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Offline Jennaya

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Re: Boolburra Queensland.
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 28 October 23 09:33 BST (UK) »
It looks like the whole boatload of immigrants were headed to Rockhampton  so I wonder if they were promised land grants.  This would certainly be a big incentive.

Edited to add. Looks like they wanted again labourers

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51793291?searchTerm=Rockhampton%20migrants
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