History lesson 9 by https://padlet.com/aeisha_khodary/bm8nw9rxuc0j en-us 2018-04-04 01:37:53 UTC 2018-04-04 02:18:01 UTC hello@padlet.com On Friday June the 4th, the convicts departure from their native shores. Sea sickness commencing and many woman suffer a great deal. The voyage was arduous and took around three months, although some voyages were reported as pleasant because a lot of the woman on the ship were getting sick. aeisha_khodary https://padlet.com/aeisha_khodary/bm8nw9rxuc0j/wish/248345350 2018-04-04 01:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aeisha_khodary/bm8nw9rxuc0j/wish/248345350 Many migrant women who travelled to Australia made the voyage alone. Some were married and came out to the colonies on their own to join their husbands. In the early 1800's, the colonial population made up of convicts In the early 1800s, the colonial population was predominantly male, made up of convicts, soldiers, and agricultural workers. Recognising the need for more single women in Australia. aeisha_khodary https://padlet.com/aeisha_khodary/bm8nw9rxuc0j/wish/248346132 2018-04-04 01:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aeisha_khodary/bm8nw9rxuc0j/wish/248346132 Thousands of women migrated to the Australian colonies from Great Britain and Ireland during the nineteenth century. Women commenced with the processes devised by the Emigration Commission of 1831-1832. This was the time in which decisive changes took place in the demography of the eastern colonies of Australia. aeisha_khodary https://padlet.com/aeisha_khodary/bm8nw9rxuc0j/wish/248346317 2018-04-04 01:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/aeisha_khodary/bm8nw9rxuc0j/wish/248346317 On board, a matron was appointed to supervise the regulate single women's daily lives. Deck time was limited and compartments below deck were often cramped, dark and poorly ventilated. Most ships only had one bathroom for the single women, as others had none at all. aeisha_khodary https://padlet.com/aeisha_khodary/bm8nw9rxuc0j/wish/248348488 2018-04-04 02:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aeisha_khodary/bm8nw9rxuc0j/wish/248348488 The Voyage aeisha_khodary https://padlet.com/aeisha_khodary/bm8nw9rxuc0j/wish/248348993 2018-04-04 02:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aeisha_khodary/bm8nw9rxuc0j/wish/248348993