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Made in Lancashire
- A Collective Biography of Assisted Migrants from Lancashire to Victoria 18521853
Engelsk Paperback
Made in Lancashire
- A Collective Biography of Assisted Migrants from Lancashire to Victoria 18521853
Engelsk Paperback

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At the height of the Victorian gold rush, between July 1852 and June 1853, hundreds of government-assisted migrants from Lancashire, England, made their way to Australia and disembarked in Victoria. They were part of a huge flood of such migrants who poured into the new-born colony as the colonial administration scrabbled to cope with the gold rush. The scheme was an unprecedented achievement in government-organised migration. Yet most historians have tended to dismiss these assisted migrants as the unskilled poorest-of-the-poor, and not of the same calibre as the working-class and middle-class unassisted migrants also arriving at the colony in great numbers. However, far from being the dross of England, these migrants were intelligent, highly motivated risk-takers, many of whom went on to experience success as gold diggers, selectors, tradespeople and entrepreneurs. Made in Lancashire is a collective biography that explores in detail who these Lancashire assisted migrants were: their origins, why they migrated, where they went on arrival in Victoria, and what they made of their lives.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9781922464361
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1922464368
Udg. Dato:
1 jun 2021
Længde:
17mm
Bredde:
234mm
Højde:
154mm
Forlag:
Monash University Publishing
Oplagsdato:
1 jun 2021
Forfatter(e):
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