Doug Limbrick is a graduate of the Australian National University, Canberra. He has for many years worked in the area of social policy and has had many journal articles, monographs and reports published on various social issues. He has a deep personal interest in nineteenth century Australian history, particularly the story of those who emigrated from the United Kingdom and the vessels they sailed in to reach the Australian colonies. In his writing he combines his expertise in social issues with the research work he has undertaken exploring the circumstances of those people who sought a better life in the colonies in the nineteenth century. As a consequence he has spent much time examining the personal stories of those who emigrated in order to understand their experiences, the reasons they emigrated, the difficulties they encountered, the outcome of their passage and the vessels that carried them to the Australian colonies.
