Blue china : single female migration to colonial Australia
Gothard, Janice2001
Book
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.
Main title:
Blue china : single female migration to colonial Australia / Jan Gothard.
Author:
Gothard, Janice, author
Imprint:
Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2001.©2001
Collation:
xiii, 298 pages : illustrations, charts ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Linking notes:
Online version Gothard, Jan. Blue china. Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2001; Online version Gothard, Jan. Blue china. Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2001
Contents:
1. Emigrating Women -- 2. Manchester Cottons and Bermondsey Boots -- 3. 'A reward for good conduct, not banishment for bad' -- 4. 'A season of industry' -- 5. 'Gliding over the great waves' -- 6. 'No worse than might have been expected' -- 7. A Compromise with Conscience -- 8. 'Free agents these domestic damsels.'.
ISBN:
052284958X
Dewey class:
325.2410994325.241
LC class:
JV6347
Language:
English
Subject:
1800 - 1899Women alien labor -- Australia -- History -- 19th centuryWomen immigrants -- Australia -- History -- 19th centuryWorking class women -- Australia -- History -- 19th centurySingle women -- Australia -- History -- 19th centuryBritish -- Australia -- History -- 19th centuryWomen foreign workers -- Australia -- History -- 19th centuryAustralia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century
Other names:
Gothard, Jan, author.
BRN:
537114
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne Library | Local History Reference | LH REF 325.241 GOTH | Not for loan (Set: 30 Oct 2018) |