GUIDE TO AUSTRALIA
- All passengers, regardless of their travel class, were allowed to take baggage to the extent of fifteen or twenty cubic feet.
- For the many months of the voyage, wives were instructed to take three cotton dresses, one pair stays, four petticoats, sixteen chemises, two flannel petticoats, whilst husbands were instructed to take two fustian jackets, waistcoats, and trousers, three pairs canvas trousers, one over-coat, and two felt hats.
- Men were advised that the wife make as many of her clothes on board as possible, as the occupation serves to pass away many an otherwise idle, heavy hour.
- Three types of travel were available -- cabin, intermediate, and steerage with tickets costing between £20 and £70
- Women received the same rations as men. Children between one and fourteen received half an adult's rations. Children under one, no ration, except one quart of water daily.
- Matrons were appointed to undertake the motherly duty of seeing that all the young females are in their sleeping apartments at a proper hour.
- Passengers were required to rise by 7am and to be in their beds by 10pm.
The future of an entire family.
Introducing the NSW Free Settlers, 1826-1922 collection on Ancestry.co.uk. For the first time ever, you can search 8.9 million names of those arriving into New South Wales in two, easy to use, online databases.
NSW, Unassisted Immigrants, Passenger Lists - 1826-1922
"Unassisted immigrants" were migrants whose journey was not subsidized and was paid for solely by themselves. These passenger lists are a record of their entry into New South Wales between 1826 and 1922 and contain details such as the name of the passenger and their occupation, their port of departure, the date they arrived and the name of ship they arrived on, and even possibly a bill of health.
NSW, Assisted Immigrants, Passenger Lists - 1828-1896
These are the records of individuals whose journeys were subsidized or paid for by another person or through another agency. The database is made up of 3 different types of record; Returns of convicts' applications for wives and families, Persons on bounty ships (Agents Immigrant Lists) and Persons on early migrant ships, and so contains an abundance of information.
The majority of the ships in these records sailed from British ports to
Sydney, however a few went to Moreton Bay (Brisbane), which was part
of New South Wales until 1859, and Newcastle. A few ships also
sailed from some non-British ports such as Hamburg, Madras and
New York.
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