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 ...
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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. Volume 1 covers the development of the colony, starting with the arrival of the Dutch in the seventeenth century, who named the island Van Diemen's Land, through to British control and its subsequent settlement as the colony of Tasmania.
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New. Trade paperback (US). 362 p. Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania , Volume 1. Worked examples or Exercises. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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New. Trade paperback (US). 400 p. Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania , Volume 2. Worked examples or Exercises. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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Good. Ex library hardback with DJ; usual stamps/markings. Very light wear to boards otherwise a good clean copy throughout. 27 illustrations & 1 pull out map all intact. Heavy book will ship overseas for extra postage. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 18G*
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Reprint. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp vii, 337; 380. Original publisher's blue faux leather boards, lettered silver at the spines. Facsimile reprint of the work originally published in 1852. Very good.
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