Author

Publication

2001 - Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, Vic, Australia

Language

English

Word Count

74,500 words, Guess

Page Count

298 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • LibraryThing2254008
  • Library of Congress Control Number2001411489
  • OCLC Control Number47810430

Classifications

  • LCCJV6347 .G68 2001

Description

Almost a hundred thousand single women emigrated from Britain to the Australian colonies between 1850 and 1900. The popular assumption is that these women went to find husbands, but this text establishes that the female emigration schemes were devised to ease the shortage of domestic servants.

Subjects

Topics

BritishHistorySingle womenWomen immigrantsWomen alien laborWorking class womenWomen foreign workers

Places

Times

Other Editions

  • Blue china: single female migration to colonial AustraliaMelbourne University Press2001-01-01

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