After researching many reasons on why young women were sent out to Australia I have come across three things 1) to populate the colony 3) that many young women were left in orphanages or poor houses as we know them and the "powers that Be" decided they were orphans and removed them from the over full buildings and forwarded them on to Australia/Tasmania But time has now proven that there were family members left in the old country and these children were sent without the knowledge of the parent/parents........who may have been out looking for work But another thing that arises through looking at these immigrants that the parents were supposed to stay at the poor houses with them and one wonders why? would it not have been easier to send the well parent to seek work Cara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy & Graham" <chezleschat@ozemail.com.au> To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 7:01 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Castilian 1858 > Hi Gwen - there doesn't happen to be a John Reeves on that list?? a silly > question I guess but who knows? Judy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gwen Faulkner" <gmgwen@hotmail.com> > To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 10:05 PM > Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] Castilian 1858 > > > > Hello listers > > > > I have partial passenger list (relevant to my family) of the Castilian > that arrived in Botany Bay 1858, from England. One of the passengers was my > gggrandmother. She was 23 and it appears, from the page that I have, the > passengers are in the majority, single females, between 19-23 yrs and have > domestic occupations, eg laundry maid, domestic servant, etc. > > > > Was there any reason for (what appears) this mass immigration of young, > single females? Does anyone have any ideas or information on this one? > > > > Regards > > Gwen > > > > Researching > > HORWOOD Oxford > > TINSLEY England and Australia > > GIBSON Northumberland and Australia > > MALACARNE Italy New York and Australia > > LENNON New York and Australia > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >