IMAGE
[Ephemera of octavo size, relating to immigration to New Zealand, problems and issues of new immigrants and refugees. 1800s]
- Date
- 1830 - 1899
- By
- Alexander F. Ridgway & Sons (Firm)
- Reference
- Eph-A-IMMIGRATION-1800s
- Description
Includes:
1839:
Smith Elder & Co. Works on emigration printed for Smith Elder & Co. Wilson & Sons, printers, 57 Skinner Street, London. (Ex Webster Collection 4079)
1842:
Bradey, Francis, 1793-1864 :New Zealand; suggestions to emigrants. Letter from Mr F Bradey to the editor of the New Zealand Journal. 3 February 1842
1850:
Canterbury papers. Now ready nos. I & II (with a map). London John W Parker, West Strand [printer. 1850] (Ex Webster Collection 2589/2)
1851:
Canterbury Association (London) :Public breakfast and dinner / Office of the Canterbury Association, Adelphi Terrace, April 10th, 1851.
1858:
Messrs Alex F Ridgway & Sons, 2 Waterloo Place Pall Mall London. Emigration to Auckland New Zealand; free grants of land [photocopy, with extracts from "Auckland Waste Land Act 1858"]
1871:
[New Zealand. Government?] :Udvandring til New-Zealand med Assistance af Regjeringen [1871]
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.
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- [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to immigration to New Zealand, problems and issues of new immigrants and refugees] / [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to immigration to New Zealand, problems and issues of new immigrants and refugees]
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Ephemera, Offset photomechanical prints, Sizes varying up to 240 mm.
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[New Zealand. Government?]: Udvandring til New-Zealand med Assistance af Regjeringen [1...
Date: 1871
From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to immigration to New Zealand, problems and issues of new immigrants and refugees]
By: New Zealand. Parliament
Reference: Eph-A-IMMIGRATION-1871-01
Description: Information sheet for Swedes intending to emigrate to New Zealand. One side shows an arrangement of text in Swedish. There are notes relating to families, unmarried women. Gives a list of average commodity prices and wages for a stone mason (steenhuggere), labourer (Muursvende), painter (malersvende), clayworker? (Teglsteensarbeidere), maidservant (tjenestepige) and other professions. The other side shows a map of New Zealand, with the provinces marked and the distances from various ports around the world. Other Titles - Emigration to New Zealand with government assistance Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and engraving on both sides of sheet 247 x 160 mm.
Bradey, Francis, 1793-1864 :New Zealand; suggestions to emigrants. Letter from Mr F Bra...
Date: 1842
From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to immigration to New Zealand, problems and issues of new immigrants and refugees]
Reference: Eph-A-IMMIGRATION-1842-01
Description: A letter relating the experiences of settler Francis Bradey, and suggesting how much money and how many family members are required to live securely in New Zealand. He suggests taking hedge plants, but stresses that there are no wild animals or pests, and the soil is fertile. Wellington was free of convicts, contained the sons of noblemen, and was backed by the influential [New Zealand] Company. He had been a bootmaker for twenty years in London, but transferred all his property to New Zealand and "it was the most fortunate speculation I ever made". Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress 228 x 143 mm.
Farewell breakfast to the Canterbury colonists, given at at Blackwall, July 30, 1850. T...
Date: 1850
From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to immigration to New Zealand, problems and issues of new immigrants and refugees]
Reference: Eph-A-IMMIGRATION-1850-01
Description: Shows arrangement of text within decorative border. The toast list and list of songs includes: 1. The Queen; National anthem; 2. Prince Albert and the Royal family; "Das ist der Vaterland"; 3. The Church, and Bishop Designate of Lyttelton; "The Christ Church Bells"; 4. The Army and the Navy; "Rule Britannia"; 5. The Departing colonists; "Hearts of Oak"; 6. John Robert Godley, founder of the Canterbury colony; "A health to the Outward Bound"; 7. Lord Lyttelton, chairman of the Canterbury Association; "The fine old English gentleman"; 8. Success to Canterbury; "Should auld acquaintance be forgot". Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on silk fabric.. Physical Description: Letterpress on silk, 230 x 178 mm.