SO SHE WAS AN ORPHAN. I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF THAT.
BECAUSE TO BE HONEST, I JUST REMEMBER THINKING, LIKE,
"WHAT PARENT WOULD ALLOW THEIR 15-YEAR-OLD CHILD
TO GET ON A SHIP TO A NEW FRONTIER
WHERE THEY WOULD KNOW NO ONE?"
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE HER LIFE WAS SO PERILOUS
IN IRELAND THAT THIS WAS BY FAR A BATTER OPTION
THAT STAYING HOME.
THAT'S RIGHT. WOW.
MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE NOW.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE ELLEN ARRIVES ON THE LADY PEEL.
THE YOUNG GIRLS GET OFF THE BOAT,
AND MY GOODNESS, HOW AMAZING WOULD THAT HAVE FELT
AFTER BEING AT SEA FOR THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
AND HERE, THEY WOULD HAVE BEGUN THEIR JOURNEY
IN THIS NEW LAND.
IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE TO THINK THAT
SHE WOULD HAVE WALKED THESE SAME STEPS,
WOULD HAVE WALKED RIGHT IN HERE, JUST WHERE WE ARE.
WOW.
SO THEN, WHY WOULD SHE HAVE BEEN KEPT IN THE IMMIGRATION DEPOT
FOR THREE MONTHS?
THEY WERE WAITING TO FIND EMPLOYMENT,
SECURE EMPLOYMENT THAT WOULD THEM TAKE THEM
OUT OF THIS BUILDING AND INTO THE WORLD BEYOND.
GOT IT.
INSIDE, WE CAN GO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE
FOR ELLEN IN THOSE EARLY DAYS OF THE COLONY.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. YEAH, LET'S DO IT.
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COME ON THROUGH.
ISN'T THIS EXTRAORDINARY?
WOW.
SO, THIS IS THE KIND OF ROOM THAT ELLEN WOULD HAVE
SLEPT IN HERE IN THE DEPOT FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS
WHEN SHE ARRIVED HERE IN AUSTRALIA?
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, NOT LUXURIOUS.
SURE, BUT I'M SURE ANYTHING WAS BETTER THAN
BEING ON A SHIP FOR FOUR MONTHS.
THEY HAVE STABLE BEDS THERE.
SURE.
SO, WHILE THEY WERE HERE, ON A DAILY BASIS,
THEY WOULD UNDERTAKE ROUTINE DOMESTIC CHORES.
THEY'RE NOT PRISONERS, BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY
EXPECTED TO FOLLOW A PARTICULAR PATH.
I CAN IMAGINE THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR, I GUESS. YEAH.
OR HOPE AND EXCITEMENT. SURE.
AS THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN,
YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF PEOPLE THEY MIGHT BE WORKING FOR.
SO THESE WOMEN, THOUGH, WERE COMING TO WORK
FOR THESE MEN, AND DID THEY HAVE FAMILIES,
OR WERE THEY SINGLE?
THEY ALMOST WERE ALWAYS MARRIED WITH CHILDREN.
GOT IT. YEAH, SO THERE WAS
A SENSE IN WHICH YOU DIDN'T PUT YOUNG GIRLS
IN THE CARE OF MEN WHO MIGHT EXPLOIT THEM.
GOT IT.
AND WE'RE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LUCKY
BECAUSE ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND RESEARCHERS
DISCOVERED ALL OF THESE INCREDIBLE OBJECTS
THAT HAVE SURVIVED FROM THE GIRLS' TIME HERE
IN THE 19th CENTURY.
WOW!
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME GLOVES. THERE YOU GO.
SURE. THANK YOU.
♪♪
INCREDIBLE.
AND IT SURVIVED. YES.
THAT'S INSANE. IT IS EXTRAORDINARY.
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