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Advertising for domestic servants

Advertising for domestic servants

The revival of assistance for immigration in 1904 was based on farmers’ need for labourers, industry’s need for skilled workers, and the desire of middle-class families for domestic servants. This last was the inspiration for this advertisement, published about 1912.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-A-IMMIGRATION-1912-cover

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Jock Phillips. 'History of immigration', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/history-of-immigration/11/5