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Title Competence in a Colony Contrasted with Poverty at Home; or, Relief to Landlords and Labourers Held Out by Australian Colonization and Emigration. A Memorial Addressed to the Right Hon. Lord John Russell
Date 1848
Document Type Printed Book
Publisher Information John Murray
Reference 8007.b.44.(5.)
Library / Archive British Library
Collection Name General Reference Collection
Description Proceedings of a society formed and a memorial to encourage emigration from Great Britain, particularly Ireland and Scotland, to Australia to ease poverty, unemployment and over population.
Theme(s) Motives for Emigration
Country (from) Great Britain; Scotland
Country (to) Australia
Places London, England
Nationality English; Irish; Scottish
People Earl Russell (Russell, Lord John); Lord Howick (Grey, Henry)(1802-1894)
Keywords assisted emigration, emigration society, fund, poverty, push factors, unemployment, labour, over population
Language English
Copyright British Library