Title Prayers and pastures : Moidart emigrants in Victoria, 1852-1920 / by Michael John Murray

Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006

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Description vii, 445 leaves : maps ; 30 cm Summary In 1852 thirty-seven Households from working class Catholic backgrounds emigrated from Moidart, Scotland, to the Colony of Port Phillip in Australia. This study personalises and contextualises the experiences of three generations in Scotland, on board ship and in Victoria concluding that upward mobility and economic security were achievable Notes Submitted to the School of History, Heritage and Society of the Faculty of Arts, Deakin University Degree conferred 2007 Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2006 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (leaves 404-435) Subject Scots -- Australia -- Victoria -- History. Crofters -- Australia -- Victoria -- History. SUBJECT Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907 Scotland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79123936 -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907 Genre/Form Academic theses. Author Deakin University. Faculty of Arts. Deakin University. School of History, Heritage and Society

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