@article{1440655,
      recid = {1440655},
      author = {Burkett, Melanie,},
      title = {Opposing Australia's first assisted immigrants, 1832-42 /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {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 elites 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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1440655},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84920-7},
}