Immigration and Convicts

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Containers:
Box 4
Component identifier:
Series 4
Content Summary:

The series contains letters arranged in chronological order with undated material placed last. Correspondence comes from potential emigrants; ministers giving particulars of those on their way; people wanting information on buying land, procuring passages, conditions of emigration. Many letters refer to Lang's advertisement in the "British Banner", publicising the Cooksland Colonisation Co. to send emigrants to Australia to cultivate cotton.

The series also contains letters regarding convicts. They are concerned with such matters as: provisions per person; their conditions and prospects; the cost of their maintenance; and the benefits derived from their labour.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The Lang Papers came to the National Library with the Sir John Alexander Ferguson Collection.

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Parent Restrictions:
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Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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