James Michael Wicks 'An assessment of the colonial career of Dr Robert Wardell, LL.D., 1824-1834', 1...
James Michael Wicks 'An assessment of the colonial career of Dr Robert Wardell, LL.D., 1824-1834', 1970
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Date
1970
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MLMSS 2099
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Manuscripts and Pictures
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1 folder of textual material - processed typescript, illustrated
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Fonds
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Deals with his contribution to the legal, publishing and political fields in New South Wales, particularly the part played by Wentworth and himself in establishing a free press and agitating for the establishment of an elective assembly and the full application of trial by jury in the colony
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James Michael Wicks 'An assessment of the colonial career of Dr Robert Wardell, LL.D., 1824-1834', 1970
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Representative government and representation -- New South Wales
Description source
Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-356 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
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Administrative / Biographical history
Robert Wardell, 1793-1834, barrister and newspaper editor, born in England, arrived in Australia in 1824. He founded the Australian newspaper with W. C. Wentworth in October 1824 and was editor and owner of the paper until 1828, when he sold it and devoted himself to practising law and farming activities
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 2099
Record Identifier
9NaAmegY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaAmegY
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915876
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