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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Sedgwick Migration Scrapbook 25: Australia; New Zealand |
| Date | Dec 1911 - Mar 1913 |
| Document Type | Newspaper; Correspondence |
| Reference | RCMS 31/2/306-325, Box 7, Volume 2, Folder 12 |
| Library / Archive | Cambridge University Library |
| Collection Name | Thomas E. Sedgwick's Migration Scrapbooks, 1910-1914 |
| Description | Newspaper clippings and letters referring to the process and conditions of Mr Sedgwick's emigration schemes in Canada, and discussions of establishing the same in Western Australia. There are also papers advertising fares at reduced rates from Great Britain to New Zealand on board steamers of the New Zealand Shipping Company and the Shaw Savill & Albion Company sailing from London. |
| 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) | Motives for Emigration; Politics, Legislation and Governance; Responses to Immigration |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | New Zealand; Australia; Canada |
| Places | Perth, Western Australia, South Australia, Australia; New Brunswick, Canada; Cincinnati, Ohio, United States; Dunedin, Nelson, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Ports | Melbourne, Victoria, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; London, England; Wellington, New Zealand |
| Nationality | English; European; Maori |
| People | Sedgwick, Thomas Edward; Kirk, John; Creed, J M; Ward, Sir Joseph; Bolton, Charles F; Massey, W J |
| Keywords | apprenticeship, emigration scheme, shipping, agriculture, farming, labour, employment, government, farm school, colony conditions, settlement, application, finance, push factor, wages, social class, poverty, journey conditions, steerage, fare, assisted passage, regulations, eligibility, New Zealand Shipping Company, Shaw Savill Line, customs, labour union, population, children, land, prisoner, indigenous peoples, clothing |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Cambridge University Library |
