Emigration and the Labouring Poor: Australian Recruitment in Britain and Ireland, 1831-60

Robin F. Haines

Emigration and the Labouring Poor: Australian Recruitment in Britain and Ireland, 1831-60
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Country
United Kingdom
Published
12 September 1997
Pages
397
ISBN
9781349257065

Emigration and the Labouring Poor: Australian Recruitment in Britain and Ireland, 1831-60

Robin F. Haines

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Robin Haines has analysed the origins, occupations, literacy, and mobilization of emigrants recruited in the UK on behalf of colonial legislatures. Her exploration of strict selection procedures shows that the symbiosis between the clergy, empire-minded philanthropic societies, and parishes, which combined to fund the emigrants’ considerable pre-departure expenses, increased the opportunities for underemployed rural and domestic workers during an era of farm rationalization and industrial restructuring. Although poor, hybrid state and private funding enabled them to relocate to Australia where their skills were in demand.

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