Oh! to emigrate there
Out there, over there, on the edge of civilisation however the colonies were viewed in the 19th century, the need for emigrants produced opportunities for those willing to travel and take their families to the other side of the world.
Posters on talks about Australia, New Zealand and Canada, advertising promotions for ships and sailing dates, letters from emigrants to those "back home" all played their part in the promotion of emigration opportunities. Records such as these are scattered throughout the AJCP collections.
This poster advertises lectures about Australia. It is from the Oxfordshire County Record Office.
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| https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2497766794/view |
In 1838 Colonel Wyndham was keen to move his Irish tenants off his estate so he offered free passage to Canada. Those who were above 15 but under 30 could go to Australia if preferred, but assistance would only be provided once families were ready to embark.
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| https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2357708934/view from the Collections of the Petworth House archives |
This 1839 printed poster advertising emigration to New South Wales to married men belonging to Battle Union comes from the East Sussex Record office. Free of Expence - presumably expense but why not interpret this as those with no pence!
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| https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1019291508/view |
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| https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1387821650/view |
An 1873 poster for the steamship Great Britain
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| https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1414387178/view |
The SALOON is provided with every requisite, including Berths, Beds, Bedding, Plate, Table Linen, Crockery, Glass, etc. It is supplied with the best articles of Food, and an abundant Dietary Scale, Live Stock, Poultry, etc. It contains a Ladies' Boudoir, Baths, etc, etc.No Passenger booking for a berth in a Cabin is to be accommodated in a Cabin by himself, so long as he can placed in a Cabin of the same class or price with another Passenger not booked for a whole Cabin. Should any Passenger shift from the accommodation for which he was originally booked to a berth for which a higher charge is payable, or from a berth in a Cabin to a whole Cabin, he is to be charged the extra fare throughout.
Finally a ticket issued in 1857 for a return journey to Liverpool. Was this an emigrant returning home, or was he just going back to visit?
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| https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2741187912/view Passage ticket issued by the Black Ball Line (Melbourne) to Charles Wilson for a passage from Melbourne to Liverpool |
Previous posts in this series
A - About the AJCP | B -Browsing the Board of Trade | C - County Record Offices | D - Downloading Documents | E - Emigration everywhere | F - Finding Aids | G - Genealogical Gems | H - Hulks and the Home Office | I - Irish Records | J - Journals and Jottings | K - Kent Archives | L - Love those Libraries | M - Mining the Records of the Missions | N - Near Neighbour New Zealand
These posters and passenger ticket are fantastic Carmel. I will be definiteLynne checking into this resource for my family
ReplyDeleteSo many interesting documents to be seen even though I’ve only found a couple of family members.
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ReplyDeleteWe toured the SS Great Britain on our last overseas jaunt, the lower classes of accommodation were so crowded. Not sure our generation would survive those trips.
Well, in the world of toda, this sounds so strange. Or maybe it had more sense than emigration does today.
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I must look for advertisements around when my Herts ancestors emigrated.
ReplyDeleteWow. What I wouldn’t give to find an ancestors actual ticket but it’s not something they often felt the need to keep.
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