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Theophilus Jones: Tasmania Through Anglo-Indian Eyes in the 1880s and 1890s
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Haygarth, N, Theophilus Jones: Tasmania Through Anglo-Indian Eyes in the 1880s and 1890s, Papers and proceedings (Launceston Historical Society), 23 pp. 51-74. ISSN 1034-1625 (2011) [Non Refereed Article]
Abstract
How to foster immigration and tourism was vigorously debated in Tasmania during the 1880s. One debater was Theophilus Jones, a British-born, former Bombay harbour pilot who had left India for Tasmania in the hope of ‘bettering himself’. From 1883 to 1885 wrote a 97-part series of colonial sketches under the banner ‘Through Tasmania’. Jones’ insights into Tasmania still resonate today. These and his colourful adventures on the road, however, hid a desperate struggle to provide for his large family.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Non Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | History and Archaeology |
| Research Group: | Historical Studies |
| Research Field: | Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology |
| Author: | Haygarth, N (Dr Nic Haygarth) |
| ID Code: | 77527 |
| Year Published: | 2011 |
| Deposited By: | History and Classics |
| Deposited On: | 2012-04-26 |
| Last Modified: | 2012-04-26 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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