Post by Elspeth Grant on Jan 21, 2009 8:28:29 GMT 9.5
Hi all
I had an email query about whether there was a similar farm apprenticeship scheme that operated in Queensland, so I thought it might be useful to post my response...
Have you found the record for what ship your grandfather emigrated to Australia on and when? If not, findmypast.com have lists of passengers departing the UK from 1890-1960. If you find that there are quite a few other boys of the same age listed on the same sheet, this is a good indication he came out as part of an organised scheme. [After that it is worth confirming that the passenger disembarked in Queensland using shipping records in Australia.]
If he arrived post WWI it might be worth emailing the Big Brother Movement (now known as BBM Ltd http://www.bbm.asn.au) and checking if they were operating in Queensland at the time. If not, they might know of some similar schemes.
If he arrived pre WWI, this might help. I've found very little written about youth migration to Queensland in the secondary sources but I did come across a mention of a scheme in a primary source. There was a 'Royal Commision on the Natural Resources, Trade and Legislation of Certain Portions of His Majesty's Dominions' (aka the Dominions Royal Commission) which began in 1912 and whose final report wasn't published until 1917. The Commission visited Australia in 1913 and in their 'minutes of evidence' I found a reference to the 'Lads' Immigration Bureau' in Queensland.
I'm afraid that's all I know but perhaps if you visited the Queensland Government archives they might know of records relating to the Bureau (immigration was still largely a state responsibility until the 1920s). If the Bureau was a privately run organisation it will be a lot harder.
Hope this is of some help!
If you are able to provide more information, please post a message to this thread.
Thanks
Elspeth
I had an email query about whether there was a similar farm apprenticeship scheme that operated in Queensland, so I thought it might be useful to post my response...
Have you found the record for what ship your grandfather emigrated to Australia on and when? If not, findmypast.com have lists of passengers departing the UK from 1890-1960. If you find that there are quite a few other boys of the same age listed on the same sheet, this is a good indication he came out as part of an organised scheme. [After that it is worth confirming that the passenger disembarked in Queensland using shipping records in Australia.]
If he arrived post WWI it might be worth emailing the Big Brother Movement (now known as BBM Ltd http://www.bbm.asn.au) and checking if they were operating in Queensland at the time. If not, they might know of some similar schemes.
If he arrived pre WWI, this might help. I've found very little written about youth migration to Queensland in the secondary sources but I did come across a mention of a scheme in a primary source. There was a 'Royal Commision on the Natural Resources, Trade and Legislation of Certain Portions of His Majesty's Dominions' (aka the Dominions Royal Commission) which began in 1912 and whose final report wasn't published until 1917. The Commission visited Australia in 1913 and in their 'minutes of evidence' I found a reference to the 'Lads' Immigration Bureau' in Queensland.
I'm afraid that's all I know but perhaps if you visited the Queensland Government archives they might know of records relating to the Bureau (immigration was still largely a state responsibility until the 1920s). If the Bureau was a privately run organisation it will be a lot harder.
Hope this is of some help!
If you are able to provide more information, please post a message to this thread.
Thanks
Elspeth
