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Title Australia: Letters from Secretary of State. Domestic, 1850-1852
Date 28 Sep 1850 - 8 Jun 1852
Document Type Correspondence
Reference CO 385/25
Library / Archive The National Archives
Collection Name War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Entry Books
Description Letters referring to raising a loan for the purpose of promoting emigration to New South Wales and Victoria, and applications of assistance by the Family Colonisation Loan Society. Many letters comment upon the emigration of convicts, their wives and families and enclose lists of individuals. The emigration of Irish orphans, children and families also feature heavily here. Applications for free passage to be issued to labourers, teachers and farmers also feature, along with letters referring to the diversion of American emigrants to Australia. Land sales, deeds and orders are also documented in various letters and enclosures.
Series Description This series contains entry books of correspondence on emigration.
Theme(s) Colonisation Companies and Emigration Societies; Ships and Shipping Lines; Politics, Legislation and Governance
Country (from) Great Britain; Ireland
Country (to) United States of America; Australia
Places New South Wales, Tasmania, Australia; Auckland, Otago, Canterbury, Whanganui, New Zealand
Ports Port Phillip, Victoria, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Nationality British; European; Irish
Ships Indian; Sophia; Culloden; Beulah; John Knox; Statesman; Sea; Madras; Kate; Calcutta; Simlah
People Merivale, Herman (1806-1874); Hawes, Benjamin (1797-1862); Foster, J F L; Grey, Sir Charles Edward; Fox, William
Keywords government, administration, land, settlement, colony, colonisation, emigration, immigration, commissionaires, emigration scheme, land sale, land grant, free passage, land price, workhouse, shipping, convict, transportation, surgeon, employment, steerage, regulations, loan, finance, family, societies, emigration society, labourer, alien, legal representation, application, petition, sailors, emigrant selection, passage money, children, assisted emigration, bounty emigration, banking, farming, agriculture, crown lands, Passengers' Act, legislation, orphan, push factors, benevolent society, Canterbury Association, coal, expedition, exploration, religion, property, compensation, female emigration, allotments, health and sickness, merchant, wages, contract, law, police, murder, crime
Language English
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