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Detail, List of Passengers, from The "Sutlej" Times. Published aboard the P. & O. vessel Sutlej during the voyage from England to Australia, and republished in this form in Melbourne by Ferguson & Moore, Printers, 1887

Shipboard newspaper, 910.42/S
Passengers on ships to and from Australia often produced shipboard newspapers. These were handwritten or printed at sea, and often reprinted after the voyage.
Digital order no: a5651005
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Detail, List of Passengers: First Saloon, from The "Garonne" Journal, no. 1, 12 July 1879. Printed on board the S.S. "Garonne": R.W. Comley, 1879

Shipboard newspaper, 910.42/G
While shipboard newspapers played an important role in recording activities on board, they also regularly contained lists of passengers.
Digital order no: a5323002
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Detail, List of Passengers: Second Saloon, from The "Garonne" Journal, no. 1, 12 July 1879. Printed on board the S.S. "Garonne": R.W. Comley, 1879

Shipboard newspaper, 910.42/G
Passenger lists in shipboard newspapers do not always record all emigrants on board. Often only passengers in the First and Second Cabins were included.
Digital order no: a5323003
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Detail, List of Passengers: Third class, from The "Garonne" Journal, no. 2, 26 July 1879. Printed on board the S.S. "Garonne": R.W. Comley, 1879

Shipboard newspaper, 910.42/G
Not all newspapers contained lists and in some papers the lists were published across different editions.
Digital order no: a5323008
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Detail, List of Passengers: Steerage, from The "Garonne" Journal, no. 3, 4 August 1879. Printed on board the S.S. "Garonne": R.W. Comley, 1879

Shipboard newspaper, 910.42/G
Often the names of passengers in Steerage were not included. This might have been due to the large number of passengers, the editorial staff not knowing their names, or the cabin class editors not considering the emigrants important.
Digital order no: a5323012
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Detail, List of Passengers: Steerage, from The "Garonne" journal, no. 3, 4 August 1879

Shipboard newspaper, 910.42/G
Printed on board the S.S. Garonne: R.W. Comley, 1879
Digital order no: a5323013
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Detail, List of Passengers, The "Massilia" Gazette : the ship's newspaper a reproduction of a newspaper published weekly on board the ... Massilia ... during a voyage from London to Sydney, November 13th 1890 to January 1st 1891 / edited by Edward Noyes, 1891

Shipboard newspaper, Q910.42/M
Sydney: Edward Noyes, 1891
Digital order no: a6205007
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Detail, List of Passengers, The "Massilia" Gazette : the ship's newspaper a reproduction of a newspaper published weekly on board the ... Massilia ... during a voyage from London to Sydney, November 13th 1890 to January 1st 1891 / edited by Edward Noyes, 1891

Shipboard newspaper, Q910.42/M
Sydney: Edward Noyes, 1891
Digital order no: a6205008
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Detail, List of Passengers, from The Sobraon Occasional, 7 October-26 December 1875

Shipboard newspaper, MLMSS 7715 / Item 1
Published on board the Sobraon during outward trip to Melbourne
Digital order no: a6303005