Whilst the service is free, it is necessary for you to make a booking. To make records in their custody more widely available- to researchers throughout Australia and overseas, the Queensland State Archives has produced The Queensland Public Records Historical Resource Kit. Part 1 of the Kit includes records of the Queensland Immigration Department and also a small quantity of records from the Colonial Records Office. These records record the arrival in Queensland of immigrants who have travelled directly from ports in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the European Continent. However, they are by no means a complete coverage of arrivals.
Some passenger lists are either incomplete or missing entirely.
Inaccurate recording of names does occur and full paying passengers are often not recorded. A Tasmanian is defined, in this Index, as someone who was either born in Tasmania or spent some time there, whether as a transported convict, a free arrival or a brief visitor. The Gazette entries include deserters, victims of criminal acts, people wanted for questioning, prisoners discharged from gaols, missing friends, etc. Licences were issued on a monthly basis and held for one year. Information on the index gives the date of the newspaper in which the item was given and the district in which the person held the licence.