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[Melville, Henry] The History of the Island of Van Diemen's Land from the Year 1824 to 1835 inclusive. To which is added a few words on prison discipline.
Adelaide Libraries Board of South Australia 1967 Facsimile Edition Hardback
Small Octavo Size [approx 19x12cm]. Very Good+ condition. Tan vinyl boards. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 104. 276 pages Henry Melville seems to really have been named Henry Saxelby Melville Wintle, but he went by Henry Melville. In 1835 Melville was busily preparing a brief history of the colony's last ten years, which he hoped to publish in mid-1835 but the government disapproved the outlook of the newspapers he controlled and refused to supply him with statistical information. Melville's article, 'A comment on the action of the Supreme Court in the case of R. Bryan' on a cattle-stealing charge, which appeared in the Colonial Times, November 1835, led to his imprisonment for contempt of court, but he was soon released. While in gaol he wrote 'A few words on prison discipline' and completed his history of the colony, which was a critical and descriptive account of Lieutenant-Governor (Sir) George Arthur's administration. These were printed in Hobart by Melville, smuggled in a ship and published in London under the title History of the Island of Van Diemen's Land from the Year 1824 to 1835. ID142805
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