Why Did The Irish Immigrate To Australia
. Convict transportation from Ireland pre-1822 amounted to only 82 people 9 of whom were females. A few became property owners and professionals.
Irish Immigration to America 1630 to 1921 By Dr. A more serious impediment to success in Australia was illiteracy. People on farms needed labourers to clear the land plant crops and take care of animals.
Thanks to their relationship with Britain during the 18th and 19th Century some 30000 men and 9000 women were transported from Ireland to AustraliaThe next largish immigration of Irish to Australia was during the Gold Rush in 1851-1861 when Australias population trebled to 12m with approximate 13rd of the population.
That many Irish immigrants had worked only within the family unit did not detract from their capital value in a primitive economy with insatiable demand for unskilled manual labor. A more serious impediment to success in Australia was illiteracy. The Great Famine in the 1840s - a result of the potato disease that killed the crop most Irish depended on to survive - caused a million to leave Ireland with many going to Britain and the USA. 84 million unassisted immigrants to New South Wales Australia from 1826 to 1922.
