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Title: Bound by Every Tie of Duty: John Lewes Pedder, Chief Justice of Van Diemen’s Land
Author: FOX JACQUELINE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 10/05/2018
Imprint: AUSTRALIAN SCHOLARLY PRES
Price: $49.95
Publishing status: Active
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.
ISBN: 9781925801163
Dimension: 229mm X 152mm
Pages: 354