Passenger lists for all Australian ports from 1924
Passenger lists for arrivals in South Australia from 1941, and
British and Foreign crew from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Access conditions
Given the time that has already passed, most of these records are open for general public access.
Researching the records
If you already know the name of the ship, or the year of arrival, you can use these indexes to identify passenger list or source of other information about the ship's arrival.
This is an index of the names of ships arriving in South Australia from overseas, arranged chronologically.
Entries within the index have been taken from newspapers, printed sources and government lists. Make note of the key to source references at the front of the index.
This series consists of papers related to ships chartered by the Colonization Commissioners to convey assisted emigrants to South Australia between 1849 and 1885.
This index is arranged chronologically by year, and then alphabetically by the name of the ship. It is only a partial list of the passenger ships arriving in South Australia.
This series is an index of the names of ships arriving in South Australia from overseas.
Entries within the index have been taken from newspapers, printed sources and government lists. Make note of the key to source references at the front of the index.
This index was compiled by former State Records staff during the 1970s and 1980s while assisting researchers with shipping enquiries. The index acquired its name due to the index cards being filed in a small cake tin.
References point to sources now in both State Records ('GRG' references) and the State Library of South Australia (all other references).
This index is arranged alphabetically by the name of the ship.
State Records of South Australia
https://www.archives.sa.gov.au/finding-information/discover-our-collection/migration-and-crew/ships-arriving-at-south-australian-ports
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