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In the years 1848-50 the Company considered
selling land at Port
Stephens to free selectors and organised two charter parties for
this
purpose.
The Peel River Land & Mineral Company was formed in 1853
to take over
the Australian Agricultural Company's pastoral and mining
interests
at Goonoo Goonoo. Since 1957 it has been a wholly owned
subsidiary of
the Australian Agricultural Company.
Colonial Secretary's 00,0ke,
Sydney, ONA October, 1835.
Immigrations
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As a part of the arrangements intended to be adopted with a view to facilitate the
introduction into the Colony of useful and respectable Emigrants from any part of Europe,
His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a pecuniary aid to the amount, and
under the conditions hereinafter specified, will be granted to those Settlers who shall be at
the charge of bringing Emigrants to Sydney.
I. The sum of £30 will be granted as a bounty towards defraying the expense of the
passage of every married man, whether mechanic or farm servant, and his wife, neither of
whose ages shall exceed 50 years, and the sum of £5 for each of their children, whose age on
embarkation shall exceed 14 months. A sum of £15 will also be allowed for every unmarried
female whose age shall not be below 1.5, nor above 30 years, who shall come out with the
consent of the Settler or his Agent, under the protection of the married couple, as forming
part of the family, and destined to remain with it until such female be otherwise provided
for. A bounty of £10 will also be allowed for every unmarried male mechanic, or farm
servant, above the age of 18, and not exceeding RS years, brought out by a Settler, who at
the same time brings out an equal number of females, accompanying and attached to a
family, as hereinbefore described.
2. before any such payments are made, the Emigrants, on whose account they are
claimed, will be required to present themselves before a Board, appointed by the Governor
to inspect persons of this description, to whom the adults are to exhibit testimonials of good
character, signed by clergymen and respectable inhabitants of note in the places of their
former residence, with which testimonials it is necessary that every family and single person
for whom the bounty is claimed, should be provided. If the Board shall be satisfied with these
testimonials, and that the persons presenting themselves are within the ages set forth in the
foregoing paragraph, to be established by the production of copies or extracts of the registry
of their baptism, duly certified by the Parish Minister, or other proper officer, of good
bodily health and strength; and in all other respects likely to be useful members of their
class in society, a certificate to such effect will be granted by the Board, which being
presented' to the Colonial Secretary's Office, in Sydney, a warrant will be immediately
issued for payment to the Settler, of the sum to which he shall become entitled under this
notice, In the case of Foreigners brought to the Colony for the cultivation of the vine or
olive, or for the manufacture of wine or oil, certificates of age, but not of charactet, will
be dispensed with.
8. Settlers desiring to avail themselves of any of these bounties are required to
transmit to the Colonial Secretary, at Sydney, on or before the last day of November next,
a list, specifying as nearly as circumstances will permit, the number, condition, and calling
of the persons they propose to bring out.
4. Jt is to be understood that bounties will not be allowed for any persons brought out
by Settlers, unless the claimant shall have transmitted to the Colonial Secretary, within the
bane specified, the list required by the foregoing paragraph, and that he shall have received
in reply an intimation of its being the intention of this Government to grant a bounty on
the introduction of the persons described therein. If hereafter it shall be found expedient
to renew the arrangement now promulgated, due notice will be given from the Colonial
Secretary's Office.
.5. It is also to be understood that no expense whatever, attendant upon the introduction of these Emigrants, will be defrayed by Government, excepting the bounties hereinbefore mentioned : and that the wives and families of soldiers in regiments in this Colony,
or Van Diemen's Land, and of persons serving under sentence of transportation in either
Colony, are excepted from the present regulation.
A card index to these immigrants has been prepared by the
staff of
the ANU Archives of Business and Labour. Enquiries concerning these
records should be addressed to:
The Archives Officer
ANU Archives of Business and Labour
PO Box 4
CANBERRA ACT
2600
A list of ships carrying the immigrants, noting references to the
relevant lists, is located as Appendix D to the Guide pages 139-144.
7.
Immigration: Persons on early migrant ships, 1828-32 (4/4823;
microfilm copy AO Reel 1286)
Fair copy recording for each immigrant, name, age, sex, country and
calling, and status as passenger (cabin or steerage).
8.
Immigration: List of Irish passengers arrived on the ship, Sir Joseph
Banks, 8 October 1828 (2/8559; photocopy COD 394; microfilm copy AO
Reel 2795, frames 3-7)
Each entry records the name of the immigrant and number of children
under 12, male or female, accompanying him or her. The list shows
some similarity to a copy at location 4/4823, but includes more
names.
9.
Immigration: Persons on early migrant ships, May 1832 - January 1833
(4/ 4824; microfilm copy AO Reel 1286)
Rough copy similar to series 7. Also included is a list of mechanics
and females who received advances of money from the British
Government to pay the cost of their passage to New South Wales.
10.
Immigration: Women on the "Red Rover" and other early migrant ships,
1832 (4/4822; photocopy COD 399; microfilm copy AO Reel 2795, frames
8-23)
Each entry records the woman's name, age, native place, and
occupation The volume also records the names of their chaperones;
the amount of bounty paid and to whom it was paid; and the type of
employment obtained on arrival.
The ships are: Red Rover, Renown, Marianne, Grecian, Agnes, Sophia,
Florentia, Waterloo, Wellington, Elizabeth, Brothers, Mountaineer,
Arundel, Madeline, Minerva and Sarah.
By His Excellency's Command,
ALEXANDER M'LEAY.
Suplanu sad SiOktS, Primers, Laboor Gecege-ared, Sydney.
11.
Immigration: Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships,
1832-42
Each certificate records the name of the ship and the ship's agent;
and the native place, calling, age, health, religion and name of the
immigrant. Each is endorsed with a character reference and a
certificate of baptism.
Printed immigration regulations relating to the payment of bounties, 28th
October 1835. Colonial Secretary's papers (AONSW ref: 4/2273.2).