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Matrimonial Agencies Batch This letter is a translation from a pamphlet on how mail matrimonial services worked

Police Department, Police Service Commissioner's Office1903-01-01/1903-12-31

Queensland State Archives

Queensland State Archives
Runcorn, Australia

This file contains correspondence collected by the Queensland Police regarding mail matirmonial services often called mail order brides.

"By the late 19th century, this imbalance among European settlers had decreased in most regions but persisted in rural and frontier areas where men found financial success but had little chance of romantic conquest. Matrimonial agencies may have played a key role in finding wives for farmers and frontiersmen in remote Far North Queensland."

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