ships arrival Australia

[Terry M]

Hello
i am looking for my grandfathers brother Donald Edward Wilkinson born 11 Nov 1903. He boarded the SS Borda in London England Nov 16 1922 bound for Sydney Australia  stated purpose Immigration
I can't find him arriving  Where would i look for ships arrivals
regards
terry

[Karen Lorraine]

Well I thought I had found something for you but then realised the dates were wrong - sorry!

Karen

[Johnf04]

There is someone of that name in Victorian electoral rolls from 1942 on.

[Johnf04]

There's also this death, in the Victorian BDM index.

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[Terry M]

my Donald Edward Wilkinson listed his profession on the boat as a clerk Was the one listed in 42  an engineer I found two a plumber and a furrier - My fellow came from a family the father was ships lamp maker / business owner  I assume he  had a good education. He had two brothers run away to Canada 1904-08 both listed themselves as carpenters
Will an Australian death cert give fathers name and profession
Terry
Canada

[Johnf04]

The index I posted has father's and mother's names. Unfortunately, as my Ancestry sub has run out, I can't look at the electoral roll, only the search result.

[sparrett]

This is the fuller indexing of the death of the man given above,
Coburg is an inner suburb of Melbourne.


WILKINSON Donald Edward
Father David Edward
Mother Florence Ada  HODGES
Death Place COBU
Age 53
Year 1975
Reg  28528

If you give full particulars of the names of the parents of the man, his birthdate and any other family details, some here may be able to assist.

In answer to your question about information on Australian certificates, see here.
http://www.jaunay.com/bdm.html

Sue

[jaybelnz]

my Donald Edward Wilkinson listed his profession on the boat as a clerk Was the one listed in 42  an engineer I found two a plumber and a furrier - My fellow came from a family the father was ships lamp maker / business owner  I assume he  had a good education. He had two brothers run away to Canada 1904-08 both listed themselves as carpenters
Will an Australian death cert give fathers name and profession
Terry
Canada

A death certificate will only have the father's details if the notifier knew of them, and that's not always known!  Information on a death cert is unfortunately not always as much as we would like or expect to see.

[Dundee]

I can't find him arriving  Where would i look for ships arrivals
regards
terry

It appears that the Borda went straight from the UK to Melbourne via Adelaide, arriving in Vic in Jan 1923.  The NAA have only indexed the passengers arriving via Fremantle in WA for that time period and these are what you see on the subscription websites.  As the ship did not stop there you will not find him indexed.

Passengers who disembarked in Victoria up to 1923 are indexed at http://prov.vic.gov.au/index_search?searchid=23. 

Passengers arriving into Sydney are only indexed up to 1922 on subscription websites.

You would need to contact the NAA and they will quote for a copy of the relevant manifest page.

http://reftracker.naa.gov.au/reft100.aspx?key=02PassRef

You may like to look through the file for that voyage to see if he is mentioned:

http://soda.naa.gov.au/record/413923/1

Debra