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Key Resources

Queensland State Archives Immigration Indexes
The Queensland State Archives website has a range of online immigration indexes and is the best place to start your search for immigrants to Queensland.
Assisted Immigration 1848-1912
This Queensland State Archives index links directly through to a digital image of the passenger list. Alternatively, you can use the microform index 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.

Index to assisted immigrants arriving Moreton Bay (Brisbane) 1848-59
Queensland immigrants: Port of Maryborough 1861-1901

Trove
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