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Page 174
... TRANSPORTATION From time to time prison reformers , humanitarians and members of the British parliament drew attention to the inadequacies and evils of convict transportation to New South Wales , and asked how successful it was in ...
... TRANSPORTATION From time to time prison reformers , humanitarians and members of the British parliament drew attention to the inadequacies and evils of convict transportation to New South Wales , and asked how successful it was in ...
Page 528
Francis Keble Crowley. THE DEBATE ON CONVICT TRANSPORTATION Throughout the 1830s the merits and demerits of convict transportation were constantly being discussed in Britain and Australia . Opinion was sharply divided . For example ...
Francis Keble Crowley. THE DEBATE ON CONVICT TRANSPORTATION Throughout the 1830s the merits and demerits of convict transportation were constantly being discussed in Britain and Australia . Opinion was sharply divided . For example ...
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... TRANSPORTATION In 1837 the House of Commons appointed a Select Committee under the chairmanship of Sir William Molesworth to inquire into the system of convict transportation , with particular attention to its efficiency as punishment ...
... TRANSPORTATION In 1837 the House of Commons appointed a Select Committee under the chairmanship of Sir William Molesworth to inquire into the system of convict transportation , with particular attention to its efficiency as punishment ...
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