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'At the height of the Victorian gold rush, between July 1852 and June 1853, hundreds of government-assisted migrants from Lancashire, England, made their way to Australia and disembarked in Victoria. They were part of a huge flood of such migrants who were poured into the new-born colony as the colonial administration scrabbled to cope with the gold rush.
'The scheme was an unprecedented achievement in government-organised migration. Yet most historians have tended to dismiss these assisted migrants as the unskilled poorest-of-the-poor, and not of the same calibre as the working-class and middle-class unassisted migrants also arriving at the colony in great numbers.
'Made in Lancashire is a collective biography that explores in detail who the Lancashire assisted migrants were, their origins, why they migrated, where they went on arrival in Victoria, and what they made of their lives. Far from being the dross of England, these migrants were intelligent, highly motivated risktakers, many of whom went on to experience success as gold diggers, selectors, tradespeople and entrepreneurs.'
Source : publisher's blurb
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Works about this Work
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Nicole T. McLennan Review of Richard Turner, Made in Lancashire : A Collective Biography of Assisted Migrants from Lancashire to Victoria, 1852–1853
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , no. 8 2024;
— Review of Made in Lancashire 2021 single work biography 'Too many examinations of migration fail to look meaningfully backwards, their focus
firmly fixed on the journey itself and the road beyond. As the title of Richard Turner’s
book Made in Lancashire suggests, his account begins well before departure, and he
continues to keep one eye on the rear-view mirror as his migrants find their way and
settle in the colony of Victoria.' (Introduction)
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Nicole T. McLennan Review of Richard Turner, Made in Lancashire : A Collective Biography of Assisted Migrants from Lancashire to Victoria, 1852–1853
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , no. 8 2024;
— Review of Made in Lancashire 2021 single work biography 'Too many examinations of migration fail to look meaningfully backwards, their focus
firmly fixed on the journey itself and the road beyond. As the title of Richard Turner’s
book Made in Lancashire suggests, his account begins well before departure, and he
continues to keep one eye on the rear-view mirror as his migrants find their way and
settle in the colony of Victoria.' (Introduction)
Awards
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Lancashire,
cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Victoria,
- 1852-1853