
This project is to compose a complete list of ships to Australia and their passengers. The red ships icon is reserved for the first three fleets that arrived in Australia projects. How can you help? First of all you will need to join this project by clicking on the Actions button in the top right of this page and select Join from the dropdown menu. To add a profile of an Australian Immigr...
Objective This project will collect and merge the profiles for any convict, free settler arrival or military personnel into Western Australia commencing with the establishment of the Swan River Colony in 1829. Historical Summary In 1826, the first British military outpost was established at King George Sound. This was followed by the establishment of the Swan River Colony in 1829, with townsi...
In the mid-1800s Kashubians migrated for economic reasons. After the Franco-Prussian War and the unification of Germany under Bismarck, Kashubians were met with institutionalized hostility. Life was very harsh for the Kashubs. It was illegal to use Polish or Kashubian in public, especially in church. Many priests were imprisoned or exiled. Churches were left with no parish priests. As a result,...
Siia projekti soovime Genist kokku koguda tuntumaid eestlasi Austraalias läbi kõigi ajajärkude. Kasulikku teavet: *
Hi all Relatives,Hope all good with you all.>>>> New Project Concerning a WEBSITE to be Created and LINKED to the Family Tree and related to the Family History, Work Status_Career-Path, Events, Photos of all Elders_Ancestors as well as Recent Photos of Family_Relatives_Friends_Acquaintances, Get-Togethers, Situations, Circumstances_Conditions and FORUM Discussions with a Separate Section Page d...
Prussian (German, Polish, Slav, Russian, Wendish) settlement in Victoria Australia==Germans/Prussians began to settle in Australia in large numbers in 1838, with the arrival of immigrants from Prussia to South Australia, Victoria and Queeensland. German immigrants were prominent in settling South Australia and Queensland some disembarked in Victoria and others left South Australia and moved to ...
A project to collect and merge the profiles for any convict, naval personnel or free settler arrivals on the Third Fleet from England to Australia, 1791.=Third Fleet= From Wikipedia The Third Fleet consisted of 11 ships which set sail from United Kingdom in February, March and April 1791 bound for the Sydney penal settlement, with over 2000 convicts. The passengers consisted of convicts, milita...
Lady Julianna - departed 29 July 1789 arrived 3 June 1790. Master Thomas EDGAR, 35 crew, 226 female convicts boarded (222 arrived)A* ABORROW Ann Ann Aborrow [Convict "Lady Julianna" "Scarborough" 1790] ABRAHAMS Roseanna Roseanna Juliana Nichols ACTON Sarah Sarah Acton [Convict "Lady Julianna" 1790] * ALLEY Richard Dr Richard Alley ANDERSON Elizabeth Elizabeth (Anderson) Blundell - Carroll [Conv...
The "Queen" was a convict ship with the Third Fleet and it left Cork, Ireland in April 1791 and arrived in Sydney Cove on 26/9/1791 carrying 133 male convicts + 22 female convicts. 7 male convicts died on the voyage List of Passengers Blow, William Burr, Stephen Cameron, Duncan Cummings, William Higgins, Robert - Robert Higgins Jamieson, William - William Jamieson, Free Settler "...
This project is to capture all the convicts and free settlers who arrived in Australia on board the "Neptune" on 27 June 1790. The "Neptune" left England on 19/1/1790The second fleet earned the nickname of "The Death Fleet" as of over 1000 convicts, half arrived sick and 270 died enroute.The Neptune had the highest mortality rate of 150.The Neptune carried* 42 male convicts* 78 female convicts*...
A project to collect and merge the profiles for any convict or naval personnel arrivals on the First Fleet from England to Australia, 1778-1788.=First Fleet= From Wikipedia First Fleet is the name given to the 11 ships which sailed from Great Britain on 13 May 1787 with about 1,487 people, including 778 convicts (192 women and 586 men), to establish the first European colony in Australia, in Ne...
On 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert MENZIES announced the beginning on Australia’s involvement in the Second World War. Almost a million Australians enlisted. 39000 gave their lives and over 30000 Australian servicemen were taken prisoner with 36% of the 21000 prisoners of the Japanese dying in captivity. LINKS
Ovaj projekt je o iseljenim Splićanima i njihovoj migraciji u Argentinu, Australiju, Chile, USA, New Zealand / This is project page about of emigrants people from a Split, who were migrated and immigrated to the Argentina, Australia, Chile, USA, New Zealand. Izvor : Članak od gđa. Branka Bezić-Filipović, Hrvatska matica iseljenika-Podružnica Split: Splićani izvan Splita , BAŠTINA 34 121-142, ...
