Includes index and bibliography. Young women as fair game? In 1832, the British government sent 400 young single women to Sydney and Hobart on two ships - the Red Rover from Cork and Princess Royal from London - to balance the male-dominated societies. Viewed as colourful butterflies alighting on the antipodean shores, the women were 'fair game' for employers and potential husbands. This book analyses how this migration was allowed to happen while telling the women's stories, describing who netted them in the hiring scramble and how they ultimately spread their wings. Liz and Perry have both published widely on colonial immigration. Liz's Single and Free: female migration to Australia 1833-1837 was published by ASP in 2003, while Perry's book on the Convict Family Reunion Scheme 1788-1852 is forthcoming from Irish Academic Press. They have also written two books published by Anchor Books Australia: Quarantined! The 1837 Lady Macnaghten Immigrants (2007) and The Merchant's Women (2008).