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    1. [AVG] Re: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-D Digest V99 #289 Contract shypping agents.
    2. geoff Coxon
    3. This is muchbigger question than it looks, like all of these questions the devil is in the detail. I can't point you in the direction of the specific migration agents that you asked about for one very good reason there are just to many references to go through. If any one wants a list of the references I suggest they consult Monie Joanna, VICTORIA HISTORY AND POLITICS, EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT IN VICTORIA TO 1939 A SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE Vol 2 pub Borchardt Library 1982 pp. 413 - 433. These books are a record of the publications about Victoria from prior to settlement in 1834 to 1939. The pages I have listed contain 241 references that relate to immigration into the State of Victoria, the main one that is quoted is F.K. Crowley, BRITISH MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA 1860 -1914 Oxford University 1951. A copy of tis thesis is on microfilm in the Menzies Library at the Australian National University. I realise this may all seem a little academic for the genalogists news groups but these two volumes of Bibliography have the best lists of sources of information about Victoria prior to 1939 and well worth a look especially if you are looking for a hospital or some other state institution. Before anyone asks the Borchardt Library is the library of Latrobe University melbourne. I brought my copy from the Victorian Government Bookshop that is now situated in Collins street Melbourne. happy hunting Geoff Coxon

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