Opposing Australia's first assisted immigrants, 1832-42 / Melanie Burkett.
2021
JV9124 .B87 2021
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Title
Opposing Australia's first assisted immigrants, 1832-42 / Melanie Burkett.
Author
Burkett, Melanie, author.
ISBN
9783030849207 (electronic bk.)
3030849201 (electronic bk.)
9783030849191
3030849198
3030849201 (electronic bk.)
9783030849191
3030849198
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-84920-7 doi
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JV9124 .B87 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
325.24109940904
Summary
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.
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Palgrave studies in migration history.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.