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Opposing Australia's first assisted immigrants, 1832-42

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Opposing Australia's first assisted immigrants, 1832-42by Melanie Burkett.
Author:	Burkett, Melanie.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2021.
Description:	xix, 256 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	ImmigrantsHistory19th century.Australia
Subject:	Great BritainEconomic policy1979-1997.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84920-7
ISBN:	9783030849207$q(electronic bk.)

Opposing Australia's first assisted immigrants, 1832-42
Burkett, Melanie.

Opposing Australia's first assisted immigrants, 1832-42[electronic resource] /by Melanie Burkett. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2021. - xix, 256 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Palgrave studies in migration history. - Palgrave studies in migration history..

1. Introduction -- 2. Collateral Damage in a Political Game -- 3. The Interwoven Trio: Immigration, Representative Government and Transportation -- 4. Land, Labour and the Economic Development of New South Wales -- 5. When Wealth Equals Worth -- 6. Impossible Standards: Gender Norms and the Rejection of Single Female Immigrants -- 7. Adversity Absent Compassion: The Migrant Experience -- 8. Conclusion.

This book unravels the paradoxical denigration of the first significant group of free (non-convict), working-class emigrants to the Australian colony of New South Wales in the 1830s. Though their labour was sorely needed, the colonial elite rejected the new arrivals on the grounds that they were 'lazy' and 'immoral'. These criticisms stemmed from political, economic, and cultural motivations that ultimately sought to protect, legitimise, and cement the elite's financial and social hegemony. The author seeks to explore the ulterior motives behind the public denouncements of immigrants by exposing the conflicting and opportunistic rationales used. Brought to Australia from Britain and Ireland through the experiment of 'government-assisted migration,' these immigrants are often remembered as 'brave pioneers' today, but this book exposes the deep antagonistic attitudes toward immigration that remain entrenched in Australian society. Uncovering early forms of class antagonism in Australia, this book presents useful insights for those researching Australian history and migration studies, as well as scholars of colonial history, by providing a model for re-evaluating and confronting a long-standing pattern in most settler societies: hostility toward immigrants.

ISBN: 9783030849207$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-84920-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

908777
Immigrants
--History--Australia--19th century.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

381151
Great Britain
--Economic policy--1979-1997.

LC Class. No.: JV9124 / .B87 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 325.24109940904

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