Title The bride ships : experiences of immigrants arriving in Western Australia 1849-1889 / by Rica Erickson

Published Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 1992

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W'PONDS	994.103 Eri/Bse		AVAILABLE

Description xiii, 256 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm Series Shipping and shipwrecks Contents Part 1: An Immigrants' Lot is not a Happy One -- 1. The First Bride Ship -- Lt. Irwin's Request for Servant Girls -- 2. Doubtful Anchorage -- The Servants' Home -- Governor Fitzgerald Takes Charge -- 3. Fair Winds and Foul -- Irish Needlewomen -- 4. Any Port in a Storm -- Country Immigrant Depots -- 5. The Doldrums -- Governor Kennedy Imposes Economies -- 6. Winds of Change -- Governor Hampton at the Helm -- 7. Setting a New Course -- After Transportation of Convicts Ceased -- 8. Full Steam Ahead -- Into Troubled Waters -- Part 2: Biographies -- 9. Choosing a Husband -- Mary White's Letters10. The Broad Family of the Will Watch -- from the Avon to the Murchison -- 11. Immigrants at the Toodyay Immigrant Hiring Depot 1853-54 -- 12. Julia Tighe -- An Irish Needlewoman -- 13. Murder -- 14. Benjamin Piggott's Servants at 'Springhill' Australind15. Exiles' Wives as Immigrants -- 16. Elphick's Dilemma -- 17. A Labourer's Lot -- Alfred Gittens -- 18. Turton, the Miller at Dongara -- 19. Builders at East Perth -- 20. Joseph Wright -- a Letter Writer Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 236-245 Subject Immigrants -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Biography. Immigrants -- Australia -- Western Australia -- History. Women immigrants -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Biography. Women immigrants -- Australia -- Western Australia -- History -- 19th century. Women immigrants -- Australia -- Western Australia -- History. SUBJECT Western Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79089339 -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005909 Western Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79089339 -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907 -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167 Western Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79089339 -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00002751 Genre/Form Biographies. Author Hesperian Press Western Australian History Foundation LC no. 93202624 ISBN 0859051625

Other Titles Experiences of immigrants arriving in Western Australia, 1849-1889

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