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Australian immigrants

We are looking for the ancestry of early immigrants to Australia.

Location: Australia
Members: 23
Latest Activity: Mar 26

Early arrivals

Many Australian families can be traced back to early arrivals in Australia, but making the connection back to Britain is often not so straight forward.

I am keen that we should use this forum to identify those key people, and then work together to trace their ancestors back to Scotland (or Ireland, or England).

A starting point is the list in The Douglas Archives of 'Australian arrivals', and 'Douglas convicts shipped to Australia'. Suggestions for additions to these lists would be very welcome.

Please make your contributions as full as possible, with dates and places included, as appropriate.

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Comment by Vicki Houlbrooke on November 5, 2009 at 2:22
Hi there
What about Immigrants to NZ?
William Douglas left Limavady, Londonderry and came to NZ in 1860 with 10 children on the 'Blue Jacket'. They stopped in Australia on the way, but settled north of Auckland, before moving to Tauranga and farming. He was instrumental in setting up the Presbyterian Church in Tauranga.
William's wife Rachel followed in 1863 on board 'Gertude'.
And his brother George Alexander in 1863 on 'Green Jacket'.
Then a niece and 2 or 3 nephews came on the 'India' in 1875.
Comment by Daryl John Douglass on August 21, 2009 at 13:21
Lots of info on William (george) Douglass after he unwillingly 'migrated' to Australia in 1804. The Cross-Flood foundation have two volumes on his children and their descendants (William Married Rose Flood in 1809, hence the connection)
 

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Making conections

The more information you can give about the people you mention, the more chance there is of someone else connecting with your family.

Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.

Professions also help.

'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.

Maybe it is time to update the information in your profile?


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