A Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales, and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land
With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and their Superiority in Many Respects over Those Possessed by the United States of America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19908501 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Charles Wentworth (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales, and Its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9781139109055 |
| OpenAlex | W1574145348 |
| ISBN | 9781139109055 |
| Open Library | OL34471832M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
The politician, landowner and journalist W. C. Wentworth (1790–1872), was an energetic and controversial character in the early history of modern Australia. Together with Gregory Blaxland and William Lawson, he was the first to cross Australia's Blue Mountains. A well-known public figure in the colony of New South Wales, he founded a newspaper called The Australian (in 1824) and campaigned, among other things, for a free press, trial by jury, rights for emancipated convicts, public education, and a representative government. He also became extremely wealthy. In this book, first published in 1819, Wentworth argues that the Australian colonies are a better choice than the United States of America for European emigrants. The book contains a vast amount of information about the colonies of New South Wales and Tasmania, together with Wentworth's suggestions for the improvement of their government, and remains an important source for historians
Archaeology · Character (mathematics) · Economic geography · Economic history · Economics · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Human settlement · Jury · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Settlement (finance) · Australian History and Society · Australian Indigenous Culture and History · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Law · Public Administration · New South Wales
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| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1958 - 2021 (64) |
| Highly cited | No |