Author shortlisted for Victorian Premier's history award

Woy Woy author Mr Richard Turner is in the running for a history award from the Victorian Premier.

The shortlist includes his book Made in Lancashire: A Collective Biography of Assisted Migrants from Lancashire to Victoria 1852-1853.

His book describes how, at the height of the Victorian gold rush, between July 1852 and June 1853, hundreds of government-assisted migrants from Lancashire, England, made their way to Australia and disembarked in Victoria.

"They were part of a huge flood of such migrants who poured into the new-born colony as the colonial administration scrabbled to cope with the gold rush," he said.

"Made in Lancashire is a collective biography that explores in detail who these Lancashire assisted migrants were: their origins, why they migrated, where they went on arrival in Victoria, and what they made of their lives."

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Media release, 12 Oct 2021

Tara Oldfield, Public Record Office Victoria