Australian immigrants

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  • William Douglas

    I am looking for a copy of the book by James A. Douglas, or Mooroopna, Victoria, about migration from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Adelaide and Newcastle in 1850.

    Another book on my list to find is William Douglas of Swinside, his life and descendants, possibly by Linda Mills of New Zealand.

  • William Douglas

    Editied
    Looking for a Surveyor in Tasmania in the1830s - H. Douglas. So Henry or Hugh?


    I have been supplied with further advertisements of this nature from 1934 to 1838

    Also a Find-a-Grave entry 

    Henry Douglas
    BIRTH 1801
    DEATH 13 May 1878 (aged 76–77)
    BURIAL Cornelian Bay Cemetery And Crematorium
    Hobart, Hobart City, Tasmania,Australia
    PLOT
    Pauper, A, Number 218
    MEMORIAL ID
    212750989
    Gravesite Details
    Age: 77, Last Residence: Dept, Death date listed is the interment date


    Investigating if it was he for whom the Douglas River was named.


  • Ronald Drysdale

    Hi William

    This could be who you are looking for:

    Douglas River was gazetted as a locality in 1968. The name was in use by 1902. It is possibly derived from an 1830s Survey Department draughtsman named Henry Douglas.[2]

    Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_River,_Tasmania

    Alternatively could he be a reformed convict?

    Douglass, Hugh. Convicted at Edinburgh Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 29 March 1831. Mangles 08 December 1832. New South Wales. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 501 (251) Hugh Douglass, one of 236 convicts transported on the Mangles, 08 December 1832. Canberra [A.C.T.] :Australian Joint Copying Project,[1948-1990] This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). Convicts--Australia--Registers. Australia--Genealogy.

    Douglas, Hugh. Convicted at Inverness Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 5 September 1833. Hive 15 January 1834. New South Wales. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 287 (145) Hugh Douglas, one of 250 convicts transported on the Hive, 15 January 1834. Canberra [A.C.T.] :Australian Joint Copying Project, [1948-1990] This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). Convicts--Australia--Registers. Australia--Genealogy.

    Douglas, Henry. Convicted at Surrey Quarter Session for a term of 14 years on 03 April 1832. York 11 August 1832. Van Diemen's Land. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 392 Henry Douglas, one of 200 convicts transported on the York, 11 August 1832. Canberra [A.C.T.] :Australian Joint Copying Project,[1948-1990] This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). Convicts--Australia--Registers. Australia--Genealogy.

    Douglas, Henry. Convicted at York. Doncaster Quarter Session for a term of life on 23 April 1833. 50330. Aurora 03 July 1833. New South Wales. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 161 (82) Henry Douglas, one of 300 convicts transported on the Aurora, 03 July 1833. Canberra [A.C.T.] :Australian Joint Copying Project, [1948-1990] This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP). Convicts--Australia--Registers. Australia--Genealogy.

    Best regards