The Female Emigrants

Between 1833 and 1837, fourteen ships departed Gravesend, England and Dublin & Cork, Ireland under the auspices of the London Emigration Committee (LEC), which organized the first scheme for female emigration between Great Britain and the Australian colonies on behalf of the British government. The ships carried approximately 2,700 bounty women to Sydney, Hobart and Launceston.

 

 

Click here to see the names of the women.