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Field name | Value |
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Title | Australia: Letters from Secretary of State. Domestic, 1849-1850 |
Author | Hawes, Benjamin; Merivale, Herman; Elliot, Sir Thomas Frederick |
Date | 26 May 1849 - 28 Sep 1850 |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Reference | CO 385/24 |
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, the emigration of schoolmasters, sale of crown lands, treatment of emigrants onboard ship, the emigration of families of convicts, Irish emigration, emigration of married women, emigration of women of 'bad character', the settlement of Canterbury, immigration returns and related matters. Also includes a letter regarding exploration expeditions. |
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 |
Country (to) | Australia; New Zealand |
Places | New South Wales, Australia; California, United States |
Ports | Sydney, New South Wales, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia; Canterbury, New Zealand; Cork, Ireland |
Nationality | English; Irish; European |
Ships | Equestrian; Agincourt; Ramilies; Thomas Arbuthnot; Barrempore; Indians; Ameer; Subraon; Godeffroy; Mary Shepherd; Steadfast; Scindian; Constance; Ascendant; Victoria; Diana |
People | Beddon, Commodore; Earl of Crawford (Lindsay, Alexander); Stephen, Sir A; La Beche, Sir H L; Trevelyan, Sir Charles Edward; Williams, Archdeacon Henry |
Keywords | emigration, agent, government, surgeon, education, convict, cotton, Catholicism, orphan, child migration, employment, labour, pauper, female emigration, New Zealand Company, Canterbury Association, poor laws, workhouse, geology, settlement, quarantine, mining, surveying, immigration, farming, domestic service, legislation, railway |
Language | English |
Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |