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*[http://www.tnet.com.au/~quincon/OurFamilyHist.html Michael Quin Conroy’s website] including many names and lists of passengers on two ships from India, the [http://www.tnet.com.au/~quincon/SSOrientPass.htm SS Orient in 1907] and the [http://www.tnet.com.au/~quincon/HMASManooraPass1947.htm HMAS Manoora in 1947]
*[http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide050/PROVguide050.jsp Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) guide to passenger lists for voyages to and from Victoria up to 1923]
*State Records of NSW guides:**[http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/guides-and-finding-aids/archives-in-brief/archives-in-brief-79 NSW State Archives] India and NSW-Migration and Trade ].** The ships William Prowse and the Palmyra (see above) are mentioned in [http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/guides-and-finding-aids/using-the-archives-resources-kit/arrivals-to-the-colony/arrivals-to-the-colony#persons-on-bounty-ships NRS 5317, Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle and Moreton Bay ('Board's Immigrant Lists'), 1848-91] . The William Prowse arrived 21 February 1853, and the Palmyra arrived 7 or 8 November 1854. At 3/2010 this list is not available online, but it may possibly become so, check [http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/news/online-microfilm-of-shipping-lists-available 'Online' microfilm of shipping lists available]
*[http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/262884/immigration-guide.pdf Tasmanian Archives Guide to Free Immigration] and [http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/guides/CSO_guide.pdf Tasmanian Archives Guide to the Colonial Secretary’s Office Records] may be searched for “India”
*[http://trove.nla.gov.au Trove] from the National Library of Australia. Search books, photographs , newspapers etc
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