Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870–1885Auckland University Press, 01 հոկ, 2013 թ. - 240 էջ Drawing upon more than 80 personal diaries and journals of those on board, this resource explores the rich experience and the trials and tribulations of hopeful Anglo-Celtic pilgrims headed to Australia and New Zealand aboard migrant ships in the late 19th century. From daily routines to matters of food, health, religion, crime, and mutiny, this history unearths the humor, scandal, and personal triumph that defined the nautical pilgrimage of hundreds. |
From inside the book
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... official documents kept at different places around the country: the Auckland City Library, the Auckland War Memorial Museum, the Alexander Turnbull Library, Archives New Zealand, Canterbury Museum and the Hocken at Otago University ...
... official documents kept at different places around the country: the Auckland City Library, the Auckland War Memorial Museum, the Alexander Turnbull Library, Archives New Zealand, Canterbury Museum and the Hocken at Otago University ...
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... build up heroic figures can all too easily be debunked. Certainly the voyage is so well documented, through official records, logs and shipboard diaries written by the migrants themselves, that anyone who wishes to challenge a myth.
... build up heroic figures can all too easily be debunked. Certainly the voyage is so well documented, through official records, logs and shipboard diaries written by the migrants themselves, that anyone who wishes to challenge a myth.
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... official wrote that they kept just within the letter of their contract. As a result, on the long voyage to New Zealand, there was insufficient ventilation and overcrowding. The galleys were poorly equipped and the cooks incompetent. The ...
... official wrote that they kept just within the letter of their contract. As a result, on the long voyage to New Zealand, there was insufficient ventilation and overcrowding. The galleys were poorly equipped and the cooks incompetent. The ...
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... official record keeping which tracked each individual through the system. Each voyage was the subject of detailed reports by immigration commissioners, who inspected the ships and questioned the migrants when they reached their ...
... official record keeping which tracked each individual through the system. Each voyage was the subject of detailed reports by immigration commissioners, who inspected the ships and questioned the migrants when they reached their ...
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... officials regarded diaries and letters sent home as powerful influences on prospective migrants. This was extremely ... official concern was a rigorous system of reviewing each voyage when the ships reached New Zealand. Immigration ...
... officials regarded diaries and letters sent home as powerful influences on prospective migrants. This was extremely ... official concern was a rigorous system of reviewing each voyage when the ships reached New Zealand. Immigration ...
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Enemies easily made | |
Disorder crime and punishment | |
Mutinies and Hyde Park meetings | |
The virgins cage | |
Birth death and the doctor | |
Land fever | |
So here ends my journey | |
Bibliography | |
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Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships, 1870-1885 David Hastings Հատվածի դիտում - 2006 |
Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships, 1870-1885 David Hastings Հատվածի դիտում - 2006 |
Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870-1885 David Hastings Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2013 |
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