© Meg Dillon 2008
Australian Colonial History
Convict 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

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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)