| Description |
xvi, 397 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Context -- 2. Who Were Australia's Government-Assisted Emigrants? -- 3. Recruiting in the Countryside -- 4. English Poor Law Recruitment -- 5. Irish Poor Law Recruitment -- 6. Promotion: Philanthropy, Commerce, and Colonization -- 7. Experiments in Charitable Cooperation -- 8. Scottish Recruitment: The Highland and Island Emigration Society -- 9. 'Noughting will give me more plesure than to send for you' -- App. 1. Total immigration from the United Kingdom, 1821-1900 -- App. 2. Government-assisted immigration from the United Kingdom, 1831-1900 -- App. 3.1. Percentage of Immigrants from the United Kingdom who were government-assisted, 1821-1900 -- App. 3.2. Percentage of Immigrants from the United Kingdom who were government-assisted, by colony, 1821-1900. Sources to Appendices 1-3 -- App. 4. Agencies, schemes, and a glossary of terms for each colony, 1831-60 -- App. 5. Industrial classification of male occupations |
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App. 6. Social classification of male and female occupations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-383) and index |
| Subject |
Immigrants -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
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British -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114312 -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012475
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Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117808 -- History -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167
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| LC no. |
97009156 |
| ISBN |
0333660498 cloth |
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0312174691 cloth |
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