Summary heading
PP240/3 –
Inward ships passenger manifests for Western Australian outports, single number
series
Function and purpose
This series
comprises lists showing details of persons arriving from overseas at Western
Australian Outports by ship during period 1923 to 1935. Outports include Albany, Broome, Bunbury, Carnarvon, Cossack, Derby, Geraldton, Onslow,
Port Hedland and Wyndham.
Using the series
The
majority of the passenger lists in this series have been registered at item
level on RecordSearch. These can be retrieved by a
keyword search limited to reference number PP240/3. For those that have not
been registered, the Archives maintains paper
lists.
Physical characteristics
The lists are
held in manila folders with the name of the ship and date of arrival printed on
the front covers. In some cases multiple copies of the list in different
formats are found. Occasionally temporary travel documents are included.
System of arrangement and control
The series
is organised into alphabetical order by the first port of arrival, then sorted
into chronological order within that by the date of arrival. A single number
system of control has been imposed by the Archives in order to aid retrieval
and access.
Relationships with other records
This series
forms part of a large group of records that document the movement of people
into and out of Western Australia comprising incoming and outgoing passenger
lists, nominal rolls, crew lists and passenger cards.
Passenger
lists for Western Australia
were originally transferred to the Archives as a large number of individual
accession series. For incoming passenger lists, the accession series were
converted to one CRS K269, maintaining the original agency chronological order.
However, for the period 1904 to 1935, incoming passenger lists for outports
remain as PP281/3 and PP240/3.
Nominal
rolls, crew lists, outwards passenger lists and passenger cards remain as
individual accession series, and in some cases form part of CRS K47. Consult
the relevant series links for details.
Provenance
Disposal history
Additional information
The
following data was keyed from the paper transfer documentation:
Form
number: CA 11
Transferring
department: IMMIGRATION, GENERAL
DIVISION, REGISTRY
Date of
transfer: 14/06/1966
Archives
file number: RWP28/1/43