© Meg Dillon 2008
Australian Colonial History
Meg’s original research focused on Tasmania and the groups of convict workers
employed in the Midlands of Tasmania, a rich farming district populated by
middle class settlers with the capital to establish farms of several thousand
acres. Her thesis is available on this website as well as on the Library of the
University of Tasmania website: Convict Labour and Colonial Society in the
Campbell Town Police District: 1820 to 1839
Downloads
There appears to be a lot of interest in Meg’s work. Since its upload in
2008 it has been download 13,625 (as at Jan 2020) according to UTAS
records. It can also be viewed/downloaded on this (Meg’s) website.
Thesis
“Convict Labour and Colonial Society in the Campbell Town
Police District: 1820 - 1839” was submitted and accepted in 2008.
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We also plan to make Megs thesis for her B.A. (Hons), The electoral success of the Victorian Farmers' Union (later the Victorian Country Party) in the 1920s available
some time this year (2020)