Hey Aussie, when did your ancestors settle down in Australia? What did they do before they came here from UK?

Question

Hey Aussie, when did your ancestors settle down in Australia? What did they do before they came here from UK?

Answer 1

to my knowledge ... the earliest arrival of an ancestor of mine was in 1838 .. he arrived as an 18 yr old convict and was apparently a *gentleman*( because he could read and write)... he lived to be old age passing away in 1904.

many of my other ancestors ( on both my parent's side ) came out in 1852 ( was an influx of immigration) ... some were highland cattle people, some were labourers... but they were all free settlers.

EDIT:

Ummm lol yeah I must concur with others who have answered .. there are a great many aussies who do not have UK heritage.. infact I may be one of the rare ones these days that ONLY have UK heritage ( d**n it!! lol .... even my husband and therefore daughter have germanic heritage)

Answer 2

And what makes you think my ancestors are from the UK?

I think you'd btter go and learn about Australia's history before you make those ill-informed generalisations.

My ancestry is Chinese, Thai and Portugeuse.

Cheers

Answer 3

I am indigenous so my relos didn't come from the UK. You left out a whole group there without even knowing it, have a good one.

Answer 4

Wish I knew - very hard to find out genealogy here in Tassie, as they had a big fire some years ago which burnt a lot of the records.  I do know that some of them came out mid 1800's and owned land as free settlers but would love to find a convict in my past.

Answer 5

My relatives came in about 1800. They weren't convicts - they actually came from England as teachers to work in the schools here.