Shipping registers for the port of Sydney, NSW held at National Archives of Australia

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This is a list of the shipping registers held by an archive or for a particular port.

The data is from the archives' catalogues, mainly online.

For some registers, we are able to provide a basic index for a register, by folio (page). In these cases, there will be a link to the index on the right hand side of the table. In some cases, the index includes a limited transcript of the folio, showing details of the vessel's registration, and in some cases details of the closure of the register.

For the Isle of Man registers, on the right of the index page is a link to a much more detailed transcript of the folio, including transactions and all owners. However, we can't cover every detail and it will still be worth referring to the original document.

For the registers for Rochester, images are available online and we provide a link to them for each entry (This is not functional at present, but we will restore this as soon as possible).

For the register for Canadian ports, many image sets are available online via the Canadiana site. Where possible, we have provided a direct link to the image for the first page of the register. For some registers, the images are continued on the next reel. The reels are numbered consecutively, so changing the reel number and page number in the URL will take you to the next page. For example, a URL that includes c1234/567 will be continued on c1235/1.

For the registers of Australian ports, a full index is available, with links to images of each folio on the NAA site.

Port Title Reference Links
Sydney, NSW Register of ships, single number series (I), Volume 2, 1834-1839 C1 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (I), Volume 3, 1839-1841 C1 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (I), Volume 4, 1841-1843 C1 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (I), Volume 5, 1843-1845 C1 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (I), Volume 6, 1845-1847 C1 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (I), Volume 7, 1847-1849 C1 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (I), Volume 8, 1849-1851 C1 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (I), Volume 9, 1851-1853 C1 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (I), Volume 10, 1853-1854 C1 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (I), Volume 11, 1854-1855 C1 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (I), Volume 12, 1855-1855 C1 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 1, 1855-1860 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 2, 1860-1863 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 3, 1863-1866 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 4, 1866-1868 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 5, 1868-1871 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 6, 1871-1874 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 7, 1876-1878 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 8, 1874-1876 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 9, 1878-1880 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 10, 1881-1882 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 11, 1883-1884 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 12, 1884-1885 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 13, 1885-1888 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 14, 1888-1891 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 15, 1891-1893 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 16, 1893-1897 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 17, 1897-1899 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 18, 1899-1902 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 19, 1902-1904 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 20, 1904-1907 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 21, 1907-1909 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 22, 1910-1912 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 23, 1912-1914 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 24, 1914-1919 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 25, 1919-1923 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 26, 1923-1928 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 27, 1928-1937 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 28, 1937-1946 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 29, 1946-1950 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 30, 1950-1957 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 31, 1957-1963 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 32, 1963-1967 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 33, 1967-1970 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 34, 1970-1973 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 35, 1973-1975 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 36, 1975-1977 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 37, 1977-1979 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 38, 1979-1980 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, single number series (II), Volume 39, 1980-1982 C2 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Transactions register, Volume 1, 1855 onwards C19 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Transactions register, Volume 2, 1870 onwards C19 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Transactions register, Volume 3, 1873 onwards C19 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Transactions register, Volume 4, 1876 onwards C19 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Transactions register, Volume 5, 1879 onwards C19 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Transactions register, Volume 6, 1882 onwards C19 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Transactions register, Volume 7, 1889 onwards C19 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Transactions register, Volume 8, 1900 onwards C19 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Transactions register, Volume 9, 1909 onwards C19 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Register of ships, A series C3 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Transactions register, Volume 2, 1855 onwards C4 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Transactions register, Volume 3, 1862 onwards C4 ImagesImages IndexIndex
Appropriation book for official numbers A7580 ImagesImages
Alphabetical index of ships, 1948-1982 C5 ImagesImages
Registers of ship tonnage measurements for the Port of Sydney [5 registers] C4201
Ships' tonnage measurement papers C2103