Has anyone heard of the Irish Emigration Committee - the article refers to an edition of the Irish People 7th May 1864 in which an ad appeared offering to assist 50 young married couples & 50 single young women to Melbourne Australia, marrieds to contribute twelve pounds & singles five pounds - goes on to list other conditions, single women to be no older than 30, medical cert, freedom from any bodily deformity, cert of moral fitness from a clergyman etc ? Tina Cairns North Queensland Australia Researching Gordon family history Scotland/Ireland/Aus