Robert Gouger. South Australia in 1837: in a series of letters, ... |
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| Title : | Robert Gouger. South Australia in 1837: in a series of letters, ... |
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| Creator : | Gouger, Robert, 1802-1846 | ||
| Source : | Angas Collection | ||
| Place Of Creation : | London | ||
| Publisher : | Harvey and Darton | ||
| Date of creation : | 1838 | ||
| Format : | Book | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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Colonial Secretary Robert Gouger described the climate of South Australia very favourably. On page 66 of this series of letters he wrote;
In January 1831 Gouger submitted two proposals to the Colonial Office: his own plan for assisting pauper children to emigrate, and another, edited by Wakefield, for a new colony at Gulf St Vincent, stressing the advantages awaiting early land buyers. In May Gouger and Bacon, in the name of the National Colonization Society, produced a more radical plan for settling South Australia. It was shown to influential people and by August led to the formation of the South Australian Land Co. As its secretary Gouger won many supporters and potential emigrants, but after many deputations and much correspondence the Colonial Office rejected the entire plan. Gouger turned again to his philanthropic plan and published Emigration for the Relief of Parishes practically considered (London, 1833). |
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| Related names : | Gouger, Robert, 1802-1846 |
| Coverage year : | 1838 |
| Period : | 1836-1851 |
| Place : | South Australia |
| Region : | Adelaide metropolitan area |
| Further reading : | Gouger, R. The founding of South Australia : as recorded in the journals of Mr. Robert Gouger, first Colonial Secretary / edited by Edwin Hodder, London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Company, 1898 Gouger, R. Emigration for the relief of parishes practically considered London : Ridgway and Sons ; Effingham Wilson, 1833 Ellyard, David, Droughts and flooding rains: the weather of Australia, Pymble, N.S.W.: HarperCollins, 1994 Australia. Bureau of Meteorology 50 years of weather: South Australia, 1908-1957 [Canberra: A.G.P.S., 1958?] Hodder, E (ed), The Founding of South Australia as Recorded in the Journals of Mr Robert Gouger London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Company, 1898 |
| Internet links : | Australian Dictionary of Biography online: Robert Gouger SA Memory, The Foundation of South Australia 1800-1851 Robert Gouger's hut, Glenelg SA Memory, The Foundation of South Australia 1800-1851 Gouger's hut and tent at Glenelg SA Memory, The Foundation of South Australia 1800-1851 Proclamation by His Excellency John Hindmarsh Bureau of Meteorology: Climate education. Climate of South Australia State Library of South Australia, General Information Factsheets Online, The South Australian Company |
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