The Great Emigration of 1841: Recruitment for New South Wales in British Emigration Fields

Population Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 337-355

  McDonald, John ^a   Richards, Eric ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH IMMIGRANTS; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; MIGRATION FLOWS; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0031414092     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472031000150096     Document Type: Article

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