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Title Emigration. Australia, 1839. Volume 3. September to December. Agent General Mr Elliot
Date 3 Sep-30 Dec 1839
Document Type Correspondence; Manuscript
Reference CO 384/55
Library / Archive The National Archives
Collection Name War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence
Description Largely contains the correspondence of Emigration Agent Frederick Elliot regarding emigration to Western Australia.
Series Description This series contains correspondence relating to British settlement in North America and Australasia, and to Indian indentured labour in the West Indies. Until 1857 it consists of domestic letters alone. The series then ceases and is not resumed until 1872.
Biographical Note / History A Colonial Land and Emigration Commission was created in 1840 to undertake the duties of two earlier and overlapping authorities under the supervision of the secretary of state: the Colonisation Commissioners for South Australia and the Agent General for Emigration. In 1855 it became the Emigration Commission. The commission's powers were gradually given up to the larger colonies as they obtained self-government, and after 1873 it was responsible only for controlling the importation of Indian labour into sugar-producing colonies. It was abolished in 1878 and an Emigration Department was then set up in the Colonial Office. This department was merged with the General Department in 1894, and abolished altogether in 1896.
Theme(s) Politics, Legislation and Governance
Country (from) Great Britain
Country (to) Australia
Ships William Rodger; Bussorah Merchant; Heron; Cornwall; Neptune; David Black; China; North Britain
People Earl Russell (Russell, Lord John); Stephen, Sir James; Baron Taunton (Labouchere, Henry); Grey, Sir George; Elliot, Sir Thomas Frederick; Marquess of Normanby (Phipps, Constantine Henry)
Keywords land, emigration, government, family, unmarried, ships, ports, finance
Additional Information This volume includes searchable printed documents.
Language English
Document(s) linked to Emigration. Australia, 1839. Volume 1. January to May. Agent General Mr Elliot
Emigration. Australia, 1839. Volume 2. June to August. Agent General Mr Elliot
Emigration. Australia, 1839. Volume 4. Public Offices
Emigration. Australia, 1839. Volume 5. Individuals, Miscellaneous A to Z
Printed Documents in this Volume Correspondence Respecting Emigration: New South Wales
Bounty on Emigrants – Introduced by Purchases of Land in Western Australia
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