There seem to have been several "Assisted Immigration" schemes. England to Victoria 1839-1871 paid for by Victoria England to NSW 1839-1896 http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24 http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/assisted_immigrants_1839-96_366.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Australia Apparently people have been immigrating to Australia for over 40,000 years! Must be a nice place .... Apparently you thought that "Australia must populate or perish...." ? Anne Paling SHEFFIELD, U.K. >From: mattrussell79@aol.com >To: WARWICK-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WAR] Help understanding assisted immigration >Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:34:09 -0400 > >Hi, > >I am wondering if someone would be able to explain what exactly assisted >immigration was. > >My ancestors came from Warwick to Australia and they appear on a 'assisted >immigration' index. > > >Who provided the assistance? I am assuming that the assistance was money? > >The ships records give names and dates of arrival. Are there any other >records relating to the immigration that I might be able to obtain? > > >Did a person have to apply to be assisted, if so how was that done? > >Any information would be greatly appreciated. > > > >Kind regards matt > > > >________________________________________________________________________ >AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free >from AOL at AOL.com. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message

G'Day Yes there were quite a few schemes to bring people over to Oz. The infamous "let's dump the felons Scheme"- then the "bring wives for the felons Scheme" <grin> In the later years it seemed a good idea to send the surplus ag labs over. Then of course it was "orphans" and other unwanted children who were sent over. Various people recruited potential migrants in the UK. Caroline Chisholm was actively helping young women find employment and lodgings in Sydney and Wollongong NSW in the early years (1850s 60s I think) The Agricultural Labourers Union paid their members fares and actively recruited families in Warwickshire in the 1880s . Some Parishes also paid the fares as it was cheaper to send a poverty stricken family over here than to pay for their long term upkeep in the UK. There were various other schemes around too and I think you will find that copies of the some recruiting posters are extant. There were Agents who visited, gave talks and recruited in the towns and villages. >From past reading- I seem to remember that a family had to have a certain amount of goods - i.e. clothes etc. before they were allowed to board the ship. My husband and I were ten quid tourists in the 1960s when emigration was much easier than it is now for UK citizens. We came to God's Own Country and stayed ! The Populate or Perish slogan was a scare tactic to ward off the invading hordes from neighbouring countries - they are still trying to scare us into having more children! Cheers Wendy Boland Warwick List Admin T Apparently people have been immigrating to Australia for over 40,000 years! Must be a nice place .... Apparently you thought that "Australia must populate or perish...." ?

The Salvation Army had a scheme in the 1920s (see http://www.blognow.com.au/mrpickwick/43400/Leaving_from_Liverpool.html and http://www.blognow.com.au/mrpickwick/44721/ Fremantle_via_Capetown_1929.html for some of the material I have written, including a list of emigrants in October 1929, about the experience my grandparents had). I am guessing other religious groups also did so. I think some of the Australian state governments may also have had individual schemes. David Horton Australia