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The bride ships, experiences of immigrants arriving in Western Australia 1849-1889, by Rica Erickson

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The bride ships, experiences of immigrants arriving in Western Australia 1849-1889, by Rica Erickson
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Bibliography: p. 236-245
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The bride ships
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by Rica Erickson
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experiences of immigrants arriving in Western Australia 1849-1889
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Part 1: An Immigrants' Lot is not a Happy One -- 1. The First Bride Ship -- Lt. Irwin's Request for Servant Girls -- 2. Doubtful Anchorage -- The Servants' Home -- Governor Fitzgerald Takes Charge -- 3. Fair Winds and Foul -- Irish Needlewomen -- 4. Any Port in a Storm -- Country Immigrant Depots -- 5. The Doldrums -- Governor Kennedy Imposes Economies -- 6. Winds of Change -- Governor Hampton at the Helm -- 7. Setting a New Course -- After Transportation of Convicts Ceased -- 8. Full Steam Ahead -- Into Troubled Waters -- Part 2: Biographies -- 9. Choosing a Husband -- Mary White's Letters10. The Broad Family of the Will Watch -- from the Avon to the Murchison -- 11. Immigrants at the Toodyay Immigrant Hiring Depot 1853-54 -- 12. Julia Tighe -- An Irish Needlewoman -- 13. Murder -- 14. Benjamin Piggott's Servants at 'Springhill' Australind15. Exiles' Wives as Immigrants -- 16. Elphick's Dilemma -- 17. A Labourer's Lot -- Alfred Gittens -- 18. Turton, the Miller at Dongara -- 19. Builders at East Perth -- 20. Joseph Wright -- a Letter Writer
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