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Approach, Sources and Methods

In: Unfree Workers

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  • Hamish Maxwell-Stewart

    (University of New England)

  • Michael Quinlan

    (UNSW Sydney)

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This book focuses on Eastern Australia and particularly the colonies of New South WalesNew South Wales and Van Diemen’s LandVan Diemen’s Land (aka Tasmania). While the vast majority of convicts arriving prior to 1850 were transported to these colonies a handful of skilled prisoners were sent to King George Sound in Western AustraliaWestern Australia in 1826 on the promise of indulgences. Despite the small size of this outpost, convicts colluded in an attempt to set work norms—threatening those who started their allotted task early and finished too quickly. Others absconded in the hopes of reaching the Swan River settlement where there were acute labour shortages or of joining sealing gangs.

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  • Hamish Maxwell-Stewart & Michael Quinlan, 2022. "Approach, Sources and Methods," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: Unfree Workers, chapter 0, pages 35-53, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-981-16-7558-4_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-7558-4_2
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