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Letter, 1847 Dec. 27, Grampians from Mrs Mary Muirhead to her brother, William, describing life in Australia ; Letter, 1849 Nov. 28, London, from Dr. G. H. Adams to Tho[ma]s describing a voyage to and from Australia ; Letter 1849 Dec. 29, London from Dr. G. H. Adams to Tho[ma]s describing his stay in Australia.
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Description: Entry book of correspondence on Australian emigration. Letters discuss free passages and applications for passage, Indian labourers, female migration and convict families, Irish orphans, Scotch emigrants, selection of emigrants, grants of crown lands, wasteland sale, cholera at emigration ports, immigration returns and related matters. Also includes letters relating to English refugees leaving France.
Letters relating to Australia from an album of papers of Sir Henry Barkly, c. 1856-1889. Letters from Sir Rowland Hill, William Howitt, Charles La Trobe and Nellie Melba among others.
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Description: Letters mainly sent and received by the Australian Secretary of State, many of which refer to European applications to emigrate to the Australian colonies. There are many letters referring to particular ships, detailing their journey, the duration of the voyage and general conditions on board. Enquiries into free and assisted passage for labourers, teachers and family members of convicts transported to the Australian colonies feature frequently. Infringements of the Passengers' Act are also noted, as are returns of crown lands and deeds of land grants. References to the population of the gold field settlements of Australia are also made in several letters, with the wages earnt by emigrant workers listed, along with remarks upon samples sent to be exhibited at the Paris Exhibition.