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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. In Volume 2, the first ten sections discuss the early encounters with Europeans and the subsequent mistreatment of the native people in Tasmania. The remainder of the volume considers the island's development as a penal colony.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: History of Tasmania
• Author: John West
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• EAN: 9781108030809
• ISBN: 1108030807
• ID: 02056420
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 510 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 23 × 140 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. April 2011

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