn't an UNASSISTED list online. Dale ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill Jackson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 1:03 PM Subject: RE: [Irl-Kildare] Thomas Dunn/e from Timolin Co Kildare > Hello Dale, > > I think you may find that quite a few Passenger Ships came to Port > Jackson in the early 1800's. Some of them had port of call as Cork and > or Ireland. ...............etc >