VPRS 7666 Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947]

This series consists of a microfiche copy of the portion of VPRS 947 Inward Overseas Passenger Lists for vessels arriving from British Ports between 1852 and 1923. It was created by the Public Record Office Victoria from c1988 to assist in the preservation of the original lists.Laws relating to the carriage of passengers by sea (15 & 16 Vic., No. XLIV [1852] ss. XIII and XIV), set out the records which each ship's master was to keep of passengers on vessels leaving British ports. It was required that "two lists...correctly setting forth in the Manner therein directed the Name and other Particulars of the Ship, and of every Passenger on board.........when countersigned by the Emigration Officer.....shall be delivered by the Master to the Office of Customs from whom a clearance of such ship shall be demanded....".The Act to Regulate the Conveyance of Passengers to the Colony of Victoria 1852 (16 Vic., No. XVII) extended these provisions to ships arriving from foreign and intercolonial ports. These and subsequent Acts prescribed the form the passenger list had to take.The lists recorded information about the ship, details of each passenger and a summary of the passengers carried. The amount of information given for each passenger varied over time. Marital status, age and sex were usually recorded; nationality and occupation were frequently included.The responsibility of monitoring immigrant arrivals passed from the State to the Commonwealth in 1923. Lists submitted after this time are held by the National Archives of Australia.

本数据集为缩微胶片复制品，涵盖档案编号VPRS 947的《海外入境旅客登记簿》中1852年至1923年间从英国港口抵港船只的对应部分。该复制品由维多利亚公共档案馆（Public Record Office Victoria）于1988年前后制作，旨在助力原始登记簿的长期保存。1852年颁布的《海上旅客运输法》（15 & 16 Vic., No. XLIV [1852] 第XIII、XIV条）规定了每艘船舶船长需留存的离英港口旅客记录规范。其中明确要求："需制作两份登记簿……按该法指定方式准确载明船舶及每名在船旅客的姓名与其他详情……经移民官签署后，由船长交付至海关总署，以供申领该船舶清关许可之用。"1852年《维多利亚殖民地旅客运输规制法》（16 Vic., No. XVII）将上述条款的适用范围扩展至从外国及跨殖民地港口抵港的船只。上述法案及后续出台的相关法规进一步明确了旅客登记簿的法定格式。该登记簿记录了船舶基本信息、每名旅客的详细资料以及所载旅客的汇总统计数据。不同时期记录的旅客信息详略程度存在差异，通常会记载婚姻状况、年龄与性别，国籍与职业也常被纳入记录内容。1923年，移民入境监管职责从维多利亚州政府移交至澳大利亚联邦政府。1923年之后提交的旅客登记簿现由澳大利亚国家档案馆（National Archives of Australia）馆藏。