Swan River mania

Swan River mania

Swan River mania refers to the period of high immigration to the Swan River Colony in Western Australia due in large part to exaggerated claims in the British press of riches to be found in the "land of promise"

The media hype only lasted between 1829 and 1830 when the first mail ship arrived back detailing the hardships of life in the colony, this bad press stemmed the flow of emigration for many years until the forced migration of convicts in 1850 and the Western Australian gold rush in the 1890s.

References

* [http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761566299/Perth_(city_Australia).html Encarta article on Perth WA]
* [http://www.encyclopedia.uwapress.uwa.edu.au/wa_snapshots University of Western Australia History Snapshot]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Discovery River Boats — était une attraction et un système de transport du parc Disney s Animal Kingdom. Cette attraction consistait en des bateaux faisant le tour de l île de Discovery Island et marquant des arrêts au Safari Village et à la section sur l Asie.… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Charles Fraser (botanist) — Charles Fraser or Frazer (1788 – 22 December 1831) was Colonial Botanist of New South Wales from 1821 to 1831. He collected and catalogued numerous Australian plant species, and participated in a number of exploring expeditions. He was a member… …   Wikipedia

  • Western Australia — Western Australian. a state in W Australia. 1,273,624; 975,920 sq. mi. (2,527,635 sq. km). Cap.: Perth. * * * State (pop., 2001: 1,906,114), western Australia. Covering 976,790 sq mi (2,529,880 sq km), it constitutes one third of the continent s… …   Universalium

  • Convict era of Western Australia — James Wilson, a convict transported to Western Australia in 1867 The convict era of Western Australia was the period during which Western Australia was a penal colony of the British Empire. Although it received small numbers of juvenile offenders …   Wikipedia

  • Charles Fraser — Nacimiento 1788 Blair Athol, Perthshire, Escocia Fallecimiento 22 de diciembre 1831 Nacionalidad escocés, australiano …   Wikipedia Español

  • performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

  • Varèse Sarabande — Infobox record label name = Varèse Sarabande image bg = parent = founded =1978 founder =Tom Null, Chris Kuchler and Scot W. Holton status = distributor =Universal Music Group Fontana Distribution genre = film scores and original cast recordings… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Etruscan mythological figures — This is a list of deities and legendary figures found in the Etruscan mythology. The names below were taken mainly from Etruscan picture bilinguals , which are Etruscan call outs on art depicting mythological scenes or motifs. Several different… …   Wikipedia

  • Musikladen — Genre Music Presented by Manfred Sexauer Uschi Nerke (1972 1978) Auwa (1979 1981) Christine Röthig (1984) Theme music composer Mark Wirtz Country of origin West Germany …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”