Journal article
‘Radically unsound and mischievous’: Female migration to Tasmania, 1856–1863
Australian Historical Studies, Vol.23(93), pp.386-404
1989
Abstract
After transportation ended in 1853, the Tasmanian government turned to assisted immigration to augment the colony's labour supply. With the Victorian goldfields drawing the bulk of the single men introduced under the bounty system, it seemed that the solution to Tasmania's population problem lay in family growth...
Details
- Title
- ‘Radically unsound and mischievous’: Female migration to Tasmania, 1856–1863
- Authors/Creators
- J. Gothard (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Australian Historical Studies, Vol.23(93), pp.386-404
- Publisher
- Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
- Identifiers
- 991005541864207891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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