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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Sedgwick Migration Scrapbook 15: Board of Guardians |
| Date | Mar-Apr 1912 |
| Document Type | Newspaper; Correspondence |
| Reference | RCMS 31/2/28-53, Box 5, Volume 2, Folder 2 |
| Library / Archive | Cambridge University Library |
| Collection Name | Thomas E. Sedgwick's Migration Scrapbooks, 1910-1914 |
| Description | Newspaper articles and correspondence refer to concerns that the lack of pictures and other evidence of farming in the overseas dominions in British classrooms may detract from young boys desiring to emigrate. |
| Biographical Note / History | In 1911 Thomas Edward Sedgwick organised for a group of 50 boys to be sent from England to New Zealand on board the S.S. Authentic before the outbreak of the First World War. They were sent as part of an experiment to ascertain whether young British boys might help alleviate a shortage of farm labourers in New Zealand and offer a solution to the declining levels of employment opportunities in the crowded British cities. They were trained in all aspects of farming life, and the wages they earnt were paid to the Labour Department while the boys were awarded weekly pocket money. |
| Theme(s) | Responses to Immigration; Motives for Emigration |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | New Zealand; Australia; Canada |
| Places | Tasmania, New South Wales, Australia; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Ports | London, England |
| Nationality | German; Dutch; English; European |
| People | Sedgwick, Thomas Edward; Blair, R; Corbett, John; Tweeddale, Marchioness Julia |
| Keywords | government, emigration scheme, farm school, colony conditions, agriculture, farming, labour, employment, education, domestic service, factory, Salvation Army, literature, push factor, religion, persecution, crime, trade, penal colony, history, societies, female emigration, finance |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Cambridge University Library |
