Bibliography for
"Uncertain Future in an Unknown Place;
North American Political Prisoners in Van Diemen's Land,"

prepared by

Dr. John C. Carter,

February 2009*



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Boissery, Beverley D. A Deep Sense of Wrong (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1996)

Bonthius, Andrew. "The Patriot War of 1837-1838: Locofocoism With a Gun?," Labour/Le Travail (Fall, 2003), # 52

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Brand, Ian. The Convict Probation System:Van Diemen's Land 1839-1854 (Hobart: Blubber Head Press, 1990)

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"Canada: False Principals of Government the Cause of Its Sufferings," The Colonial Magazine & Commercial-Maritime Journal (January-April, 1840), # 1

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Carter, John C. "The Battle of Windsor: Last Chapter in the Patriot Wars," Windsor Star (July 9, 1988)

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Carter, John C. "Events in the Western District, 1838: The Other Rebellion," in 1837 Rebellion Remembered (Willowdale: Ontario Historical Society, 1988)

Carter, John C. "Rebellious Acts in the Western District of Upper Canada: Precursor to Transportation to Van Diemen's Land," Australasian Canadian Studies Journal (2004 & 2005), v. 22 & 23, # 1

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* Support from the School of History and Classics, University of Tasmania, the Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Oatlands District Historical Society, Southern and Northern Midlands Councils, and the Glamorgan Spring Bay Historical Society for these slide/talks and heritage roundtables is acknowledged. Dr. John C. Carter can be contacted at [email protected].


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