Australian Immigration History Documents Are Out Online
The mass Australian immigration that took place in the nineteenth century has actual documents now. The documents of the Australian immigration are officially out.
But these documents are withered and torn because of their age. But many famous celebrities like Heath Ledger and Nicole Kidman whose parents were parts of this Australian immigration have their family records here. Now these documents are going to go online for the very first time. The documents related to the Australian immigration (1788 to 1923) and will showcase more than 14.5 million journeys to the subcontinent.
The documents include passenger lists, musters, census information and other documents from the period, assembled from microfilm in state record offices and archives and will be accessed on Ancestry.com.au. "These are long journeys and in many cases somewhat arduous journeys, where one would have people dying on board and being buried at sea. This Australian immigration wasn't the pleasure cruise that it became in the 20th century" said Ancestry content director Brad Argent.