Edward Gibbon Wakefield |
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| Title : | Edward Gibbon Wakefield |
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| Date of creation : | ca. 1840 | ||
| Format : | Artwork | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Edward Gibbon Wakefield never came to South Australia but his 'system of colonization' greatly influenced the South Australian Colonisation Commissioners and inspired the 'Act to empower His Majesty to erect South Australia into a British Province', which was drafted by his brother Daniel in 1834. Wakefield migrated to New Zealand in 1853, becoming a member of the first New Zealand General Assembly in 1854. He died in Wellington in 1862. |
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| Related names : | Wakefield, Daniel Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 1796-1862 South Australian Colonization Commission |
| Period : | 1836-1851 |
| Further reading : | Harrop, Angus J. The amazing career of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, London: George Allen and Unwin, 1928; Dunedin: A.H. Reed, 1928 Mills, R.C. The colonization of Australia (1829-42); the Wakefield experiment in empire building, London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1968 Wakefield, Edward Gibbon. A letter from Sydney, the principal town of Australasia, London: Joseph Cross, 1829 Wakefield, Edward Gibbon. Plan of a company to be established for the purpose of founding a colony in Southern Australia : purchasing land therein, and preparing the land so purchased for the reception of immigrants, London: Ridgway and Sons, 1831 Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, The new British province of South Australia, or, A description of the country, illustrated by charts and views : with an account of the principles, objects, plan, and prospects of the colony, London: Printed for C. Knight, 1834 |
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