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LXXVIII.—LETTERS ON AUSTRALIA AND
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Lxxviii.—Letters On Australia And
LXXVIII—LETTERS ON AUSTRALIA AND . NEW ZEALAND . «
The Daily Increasing Prominence Of The S...
The daily increasing prominence of the subject of Female Emigration gives a special interest to any information received direct from
the Colonies . The letter dated Brisbane , is from a young friend whose first communication after landing we published in our April
number . Dear I hop Miss e Merry have weather ere now , received the letter dated from the dep 6 tin
done which so I I gave will you some begin particulars my remarks of from the that voyage time . , first _Concluding describing that the you reception have , we met , with in our adopted country . Directly we landed , the free emigrants
were agreeable marshalled of three separated gentlemen old in lad order from , who who and the had marched delivered rest held , and the strai us office the into ght sing the up many to le safe years the women keep depot . ing The among , under of dep the 6 them the matron twhich convoy were , an is
within a few yards y of the wharf , was originally built for military , barracks building the and matron was not containing and fitted sick up thre with inmates e very much . large The attention rooms room , and to on comfort the four ground small . It ones -floor is a for large is the used use stone b of
Government as a storehouse and kept locked up , the chamber above it being y appropriated to us . Its furniture consisted of a number of little iron
beddismal centre steads ; set prison all in the rows -like windows round look . the were Shortl walls guarded y , after and one entering by small thick , the table iron matron and bars three , served which form gave out s in to it the us a
the read and as we half provisions stayed for a ourselves loaf . The per allowed day matron and , and b find y informed Grovernment tea out and how sugar us to that , which . if This we consisted wanted it was and our then any of bill tea she a of pound we left fare must us as of to get long beef our it prepare
own y resources . Most of , the young women were very , much out of spirits at the reception My friend , and Miss , not Jeffreys knowing , who well was what the most to do active first , stood and cheerful about and among did us nothing , went .
we with found me to a exp very lore wide the chimney place . There , three are great no logs stoves resembling in use here the , but trunks in an outhouse of young extremities trees were spreading lying with out their over ends the kitchen together floor on . the I had hearth read , and of the their three other -log
fires our fire common but here the , first and difficulty of course was concluded how to that set out light of them to such we were great to pieces make . matron However kindled , lent first , in us , the and . yard We soon found we had found that some some no water utensils smaller boiling had wood in been , the which provided saucepan we broke for which our up use and the
but the matron told us there had been a few odd things about , and we might , look about the premises and have whatever we could find . Thereupon we commenced prowling about in search of pots and sand were rewarded b
discovering , about the outhouses and yard , three pan small , tin mugs and one or y two could tin and plates then , encrusted allfifteen with in number dirt and rust commenced . These our we cleaned first meal as in well Queens as we
land . , We thought , it was no time for , grumbling after having been delivered at safe not from being the able dangers to have of the one sea civilized , but we were meal nevertheless after the discomforts rather disappointed of a long
found voyage there . The was next no morning means provided another disappointment for washing ourselves awaited , us not when a basin on rising or towel we
the debarred anywhere great . from pleasures We it had . of The looked coming reason forward - ashore the to matron , having and were gave plentiful much for having ablutions annoyed the as at place one being so of
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1862, page 407, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081862/page/47/
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