HOLDFAST database South Australia
Edward Gibbon Wakefield's Land Scheme to Aid Emigration
"The leading principles which control the mode by which the public land of South Australia may become the property of individuals are-
Comparative Population Chart of the First Five Years
* excluding an estimated 750,000 Aborigines
- 1st. Uniform disposition by grant, instead of by gift, or reward for services performed.
- 2nd. Absolute freehold of the land to be granted, on condition of an uniform rate of deposit to an emigration-fund.
- 3rd. Such rate of deposit to be determined by the cost of conveyance to the colony of the number of mechanics and labourers required for the cultivation of the land granted, and for the general purposes of the community.
- 4th. The emigration-fund so raised to be expended in the conveyance to the province, from Great Britain or Ireland, of young healthy poor persons of both sexes, in equal proportions."
(Robert Gouger South Australia in 1837 p.2)
Comparative Population Chart of the First Five Years
from the Foundation of each Australian Colony
* excluding an estimated 750,000 Aborigines| New South Wales (Penal Colony) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1788 | - | 1,030 | (First Fleet included 730 convicts; 548 males, 188 females, 211 marines) |
1789 | - | N/A | |
1790 | - | 1,715 | |
1791 | - | 2,873 | (2,350 convicts - 87 free settlers) |
1792 | - | 3,264 |
|
| Tasmania (Penal Colony) | |||
1828 | - | N/A | |
1829 | - | 20,015 | |
1830 | - | 24,279 | |
1831 | - | 26,640 | |
1832 | - | 28,903 | |
| Western Australia (Free Settlers but No Land or Immigration Scheme) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1829 | - | 1,003 | |
1830 | - | 1,172 | |
1831 | - | 1,341 | |
1832 | - | 1,510 | |
1833 | - | 1,655 |
|
| South Australia (Only Free Settlers) | |||
1836 | - | 636 | First Fleet of 9 vessels |
1837 | - | 3,273 | |
1838 | - | 6,000 | |
1839 | - | 10,315 | |
1840 | - | 14,630 | |