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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Australia: Letters from Secretary of State. Domestic, 1848-1849 |
| Author | Hawes, Benjamin; Merivale, Herman; Elliot, Sir Thomas Frederick |
| Date | 12 Apr 1848 - 21 May 1849 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | CO 385/23 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Entry Books |
| Description | Entry book of correspondence on Australian emigration. Letters discuss free passages and applications for passage, Indian labourers, female migration and convict families, Irish orphans, Scotch emigrants, selection of emigrants, grants of crown lands, wasteland sale, cholera at emigration ports, immigration returns and related matters. Also includes letters relating to English refugees leaving France. |
| Series Description | This series contains entry books of correspondence on emigration. |
| Theme(s) | Politics, Legislation and Governance; Ships and Shipping Lines; Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences |
| Country (from) | Great Britain; Ireland; India |
| Country (to) | Australia; Mauritius |
| Places | New South Wales, Tasmania, Australia |
| Ports | Calais, France; Deptford, England |
| Nationality | English; Irish; Indian; German; Scottish; Australian Aborigine; European |
| Ships | Dorothy; Abberton; Sir Edward Parry; Fairlie; Royal Saxon; William Stewart; Ameer; Roman Emperor |
| People | Trevelyan, Sir Charles Edward |
| Keywords | emigration, agent, government, education, assisted emigration, coolie, family, child migration, orphan, legislation, convict, female emigration, Cooksland Emigration Company, priest, pauper, wages, labour, employment, refugee, geology, mining, health and sickness, disease, cholera, railway, shipping, steamboat, surgeon, poor laws |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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