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ISBN | 9781925801163 |
Format | PaperBack |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Bib. Info | xxii, 324 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
Categories | DU - Oceania (South Seas) |
Product Weight | 550 gms. |
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John Lewes Pedder (1793-1859) served as Chief Justice of Van Diemen's Land from 1824 to 1854, and his long career provides a unique window into the colonial world through crime, politics, and frontier collision with the island's Aboriginal people. Where Pedder's critics condemn a subservient official who hindered reform and sent hundreds to the gallows, contemporaries lauded an upright judge, courteous gentleman, liberal friend and accomplished scholar. This new biography offers a sensitive account of a complex and surprisingly sympathetic man, who played a significant role in Tasmanian history Pedder, John Lewes, Sir, 1793-1859. | Judges -- Tasmania -- Biography. | Australian