Made in Lancashire : a collective biography of assisted migrants from Lancashire to Victoria 1852-1853
Turner, Richard2021
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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."--Publishers website.
Turner, Richard, author
Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, 2021.©2021
xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
9781922464361 (pbk)9781922464361
994.500421994.5
English
417483
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Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 994.5 TUR | Available |