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    116 LETTERS FROM BRISBANE.

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    The Lettersrelative To The Emigrantsare ...

    Review cient coura side ge of the good question feelin . g t However o raise his , one voic was e ag found ainst un who just possessed sneers leve suffi lled

    letter at defenceless to the Courier women , severe , and l this y condemn gentleman ing , the C . libe H . llous Barlee arti , cl Esq e , and ., wrote speak a - ing in most favourable terms of the introduction of women of a superior

    sensible class to those way , indi hitherto gnantl sent y rej out ecting . He the argued supposition the question that his in fellow a very -colonists fair and were inclined to oppose what he termed an addition to our population ,

    which dition , , as under well p as ro the per moral directi well on , - could being , not of the fail community to advance at the large social , and con thus - defending the cause of the young women with true gentlemanly feeling .

    would He remar hesitat ked e , that to believe " anyon that e who a number possesses of educated an ordinary regard women for brou the sex ht scheme up with wi refined th the i t astes ea of l being habi trotte ts of d reli out g and ion , married would youn ent on g e tlie r upon beach " , _J such as g the a

    Saturday Review suggested ; " and further on he said , in allusion to that article , c " Few tion and who refinement have had the wi privilege ll come so of read enjoy il ing to the the s society currilous of con women clusion of edu that - y

    the immediate capture , of a wild squatter , or moral degradation , are , the th onl e y altern world atives which offered have to induced the new these arrivals young . women Again , to if take the necessities such a step of

    purity but one which which and to , offers no rectitude , doubt that to them , of has th conduct somewh the will prospect fall have at under militated stood of the an the honourable againt test so their of far the fut ideas , what ure first of , and ri difficulty delicacy ght their has , ,

    they anyone meet argue with here , or ey that they will be a greater pressure burden to society than at home . " He concluded his letter by recommending the Conway emigrants

    to Thi the s care timel and y remonstrance kindness of the succeeded community in rousing of Brisbane a little . good feeling among tion the peop of the le , strangers and a committee . The Normal of ladies Schools was formed a large to provide new building for the hitherto

    recepunused , was given up to their use on landing , , and a , good tea provid , ed by the vious In ladies these emigrants , also respects teacups to Bri they sb , an p were lates e have , accommodated knives had to , & bring c , articles much with which better them , or than most go their of without the prede pre . - -

    have cessors any , and concern had no in reason providing to comp for them lain . , a As privat Government e subscripti did not was appear forme to d , last themselves and a fortni ions g , to ht consisting wai , were t for provided situations of beef for , bread them Many , . c They oar of se were them sugar then met , and left with tea prett , engagements sufficient y much to to

    left soon , after another their , fortni arrival ght , ' s and leave at the to . end stay of was the granted fortnight them , about . A twenty notice being was

    other posted an order official up from at caretaker , the the entrance Emi , to gration see , forbidding it enforced Commission anyone , and ; , but as to mi there enter ght be was the expected no place matron without , it , was or

    far disregarded e of the . young The women writer of having these come remarks out , who herself was under interested somewhat in the similar welalmost circumstances dail , opportunities some time , previousl of observing y , readil their y found conduct admittance and hearing , and how had

    they were getting y on . The majority of them seemed to , be highly respectable and lad y like to , and endure of a class likel little y to difficulties benefit the which colony educated very much , if

    will they always are willing meet with in a some young colony , where hard manual labour women is In more immediate requisition than mental cultivation . Those who

    belonged more course respectable of frequent professedl and visits y to stead the and y conversations set class than of domestic any who with have servants them arrived the appeared writer lately could . to In be not the a

    help feeling the want of a little more oversight and protection , during their

    116 Letters From Brisbane.

    116 LETTERS FROM BRISBANE .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1863, page 116, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041863/page/44/