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Victim of an 'Extraordinary Conspiracy'? Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1843-46

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posted on 2023-05-26, 14:32 authored by Leonie MickleboroughLeonie Mickleborough
Introduction -- Part 1: Environment, concepts and arrival. Ch. 1. The formation of Sir John Eardley-Wilmot's attitudes and opinions: his approach to crime and punishment in England -- Ch. 2. Prelude to Van Diemen's Land: House of Commons, slavery and financial insecurity -- Ch. 3. Appointment and reception: 'a strong & steady hand'? -- Part 2: The convict system. Ch. 4. Opposition to the established scheme: assignment to probation -- Ch. 5. Probation and population: the system under Eardley-Wilmot -- Ch. 6. 'Misguided little creatures' and female protagonists -- Part 3: Colonial life, controversies and dismissal. Ch. 7. Colonial chaplaincies: church and state -- Ch. 8. Taxes, finances and elected representatives -- Ch. 9. Growth of colonial society -- Ch. 10. Rumours and recall -- Conclusion.

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xv, 370 leaves : ill

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School of Humanities

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History and Classics, UTAS

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