Who Can Go?
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| Canterbury Association emigration poster |
In the planning stages of the Canterbury Settlement the Canterbury Association had strict regulations on which members of the working class would be selected and ‘granted passage’ on board ship, and who would be refused. Some were eligible for ‘assisted passage’, helped by funds collected by the Canterbury Association from intending ‘colonists’ from the upper classes. All of this was published in the Association’s Canterbury Papers in 1850.
- Take a look at the poster on the right. Can you find a list of the kinds of people the Canterbury Association wanted to encourage to emigrate to the Canterbury Settlement from the working classes?
How was a Colonist’s Money Divided?
The Canterbury Association intended to divide the £3 paid by ‘colonists’ as follows:
- 10 shillings for an acre of land
- 10 shillings for the building of roads, wharves and buildings etc
- £1 towards the free and assisted passage of labourers aboard the Association’s ships.
- £1 towards the provision of religion and education