Too remote, too primitive and too expensive: Scandinavian settlers in colonial Queensland

The defining feature of colonial Queensland was its high immigrant population. In a concerted effort to populate the land with European settlers, Queensland’s colonial administrators had enacted a pioneering immigration policy between 1860 and 1901, allowing Queensland to claim the highest percentag...

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Main Author: Emmerson, Mark
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Denmark
Finland
Germans
Iceland
immigration
Lutheran
migrants
Nordic
Norway
religion
Scandinavians
Sweden
Queensland
Online Access:https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2y2y/too-remote-too-primitive-and-too-expensive-scandinavian-settlers-in-colonial-queensland
https://research.usq.edu.au/download/8ac9492c285d6b4f13976ff0f0004ff5589e9f4512d3b489c5a60b75c78b97de/338421/Emmerson_QHA_2015_AV.pdf
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spelling ftusqland:oai:research.usq.edu.au:q2y2y 2023-05-15T16:48:36+02:00 Too remote, too primitive and too expensive: Scandinavian settlers in colonial Queensland Emmerson, Mark 2015 application/pdf https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2y2y/too-remote-too-primitive-and-too-expensive-scandinavian-settlers-in-colonial-queensland https://research.usq.edu.au/download/8ac9492c285d6b4f13976ff0f0004ff5589e9f4512d3b489c5a60b75c78b97de/338421/Emmerson_QHA_2015_AV.pdf unknown https://research.usq.edu.au/download/8ac9492c285d6b4f13976ff0f0004ff5589e9f4512d3b489c5a60b75c78b97de/338421/Emmerson_QHA_2015_AV.pdf Emmerson, Mark. 2015. "Too remote, too primitive and too expensive: Scandinavian settlers in colonial Queensland." Queensland Historical Atlas. 3 March 2015. Denmark Finland Germans Iceland immigration Lutheran migrants Nordic Norway religion Scandinavians Sweden article PeerReviewed 2015 ftusqland 2023-01-16T23:33:27Z The defining feature of colonial Queensland was its high immigrant population. In a concerted effort to populate the land with European settlers, Queensland’s colonial administrators had enacted a pioneering immigration policy between 1860 and 1901, allowing Queensland to claim the highest percentage of foreign-born residents of all the Australian colonies in 1891. As well as the multitude of English, Irish, Scottish and German settlers that accepted governmental offers of open land and assisted passage, there was also a significant Scandinavian element that would call Queensland home. This article gives a broad overview of Scandinavian settler life in colonial Queensland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Southern Queensland: USQ ePrints Norway Queensland
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Finland
Germans
Iceland
immigration
Lutheran
migrants
Nordic
Norway
religion
Scandinavians
Sweden
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Finland
Germans
Iceland
immigration
Lutheran
migrants
Nordic
Norway
religion
Scandinavians
Sweden
Emmerson, Mark
Too remote, too primitive and too expensive: Scandinavian settlers in colonial Queensland
topic_facet Denmark
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Iceland
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migrants
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Norway
religion
Scandinavians
Sweden
description The defining feature of colonial Queensland was its high immigrant population. In a concerted effort to populate the land with European settlers, Queensland’s colonial administrators had enacted a pioneering immigration policy between 1860 and 1901, allowing Queensland to claim the highest percentage of foreign-born residents of all the Australian colonies in 1891. As well as the multitude of English, Irish, Scottish and German settlers that accepted governmental offers of open land and assisted passage, there was also a significant Scandinavian element that would call Queensland home. This article gives a broad overview of Scandinavian settler life in colonial Queensland.
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title_short Too remote, too primitive and too expensive: Scandinavian settlers in colonial Queensland
title_full Too remote, too primitive and too expensive: Scandinavian settlers in colonial Queensland
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title_full_unstemmed Too remote, too primitive and too expensive: Scandinavian settlers in colonial Queensland
title_sort too remote, too primitive and too expensive: scandinavian settlers in colonial queensland
publishDate 2015
url https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2y2y/too-remote-too-primitive-and-too-expensive-scandinavian-settlers-in-colonial-queensland
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Emmerson, Mark. 2015. "Too remote, too primitive and too expensive: Scandinavian settlers in colonial Queensland." Queensland Historical Atlas. 3 March 2015.
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