You may find that not all information about a convict is recorded on the Ticket of Leave Butts 1827-1867, particularly for earlier records. There were consequences for not producing a Ticket of Leave ...

In the nineteenth century some major challenges to Manchu rule appeared from abroad. European powers were expanding their trade in the East, and by the early 1800s Great Britain and other Western ...

Notices of convict Assignment were published in Government Gazettes. Try searching the New South Wales Government Gazettes on Trove for a notice of Assignment. You can view the Library's microform ...

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Use our guides to explore the depths of our rich collections. You will find research advice, key resources, featured collection items, selected websites and research case studies. We also have a ...

The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. They may have arrived as a fare-paying passenger, as an 'assisted' migrant, a member of a ship's crew, in military or ...

Life under the shoguns was highly stratified, with the population falling into distinct classes based primarily on their economic or political functions. The system can be described as having three ...

This page lists South Australian-related online, networked and microform resources as well as print publications available for use within the National Library of Australia. In addition to the ...

Turkish-Australian transnational life writing with Dr Burcu Cevik-Compiegne ...

Depending on a passenger's wealth or means the manner in which they travelled aboard the ship could have been either saloon or steerage, or first, second or third class. Australian newspaper ...

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