The History of Tasmania (Summarized Edition) (eBook)

Enriched edition. Van Diemen's Land from settlement to the end of transportation: convicts, Black War, Port Arthur, debates over justice and empire

John West (Autor)

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2026
265 Seiten
Quickie Classics (Verlag)
859-654787819-3 (EAN)

Infos

The History of Tasmania (Vol. 1&2) narrates the island from first settlement to the end of transportation. West interleaves administrative detail with episodes of frontier violence, the convict system, bushranging, land and church politics, and the dispossession of Aboriginal Tasmanians. His style is sober yet morally charged, built on parliamentary papers, official correspondence, newspapers, and testimony, often quoted at length. Written amid Victorian debates on empire and penal reform, it helped shape an early Australian historiography of policy and conscience. John West (1809–1873), an English-born Congregational minister based in Launceston, wrote from pastoral proximity to convicts and settlers and from leadership in the Anti-Transportation movement. As preacher, organizer, and journalist, he gathered archives and memories with the twin aims of moral suasion and durable record. Campaigning against convictism, then moving to Sydney to write for John Fairfax's newspaper, sharpened his sense of policy and public opinion, producing a narrative at once evidentiary and reformist. Scholars of empire, law, and Indigenous-settler relations will find it indispensable, while general readers gain a lucid guide. Read it as both archive and argument, a cornerstone for Tasmanian studies and for debates on memory and justice.

Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

Autor

John West (1809-1873) was Australian congregational minister, author and newspaper editor who emigrated from England to Tasmania in 1838. Affronted by the social, economic and moral effects of convictism, he was a leader in the movement seeking the abolition of transportation of convicts to the Australian Colonies. In 1854 West became the first official editor, of the Sydney Morning Herald and moved to Sydney from where he guided debate on matters of colonial, national and international importance. He is also regarded as one of the founders of Australian historical writing.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.1.2026
• Einführung: Elijah Cooper
• Mitarbeit: Kommentare: Elijah Cooper; Anpassung von: Elijah Cooper
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Anti-transportation movement • Black War Tasmania • Flinders Island relocation • George Augustus Robinson mission • Macquarie Harbour penal settlement • Port Arthur penal colony • Sir John Franklin governorship • Tasmanian Aboriginal displacement • Tasmanian convict era • Van Diemen's Land history