Claire Johnson describes the records available to assist you to research your ancestor’s voyage to Australia.

Carmel McEvey introduces the topic before Claire Dunlop's talk on ship newspapers. Graham Thorley gives an account of the voyage of the Golden Empire in 1863. Paul Harris speaks about the journey the California in 1853.

Handouts:

Critically analysing a diary 

Ship Diaries & Journals of voyages to Australia: Golden Empire 1863, Diary of Daniel Baldwin (from Graham Thorley talk)

Ship diaries

In the second of his talks on migration Stephen Hawke examines the conditions emigrants experienced prior to and during the voyage. He looks at the resources available to assist with researching the subject.

In this presentation Colleen describes the illnesses and treatments encountered by convicts during their transportation to Australia. She draws on the many surviving journal kept by the Surgeons assigned to the transport ships.