Passenger Lists
The emigrant ship "Artemisia" bound for
Moreton Bay, New South Wales [Illustrated
London News, 12 August 1848, page 96]
Key Resources
Queensland State Archives Immigration Indexes
The Queensland State Archives website has a range of online immigration indexes. Most give a Z reference which refers to microfilm reels held at Queensland State Archives; copies can be ordered for a fee.
Assisted Immigration 1848-1912
This Queensland State Archives index gives an M reference number and a page number which enables you to find a copy of the original passenger list on microfilm reels held here at the State Library as part of the Queensland public records historical resource kit, part 1 - see entry below.
Queensland public records historical resource kit
Part 1 of this kit covers Queensland immigration records from 1848-1923.
The kit is made up of a card index to immigrants on microfiche and 43 reels of microfilm. There is a handbook guide to the collection which is to be used in conjunction with the records.
Note - you can either use the microfiche index or the online index on the Queensland State Archives website. If you don't find the person you are looking for, try the other source.
Ancestry Library Edition
Queensland Passenger Lists, 1848-1912
This index is the same as the one above. It gives the M reference number but no page number.
Maryborough, Queensland, Immigrants from the British Isles and Germany, 1861-91
To navigate to these datasets, select Search - Australia & NZ - Queensland - Immigration & Travel within Ancestry.
Index to assisted immigrants arriving Moreton Bay (Brisbane) 1848-59
Queensland immigrants: Port of Maryborough 1861-1901
The Digitised newspapers section of Trove covers the period up to 1954 and is a very useful source for passenger arrivals. We recommend using Advanced search and selecting Queensland newspapers.
Don't forget to use Australia-wide
resources for passenger lists which are detailed on our Passenger Lists page.
Other useful sources
Discharged and deserted seamen, Queensland
Irish and Cornish immigration, Moreton Bay 1848-1859
What other information can I find?
Use our catalogue to find other material relating to passenger lists for Queensland. For example, we hold some published lists for specific ships. Search under the name of ships or ports in Queensland with keywords such as emigration, immigration, immigrants, passenger lists. Examples of keyword searches include:
city of brisbane ship
immigrants maryborough
queensland passenger lists
Don't forget to use our Family History Bookmarks under headings such as:
queensland-passenger.lists
australia-passenger.lists
great.britain-emigration
Page last updated: Tuesday 20 March 2012
