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Series VPRS 955
Record of Passenger Ship Departures
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Date Range: Series 1869 - 1924
  Series in Custody 1869 - 1924
  Contents 1869 - 1924
Public Access: Open
Location: North Melbourne
Format of Records: Physical
 
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Date Range Agency Title Agency Number
1869 - 1900 Department of Trade and Customs VA 606
1900 - 1924 Public Works Department (previously the Department of the Commissioner of Public Works) VA 669
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1983 - 1996 Department of Transport (known as Ministry of Transport 1951 to 1992) VA 673
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    ** Further research is required to determine the exact purpose and context of this series **

    This series comprises a record of passenger ship departures from Victorian ports. It appears that the record was maintained for statistical purposes.

    Entries are arranged in the volumes firstly by month of ship's departure, secondly by port of destination and thirdly by date of ship's departure. For example, the first few pages of Unit 1 of the P consignment record departures for January 1869. The entries are arranged on the pages according to the ports of destination (namely United Kingdom, NSW and QLD, SA and WA, Tasmania, NZ and the South Seas and Foreign). Under each port of destination the entries are in chronological order by date of departure. Entries for departures from Melbourne are listed first followed by departures from Geelong and Port Albert.

    Entries include the following details:
    port of departure
    date of departure
    name of vessel
    tonnage
    port of destination
    numbers of cabin, intermediate and steerage passengers.

    At the end of the entries for each month there is a statistical recapitulation.

    The series is incomplete as there are no volumes extant covering entries for the period January 1879 to August 1883. It is not known why the series commenced in 1869. The series ends in 1924 when responsibility for monitoring immigration passed to the Commonwealth.

    For the same period consult VPRS 954 for a similar record relating to arrivals of passenger ships.

    For the period November 1855 to December 1859 a similar record exists which combines the information recorded for passenger ship arrivals and departures. It is effectively the previous series - see VPRS 22/P Units 12 and 13. There are no similar records extant for the period January 1860 to December 1868.

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    PROVguide054 Ships and Shipping Movements
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P0000 1869 - 1924 Open 19
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    PROVguide054 Ships and Shipping Movements

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