Emigration in search of a husband
Topic: The Australian Colonies
This is the student activity 1 of 5 of the Migration to Australia in the 1800s learning activity.
Task No. 1
Emigration in search of a husband, 1833 by J. Kendrick
This poster was designed by the colonial government to encourage women from Great Britain to emigrate to Australia.
Examine the source to answer the following questions.
- Give three reasons why women migrated to the colony of NSW in the 1830s.
- Why did the colonial government encourage women to migrate?
- What is the cartoonist’s opinion of the migration of women to NSW?