Alexander - Departed England 13 May 1787 and arrived at Botany Bay 19 Jan 1788. 210 male convicts boarded. Ships Master was Duncan Sinclair.Before "Alexander" left Portsmouth a fever broke out and killed 16 men. 15 more convicts died on the journey.Alphabetical list of crew, marines, wives, passengers and convicts A* Robert Abel Robert Abel [Convict "Alexander" 1788] * Henry Abrahams Henry Abr...
Freemasons in Australia - Masonic LodgeFreemasons, or simply "Masons," have been an important part of Western culture for centuries and have immeasurably shaped the world through their leadership, altruism, public service, and character. Although the most famous Freemasons have been presidents, CEOs, and other public figures, the vast majority of Freemasons were and are small-town members worki...
Lithuanians began coming to Australia as early as 1830 after the uprising against regime of the Russian Empire. After the WWI Lithuanians from Scotland started moving to Australia and by 1939, there were 1000 Lithuanians in Australia. After WWII aproximately 10 000 Lithuanian refugees were relocated to Australia. This project aims to gather notable people who resided in Australia and were of Li...
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature. Place project portals Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. Geographical Australia Canada Europe Al-Andalus Austro-Hungarian-Empire Belarus Czech Republic-Bohemia Croatia
A project to collect and merge the profiles for any convict, naval personnel or free settler arrivals on the Second Fleet from England to Australia, 1789.=Second Fleet= From Wikipedia The Second Fleet is the name of the second fleet of ships sent with settlers, convicts and supplies to colony at Sydney Cove in Port Jackson, Australia. The fleet comprised six ships: one Royal Navy escort, four c...
Welcome to the Australian Portal on Geni This Australian Portal has been created to: Link together existing Australian projects Encourage new Australian projects to be created Encourage collaboration between Australian-based Geni users, and Geni users worldwide who have Australian interests and connections Promote and facilitate Australian genealogical research Promote Australia, i...
Australian Artists This project includes famous Australian painters, sculptors, actors, writers, directors, musicians, composers, poets, photographers and performance artists. Composers Miriam Hyde AO, OBE Movies, cinematography, actors Cate Blanchett Mary Byrne Mitch Connolly Russell Crowe Errol Flynn Mel Gibson
Departed England 13 May 1787 and arrived at Botany Bay 20 Jan 1788. 100 male convicts & 24 female convicts boarded. Ships Master was Thomas Gilbert.Geni Event - list of crew, marines, wives, passengers and convicts A* Acres, Thomas Thomas Akers Alexander, John John Alexander, Convict "Charlotte" 1788 Alexander ANDERSON Alexander Anderson Anderson, John John Anderson Anderson, Frances Frances B...
Earl Grey famine female orphan emigration scheme Scope The scope of this project is to identify the girls and the families of the orphan girls who were part of the Earl Grey emigration scheme to Australia between 1848 and 1850. Explanation of Earl Grey’s Famine Orphan Scheme The Orphan Emigration Scheme commenced in October 1848 and when it was wound up due to opposition from the Australi...
Scottish emigration to Australia" The links between Scotland and Australia stretch back to the first British expedition of the Endeavour under command of Lieutenant James Cook who was himself the son of a Scottish ploughman. Cook navigated and charted the east coast of Australia, making first landfall at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770. His discoveries and reports by Cook's expedition would lead to...
AUSTRALIAN Coffee Corner Please join this meeting-point to improve your interests in genealogy. It has been started for people of Australia looking for European ancestors and other Australian geni-users who can share there information about how to find your relatives in a country where distances are to long to walk, step or bike, archives are to far to ride and planes to ool-spending to use f...
A significant number of Australian Convicts and early Free Settlers and Marines already exist in Geni. When duplicates are created it takes hours and hours to merge them in and to clean up tree and data conflicts. The earlier we can detect duplicates the less duplicates will be created (This has been proven by The Medieval Tree Cleanup Project) Why do duplicates get created? * new Geni users do...