Life And Death in the Age of Sail
The Passage to Australia
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Word Count
92,000 words, Guess
Page Count
368 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-100868408980
- ISBN-139780868408989
- LibraryThing6523667
- Goodreads4275773
- OCLC Control Number70766381
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780868408989
- Open LibraryOL8331741M
Classifications
- LCCDU122.B7 H35 2003
- DDC304.8/94041/09034
Description
"During the nineteenth century approximately 750,000 government-assisted emigrants crossed the world from the United Kingdom to Australia. They traveled about 15,000 miles, usually without stopping en route, sometimes in cramped conditions, occasionally with over 500 people on board. This book looks at the experience of emigrants in steerage on their passage to Australia, and at those charged with their care." "This book focuses on the voyage and, where possible, follows the course of the travelers' lives after disembarkation in Australia. We hear from the migrants' letters and diaries as they write about everyday life on board and their hopes for the future, and as they weep over children buried at sea. Robin Haines's book is a landmark volume about the experience of migration."--Jacket.
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