Cover image for Migrant Files
Series:
Migrant Files
Series Number:
Access:
Restricted 50 Years (C50)
Start Date:
18 Jul 1945
End Date:
30 Jun 1982
Creating Agency:
01 Jan 194631 Dec 1982
Controlling Series:
AA60 Index to Personal Nominations (M; Tf; Ta or Tg Numbers).01 Jan 194631 Dec 1981

AA61 Index to Tg 200 Nominations.01 Jan 196531 Dec 1978

AA62 Index of Sponsors.01 Jan 194631 Dec 1981

AA78 Index to Swiss Migrants.01 Jan 196531 Dec 1966
How to Use:
Digital images of files in this record series created before 1960 are available to view online by clicking on the item links below to get to the Item Details pages.

Copies may be made for private research/study but any other use requires permission from the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office.
Series notes:
This series comprises files of nominated migrants, their nominators, general enquiries from prospective settlers and occasional subject files. The series has been culled. Files containing letters of enquiry only with no further action other that notification of the despatch of standard literature on Tasmania, or referral to the Commonwealth, have been destroyed.

Despite its 'case file' appearance, the series illustrates the administrative processes of the agency and provides an insight into the state of land settlement, housing, employment and general living standards from the 1940s to the 1970s. For this reason some prospective settler files have been retained, even if there is no evidence of the person or family having arrived in the state. Some nominations may have been cancelled, deferred or unsuccessful.

The files indicate the government's policy and preference for various 'qualities' in settlers and settler families. As well as individual files, there are group nominations, e.g. Department of Education recruitment of teachers. In this case individual migrant names are not listed in the file title and the controlling series of cards (AA60) should be consulted.

These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
System of Arrangement:
By 'M' number
Items: