The Emigrant’s Guide to New South Wales and Van Dieman’s Land including Regulations Adopted by His Majesty’s Government, to Facilitate Emigration of Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital Continue Reading →

Scale of Wages in Adelaide in 1864 Continue Reading →

Select Regulations with respect to the “convict” population, detailing classes of convicts and entitlements, regulations for food and clothing (male and female), and the regulation about Saturday employment. Continue Reading →

General Report of Agriculture, Stock, and Gardening for the Month of March, 1828, Van Dieman’s Land Continue Reading →

Price of Articles in Hobart Town, March 1828 Continue Reading →

Prices of Imported Goods to Van Dieman’s Land, March 1828 Continue Reading →

Sydney Markets – Cost of Articles – February 1828 Continue Reading →

Terms, published in the Colonial Times (Hobart) on 18 January 1828, which were directed to potential settlers setting out the regulations for land grants in the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land. Continue Reading →

Originally published in the Calcutta Literary Gazette and reproduced in The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser on 21 February 1835, this article gives an account of early life in Van Diemen’s Land, from a settler’s viewpoint. Continue Reading →

This article, published in the Illustrated Australian Mail of 22 February 1862, gives a detailed guide to people who wish to emigrate to Australia. The information provided is from Melbourne, however would pertain to most of the colony and includes costs for food, clothing, and rates of wages. Continue Reading →

Price of articles in Sydney in 1807, published in the Sydney Gazette 9 March. Continue Reading →