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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Sedgwick Migration Scrapbook 8: Canada and New Zealand |
| Date | May 1910 - Sep 1911 |
| Document Type | Pamphlet; Correspondence; Newspaper; Report |
| Publisher Information | Ottawa Government Printing Bureau; The Stepney Press, London; John Parkinson Bland at The Times Office, Printing House, London |
| Reference | RCMS 31/1/144-167, Box 3, Volume 1, Folder 1 |
| Library / Archive | Cambridge University Library |
| Collection Name | Thomas E. Sedgwick's Migration Scrapbooks, 1910-1914 |
| Description | Letters, papers and pamphlets relating to child emigration schemes. As well as referring to schemes set in place by Mr Sedgwick, papers also refer to proposals for encouraging Norwegian and British settlers into Canada, particularly Ontario as it undergoes development by the Canadian Northern Railway. There are also reports by G. Bogue Smart, Inspector of British Immigrant Children and Receiving Homes for the year 1910-1911 and pamphlets relating to the 'Boys' Country Work Society', and 'Juvenile Emigration: The Farm School System'. |
| 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) | Politics, Legislation and Governance; Colonisation Companies and Emigration Societies |
| Country (from) | Great Britain; Norway |
| Country (to) | Canada; Australia; New Zealand |
| Places | London, England; Ottawa, Ontario, Newfoundland, Canada; Western Australia, Australia |
| Nationality | English; European; Norwegian |
| People | Smith, Obed; Sedgwick, Thomas Edward; Smart, G Bogue; Hilliard, R W Fairbridge, Kingsley; Morris, Edward; Tregear, Edward |
| Keywords | emigration scheme, shipping, agriculture, farming, labour, employment, government, farm school, colony conditions, apprenticeship, politics, unemployment, economics, push factor, climate, mining, railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, birth, death, statistics, Banardos, charity, children, housing, welfare, disability, education, application, immigration, poverty, expenses, poor laws, societies, clothing, regulations |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Cambridge University Library |
