VPRS 948 Outward Passengers to Interstate, U.K. and Foreign Ports (Refer to Microfilm Copy VPRS 3506)

This series holds the lists of vessels carrying unassisted passengers departing from Victoria for ports elsewhere in Australia and overseas.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 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.This series ended in 1923 when the responsibility of monitoring immigrant arrivals passed from the State to the Commonwealth. Lists submitted after this time are held by the National Archives of Australia.

本数据集收录了搭载无援助乘客（unassisted passengers）从维多利亚州出发，前往澳大利亚境内其他港口及海外港口的船舶清单。有关海上旅客运输的法律（1852年《第15&16号维多利亚法案》第XLIV号，即1852年第44号法案，第XIII、XIV条）规定了每位船舶船长需留存的、驶离英国港口船舶上乘客的记录规范。法律明确要求：需制备两份清单，按照法案指定格式准确列明船舶及每名在船乘客的姓名与其他详细信息；经移民官员会签后，船长须将该清单提交至海关办事处，船舶清关手续需在此办理。此类清单记录了船舶基本信息、每名乘客的详细资料以及搭载乘客的汇总情况。针对每名乘客的记录信息内容随时间有所调整：通常会记录婚姻状况、年龄与性别，且常包含国籍与职业信息。本数据集的收录工作于1923年终止，原因是移民入境监管职责从州政府移交至澳大利亚联邦政府。此后提交的相关清单现由澳大利亚国家档案馆馆藏。