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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Emigration Australia: Letters from Secretary of State. Domestic. Volume 1 |
| Author | Viscount Goderich (Robinson, Frederick John); Hay, R W; Lord Howick (Grey, Henry)(1802-1894); Elliot, Sir Thomas Frederick |
| Date | 1 Mar-22 Dec 1831 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | CO 385/12 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Entry Books |
| Description | Letters sent on behalf of the Commissioners for Emigration in Great Britain, referring to prices of crown lands in the Australian and Canadian colonies, revisions made to the Emigration Bill, applications made by pensioners of the Chelsea Hospital to emigrate and royal authorisation of free passage to emigrants. Some letters note the cost of conveying British emigrants to Australia, the rate of wages, application processes for unmarried men and women and amounts charged by ship owners for transporting working class emigrants to Australia. At the end of this volume there is an index listing letters by date, recipient and a brief summary of their contents. |
| Series Description | This series contains entry books of correspondence on emigration. |
| Theme(s) | Ships and Shipping Lines; Politics, Legislation and Governance |
| Country (from) | Great Britain; Ireland |
| Country (to) | Australia; Canada; United States of America |
| Places | London, England; Glasgow, Scotland; Swan River, Perth, Tasmania, New South Wales, Australia |
| Ports | Sydney, Australia; Liverpool, England; Leith, Cork, Ireland |
| Nationality | English; Scottish; French; Irish; European; Australian |
| Ships | Marianne |
| People | Ashe, Reverend Henry; Boyd, Douglas; Boyce, William; Duke of Richmond (Gordon-Lennox, Charles); Lindsay, Thomas; Stephen, Sir James |
| Keywords | legislation, emigration, land, land sale, colony, colonisation, administration, finance, agent, parliament, government, free passage, assisted emigration, shipping, passage money, wages, employment, labour, application, newspaper, women, ship owner, social class, pensioners, Chelsea Hospital, pension, debt, commissionaires, demographics, fraud, navy, unmarried, female emigration, court, children, family, land grant, loan, mechanics, skilled emigration, bounty emigration, steerage, customs, regulations, naturalisation, societies, convict |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Emigration Australia: Letters from Secretary of State. Domestic. Volume 2 |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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