Henry Parkes,
An emigrant's home letters — Letter Twenty-Seven
(1896)
“ You will perceive by a newspaper of to-day's date, which I shall post with this, that hundreds of emigrants are at the present time starving in the streets of Sydney, so great has been the over-supply of labour here since my last. ”
Henry Parkes,
An emigrant's home letters — Letter Twenty-Seven
(1896)
“ I must now conclude, hoping that you are all in the enjoyment of health. Our little Clara is getting quite well again. Clarinda and myself are quite well. The merchants of Sydney are all in a state of bankruptcy. ”
Henry Parkes,
An emigrant's home letters — Letter Twenty-Seven
(1896)
“ By the emigration regulations they are only allowed to remain on board their respective vessels ten days after their arrival in Port Jackson, and at the expiration of that time they are invariably turned adrift to provide for themselves in the way they best can. If they cannot get employment, and have no money, of course they must starve! ”
