Barefoot and Pregnant?: Irish Famine Orphans in Australia 1

Important account and record of survivors of the Irish Famine sent to Australia between 1848–1851. Introduced and compiled by Trevor McClaughlin. First published in 1991. Historian Trevor McClaughlin is the author of From Shamrock to Wattle (1985; 1990) and the editor of Irish Women in Colonial Australia (1998). He has also compiled a second volume of Barefoot and Pregnant? Irish famine orphans in Australia , which is currently being digitised. Preface Introduction Documents 1 Despatch from Governor Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy, to The Right Honourable Earl Grey 2 Despatch from The Right Honourable Earl Grey, to Governor Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy 3 Despatch from The Right Honourable Earl Grey, to Governor Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy. Register of Female Irish Orphans who Arrived Between 1848 and 1860 Sydney Earl Grey 6 October 1848 Inchinnan 20 Feb 1849 Digby 4 April 1849 Lady Peel 3 July 1849 William & Mary 21 November 1849 Lismoyne 29 November 1849 Panama 12 January 1850 Thomas Arbuthnot 3 February 1850 John Knox 29 April 1850 Tippoo Sail Or Saib 29 July 1850 Maria 1 August 1850 Port Phillip Lady Kennaway 6 Dec. 1848 Pemberton 14 May 1849 New Liverpool 9 August 1849 Diadem 10 January 1850 Derwent 25 February 1850 Eliza Caroline 31 March 1850 South Australia Roman Emperor Ramilies Inconstant Elgin Acknowledgements Copyright