The Tasmanian Skilled Occupations List (TSOL) identifies. Tasmania needs enthusiastic, skilled people who want to. Achieve Permanent Residency in Australia through Tasmania.
There were two schemes: 1. The Bounty System – For single females to be employed as domestic servants.
The ‘£advances’ scheme for skilled married men with young families. Money from land sales was used to pay for the schemes. The government trialled large-scale family emigration.
Their arrival glutted the labour market so most could not find work. The Colonial Government suspended assisted immigration until there was a better scheme. Chelsea pensioner immigrants also became a burden on the Colonial Government.
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This was primarily to send out the wives and families of convicts. Part of this money was used to bring out the families of military pensioners who themselves worked their way out as guards on convict ships. The men though had trouble finding land or employment.
The discovery of gold on the mainland affected Van Diemen’s Land. (more…)