The History of Tasmania 2 Volume Set Mixed media product
by John West
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania series
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John West (1809-1873) was an English-born minister who received a Colonial Missionary Society post in Tasmania in 1838.
West became an outspoken opponent of the ongoing government policy of transporting convicts from Britain to Tasmania.
Around 1847 a wealthy supporter approached West to write the colony's history, although it had been a British territory only since 1803.
West accepted the task and, amid his campaigning and other responsibilities, completed this two-volume work which was published in 1852.
It is divided between a straightforward narrative of events and thematic issues such as the treatment of the Aboriginal peoples and the issue of the convict transport system.
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- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:756 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:21/04/2011
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- ISBN:9781108030816
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Unavailable
- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:756 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:21/04/2011
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- ISBN:9781108030816
