Using Australian immigration passenger lists, convict registers and Anzac records, Helen V Smith explains how we can reimagine our Aussie ancestors' rich stories.
On 13 May 1787, 11 ships carrying over 1,500 men, women and children, left Portsmouth, England for an epic 20,000 km voyage around the world to an already inhabited land. The inhabitants, the First Peoples of Australia were culturally diverse with an estimated 700 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities speaking around 250 languages.
The First Fleet, itself, was culturally diverse. There were 12 black men from Africa, America or the West Indies, 11 were convicts and one, the cook, George Nelson aboard the Prince of Wales. Among the convicts were persons from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and North America. Among the crew were men from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, Madagascar, Germany, Norway, France, Sweden, Portugal and Holland.
These and around 164,000 other convicts transported between 1788-1868 left their mark on the tapestry of Australia as settlers and the beginnings of many family lines.
Where did Australian settlers come from?
Settlers arrived from many countries. Most government-assisted passengers were from the British Isles while other settlers came from Europe and Asia, bringing many trades and cultures. The lure of gold in the 1850s provided a large influx of people. Every one of them created part of the Australian story we know today.
According to the 2011 census, 27% of the population were born overseas, with a further 20% having at least one parent born overseas. I am one of these, my mother was fifth generation Australian and my father was born in England.
The story of Australia's past
We can and need to tell and share our ancestors' stories, the highs and lows, their part in making the Australia we know today. Sadly, the Australian tapestry does also have snarled, twisted threads and we also need to document those stories.
Hundreds of thousands of people were transported from Britain and Ireland to Australia between 1787 and 1868. In this guest post, @findmypast have created a guide to help you discover if you could be related to one of them https://t.co/zdmqpkyBuL#familyhistory#DeparturesMM
The stories you can uncover are rich and diverse. The untold stories of the women. The Irish navvies working on the railways. The Chinese market gardeners. Life on the goldfields. The Anzacs, including the First Nations soldiers, the Sikh soldiers and all the men from many cultures who joined the AIF, answering the call as Australians. The women and children on the Home Front who kept the country operational. The stories of the Influenza pandemic and then the Great Depression. Findmypast has many record collections which will give facts and context to these stories.
The records you need to trace your Australian family story
Then there are the early census and muster rolls, which will show where your convict and later some free settlers were residing.
Findmypast's extensive migration collection, with records covering everything from early free settlers to 1890-1960 arrivals, helps determine when your ancestor arrived in Australia. Did they come on their own or with a family?
Directories can put your ancestor in a time and place and often show occupation, as do the electoral rolls spanning from the 1850s to around 1980.
Newspapers are a wonderful resource for adding colour to your family story. Combine Findmypast's newspaper collection with Trove, the National Library of Australia's newspaper archive, to build up the most comprehensive picture of your past.
The Seekers' song I am Australian conveys the tapestry that is Australia;
“We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We'll share a dream and sing with one voice "I am, you are, we are Australian."
Together we can tell our ancestors’ stories and show their part in making the Australia of today.
About the author
Helen Smith (DipFamHist, PLCGS) has written Death Certificates and Archaic Medical Terms 2015 2nd ed. and in Brisbane Diseased: Contagions, Cures and Controversy. She has spoken in person in the UK, Canada, USA, New Zealand, Australia, aboard 16 Unlock the Past cruises and on numerous webinars. She is a genetic genealogist starting a DNA SIG in 2015. Helen also has a Quested One Name Study registered with the Guild of One Name Studies. Her website is www.DragonGenealogy.com
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