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Between 1848 and 1850 over 4,000 adolescent female orphans emigrated from Irish workhouses to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide on the other side of the world. Their emigration has become known as the ‘Earl Grey scheme’ after its principal architect, Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies in Lord John Russell’s Whig government at the time of the Great Irish Famine. | Between 1848 and 1850 over 4,000 adolescent female orphans emigrated from Irish workhouses to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide on the other side of the world. Their emigration has become known as the ‘Earl Grey scheme’ after its principal architect, Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies in Lord John Russell’s Whig government at the time of the Great Irish Famine. | ||
The [http://irishfaminememorial.org/orphans/names_monument.htm Australian Famine Orphan Monument] lists lists the names of 400 girls brought to the colonies of Australia from Ireland under this scheme. | |||
From | From Britain Outward Passenger Lists from Britain On-line 1890-1960. [http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/ www.ancestorsonboard.com/] $ Departure records before 1890 have not survived. | ||
The [ | From Germany In an article by Karl Werner Klüber were listed emigrants from Hamburg bound for Australia in the years 1849-1851. The lists of passengers can be found in the periodical {{FHL|1743865|title-id|disp=GENEALOGIE Heft 4}}, April 1966 page 186, available through the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah (FHL book number [https://familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=call_number&searchCriteria=943+B2gf&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= 943 B2gf ].) <br> | ||
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== Books about Emigration and Immigration == | == Books about Emigration and Immigration == | ||