Driven by troubles or drawn by hope? A journey of grand adventure or one of trials and tribulations? Travelled alone or with their community? Do you know what your ancestors' migration experience was like?
How do you think you got here? Immigration to Victoria in the Nineteenth Century is a seminar examining the motives, mechanics and experience of immigrating to the Colony of Victoria in the 1800s.
The one day seminar will be held at the Docklands Library between 9am and 4pm on Saturday 29 March.
Professor Dianne Hall of Victoria University, historian Dr. Liz Rushen, and panels of family history researchers will address the questions:
Why did they come?
What schemes brought migrants to Australia?
What happened on the voyage?
What did immigrants experience on arrival in Melbourne?
What resources are available at the Immigration Museum, PROV, SLV, TROVE, FHC and GSV to help you discover what your ancestors experienced?
Tickets cost $70 for GSV or Family History Connections members and $90 for members of the public.
For more information or to book, visit https://www.gsv.org.au/how-do-you-think-you-got-here
How do you think you got here? Immigration to Victoria in the Nineteenth Century is a joint venture of the Genealogical Society of Victoria and Family History Connections.
Image Information:
Chevalier, N. (Nicholas). (1863). EMIGRANTS LANDING AT THE QUEEN’S WHARF, MELBOURNE. [picture]. Melbourne: Ebenezer and David Syme. State Library of Victoria