Hi Peter, Thanks for your reply. I now recognise the need to learn historical frameworks to get a full picture. Made a complete idiot of myself recently when discussing ancestors who lived near Albury and I mentioned to someone that there was a family in the region named Hume and that they must have been well known. She replied dryly 'As in Hume Highway?' Cheers Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Thomas" <pmthomas@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 9:47 AM Subject: RE: Female Immigrants Depot > > G'day, I haven't researched this in detail. Circa 1889, great-grandma > had a child out of wedlock. The child was fostered. When I accessed > the child welfare records, great-grandma was recorded as residing in the > Immigrant's Home. G-grandma was hardly an immigrant: born in Tas; came > to Vic very young. I did a little research. I gather that what began > as a hostel for migrants later became a more general benevolent > institution. > > So the answer you get may well depend upon the era under discussion. > > > Peter THOMAS > Darwin, AUSTRALIA > <pmthomas@bigpond.com> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Player [mailto:player6@bigpond.com] > Sent: Monday, 26 September 2005 7:42 AM > To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Fw: Female Immigrants Depot > > > ----- > > Hello List, > > Does anyone have information on the 'depot' where single female migrants > were sent after arrival in Port Phillip? I notice on some of the ship's > registers there are notes about how long the girls stayed there at > public expense etc and how/where they were 'disposed'. > > Would there be surviving records about this depot? > > Kind regards Maureen > > ______________________________ > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Threaded archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/aus-vic-goldfields >