Introduction
Find out about ships using Tasmanian ports and records on shipping crews.
See also our related guide on arrivals, immigration and departure records for information about passengers.
What is online?
Search and view many records, including ships names as well as crew and passengers.
- List of assisted immigrant ships 1832-1887
- List of principle ships transporting male and female convicts to Tasmania and Norfolk Island from Great Britain with numbers of convicts on arrival
- With the Tasmanian Names Index you can search and view many records, including ships’ names as well as crew and passengers.
- Pictures of ships online
- List of pictures of ships using the Port of Launceston – photos available in Launceston.
- The Guide to arrivals, immigration and departures includes more digitised records about passengers.