Byline: John Stanley James; 1876-04-29; The Argus;
Report: John Stanley James - Undercover for the Melbourne Argus in the 1870s
Tags: Australia, immigrants, Immigrants Home, John Stanley James, Melbourne, migrants
Article Links"What is a home? Turning to the dictionaries I find it variously described as a 'place of constant residence;' . . . And so I think the Immigrants' Home is misnamed. Certainly, as a place of constant residence, it is not the home desired by immigrants or to be pointed out as a great inducement to bring people 12,000miles acaross the sea to settle in Victoria. It is not their own house or private dwelling, and if peole dwell together there it cannot be said to be the above of their affections.. . . "
Description:A day investigating the Immigrants' Home n Melbourne - as an immigrant himself.
Rights: public domain