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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Australia: Letters from Secretary of State. Domestic, 1845-1848 |
| Author | Stephen, Sir James; Lord Lyttelton (Lyttelton, George William); Hawes, Benjamin; Merivale, Herman; Elliot, Sir Thomas Frederick |
| Date | 22 Apr 1845 - 11 Apr 1848 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | CO 385/22 |
| 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 emigration agents at ports around Great Britain, emigration from Ireland, female and child migration (including orphans), free passages, land claims, complaints regarding passages, the shipwreck of the Mary, activities of mining companies and discovery of gold in South Australia, immigration returns and related matters. Also includes plans for German emigration. |
| 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; Germany |
| Country (to) | Australia; New Zealand |
| Places | New South Wales, Tasmania, Northern Territory, Australia; Otago, New Zealand |
| Ports | Cork, Ireland; Port Phillip, Victoria, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Nationality | English; Irish; German; European |
| Ships | Mary; Lord William Bentinck; Abberton; Herald; Isabella Watson; Ward Chipman; Elizabeth; Cumberland; Carthaginian; Asia; Orient; Clyde |
| People | Helsall, Colonel; Chisholm, Caroline; Macarthur, Colonel |
| Keywords | emigration, agent, government, female emigration, child migration, assisted emigration, immigration agent, New Zealand Company, finance, settlement, employment, colonisation, orphan, family, shipwreck, militia, wages, agriculture, squatting, mining, surgeon, surveying, gold, religion, Protestantism, coal, land sale, convict, Passengers' Act |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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