The History of Tasmania. Volume 1 / John West. [electronic resource]
The History of Tasmania. Volume 1 / John West. [electronic resource]
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Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified, 1852.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
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English
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1 online resource (362 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
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Publisher
Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified, 1852.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
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England
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1852.
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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 te...
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The History of Tasmania. Volume 1 / John West. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge library collection. History of Oceania
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English
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74VKaz0apz6y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz0apz6y
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1-139-01318-1
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991024402508002626
