1. Women in Colonial Australia
... had been actively encouraged to relocate because of the importance to the forward motion of the new colony of their skills.2 Upon arrival the young women were initially housed in Hyde Park Barracks. The barracks had housed convicts until 1848, but were now being used to house emigrants. The buildings were small and cramped and had originally housed the male convicts ... were women trying to change their outlook, moving to the colonies from paupers and workhouses. After arrival the women needed to find suitable employment in order to leave the Depot (Hyde Barracks) and disperse across th...
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