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Your family migration records

Over the past 70 years, more than seven million people have made Australia home. The National Archives project Making Australia Home is now making migration records available online.

The project will provide access to people’s documentary heritage, as well as ensuring the preservation of these records for generations to come.

The project involves:

• Listing individual migration records on RecordSearch, an online collection database; and
• Making digital copies of these migration records available to view in RecordSearch.

Migration records in the National Archives cover many millions of people who made the journey to Australia, including postwar displaced persons, those who travelled on assisted passage schemes and new arrivals who stayed in migrant accommodation centres like Bonegilla.

The records typically include personal details, such as name, nationality, date and place of birth and information about family members. In some cases, there are photographs on the files.

To contact the National Archives of Australia and access your personal Immigration ID Cards, go to the Making Australia Home website.