> -----Original Message----- > From: Lesley M Instone > Sent: Friday, 4 February 2000 10:17 > To: 'Jim Wilson & Dominique Young' > Subject: RE: Child Emigration to Australia > > Hello Dominique > Just a possibility but were there other relatives already out in Australia > and she was sent out to live with them. > You mentioned that she had consumption from an early age. Perhaps the > family thought that a long sea voyage and life in a warmer climate such as > Australia might be beneficial for her health. > My own grandfather (Hugh Miller McCALLUM, born 1883 Helensburgh) had > health problems - "weak chest" - and his mother died from consumption when > he was about 8. He was worked as purser/steward on a couple of voyages to > Spain/Portugal partly in the hope that sea travel and a warmer climate > would help, and was eventually advised to emigrate. He chose Auckland NZ, > arriving about 1911, and lived into his 80s. > Perhaps your great great aunt was also sent south for her health, > particularly if there were other family already in Australia and someone > known to the family emigrating at the same time for her to travel with. > Have you checked shipping records to see who she was with on the ship? > Have you checked for other family already in Australia? > Regards > Lesley Instone > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Wilson & Dominique Young [SMTP:domnjim@cybernet.co.nz] > Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2000 02:25 > To: DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Child Emigration to Australia > > In 1875 my great great aunt was orphaned in Dumbarton. Two of her siblings > went to live with relatives in Renton and Eastwood..., Renfrewshire. This > 10 > year old child died 15 years later in Australia of consumption that she > had > had since childhood and after being in New South Wales for 15 years. She > was > not an assisted immigrant to Australia. > My query: How did she get to Australia? Would she have been sent by some > philanthropic organisation or orphanage who thought she would benefit from > the warmer climate? I would appreciate any information on such > institutions > that existed at the time. I had my hopes raised that Quarriers Homes from > Bridge of Weir may have been involved but they apparently didn't start > sending children to Australia until pre WW2. > Thank you. > Dominique Young > > ______________________________