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The Emigration Gazette and Colonial Advocate. No. 48. 17 September 1842.
The Emigration Gazette and Colonial Advocate. No. 48. 17 September 1842.

The Emigration Gazette and Colonial Advocate. No. 48. 17 September 1842.

Date17 September 1842
Object number00003787
NameNewspaper
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 440 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionAn edition of the newspaper 'The Emigration Gazette and Colonial Advocate. No. 48.' 17 September 1842. Published every Saturday. Price 6 pence. London: printed by William Tyler, Bolt Court, Fleet Street and published by him at no. 75, King William Street, in the City of London. Saturday, September 17, 1842. 8 Pages.HistoryThe first half of the nineteenth century saw an explosion in the number of European emigrants to North America, Australia and New Zealand, many of them from Britain. The Emigration Gazette, published in the belief that "emigration is as necessary in the economy of a state, as in that of an ant-hill or a bee-hive," provided advice and information for anyone considering such a move, with advertisements, notices, letters and articles on all aspects of emigration.