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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Sedgwick Migration Scrapbook 12: Arrival in New Zealand with Boys, 1911-1912 |
| Date | Dec 1911 - Feb 1912 |
| Document Type | Report; Newspaper; Correspondence |
| Reference | RCMS 31/1/244-265, Box 4, Volume 1, Folder |
| Library / Archive | Cambridge University Library |
| Collection Name | Thomas E. Sedgwick's Migration Scrapbooks, 1910-1914 |
| Description | Newspaper articles and correspondence praise and discuss the success of Mr Sedgwick's emigration scheme to New Zealand, and refer to interests in establishing similar schemes in Canada. The general emigration boom in Canada, the reasons behind it, and related statistics are also the topic of many articles. |
| 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; Politics, Legislation and Governance |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | New Zealand; Australia; Canada |
| Places | Toronto, Ontario, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Queensland, Australia; Rotorua, New Zealand; Japan; China; Panama Canal, Panama |
| Ports | Wellington, New Zealand; London, Liverpool, England; Auckland, New Zealand; Melbourne, Victoria, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | English; European; Japanese; Chinese; Asian |
| Ships | SS Authentic |
| People | Sedgwick, Thomas Edward; Pittman, H H; Hawkes, Arthur |
| Keywords | emigration scheme, shipping, children, agriculture, farming, labour, employment, government, farm school, colony conditions, apprenticeship, politics, unemployment, economics, push factor, wages, finance, domestic service, artisan, citizenship, housing, construction, trade, market, science, crime, eligibility |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Cambridge University Library |
