The Genealogy Collection is the starting point for all genealogical and family history research at the State Library of Victoria. Here you can find BDM indexes, cemetery and immigration records, and much more.

http://www.slv.vic.gov.au...

http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/collections/genealogy/index.html

Search this list for names of immigrants from Britain to Victoria, Australia between 1839 and 1871. These immigrants were 'assisted', meaning in most cases that their passage was subsidised by the Victorian Government.

http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au...

http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24

Search this list for names of passengers who boarded ships to Victoria, Australia from overseas ports between 1852 and 1923. 'Unassisted' passengers' fares were not subsidised by government.

http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au...

http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23

Digitised records and database indexes can be accessed online. This catalogue provides advice on finding particular records in PROV's collection, performs searches for physical and digital records based on their descriptions in PROV's archival control data, allows for the download of digital records on open access, and allows registered users to order physical records for viewing at PROV Reading Rooms.

http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au...

http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguides/PROVguide023/PROVguide023.jsp