Probation in Paradise – Convict Probationers on the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas 1841–1857 | John Thompson | 2007 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Out of Print]

John Thompson's history of the convict probation system on the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas of Van Diemen's Land — the period from 1841 to 1857 when the probation system replaced the assignment system as the primary method of managing transported convicts.

The Tasman Peninsula was the location of Port Arthur, and the surrounding country including the Forestier Peninsula held numerous probation stations where convicts worked through the stages of their sentences before receiving tickets of leave. Thompson documents these stations, the work gangs that operated from them, and the daily realities of probation life on the two peninsulas across the final decade and a half of transportation.

John Thompson is also the author of A Road in Van Diemen's Land — the history of Bell's Line of Road — also available from The Book Cellar.

CONDITION

• Used but generally good condition.
• This copy is signed by the author with an inscription to the previous owners.
• There is a small grey mark to the bottom outer corner of the page block.

BOOK DETAILS

• Large softcover.
• 272 pages, indexed.
• Illustrated throughout.
• Approximately 28.5cm wide x 21cm tall.
• Published 2007. Out of print.

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