Barefoot and pregnant? : Irish famine orphans in Australia. Volume 2
McClaughlin, Trevor2001
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Documents and register. 4000 or so young women who came from Irish workhouses between 1848 and 1850 under what is known as the 'Earl Grey scheme'.
Main title:
Barefoot and pregnant? : Irish famine orphans in Australia. Volume 2 / by Trevor McClaughlin
Author:
Imprint:
Melbourne : The Genealogical Society of Victoria, ©2001.
Collation:
460 p. illustrations maps
Contents:
Introduction - Irish perspectives - Hopes and dreams - The voyage: surgeons see things differently - Colonial governments organise the reception - Impugning the orphans' character - Feisty Moreton Bay women - Individual cases--individual stories - The search (poem) - Register of Irish female orphans - Index
ISBN:
0949672513 (paperback)
Dewey class:
929.3
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
450981
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | History Support Collection | 929.3 BAR | Available |