Some aspects of the history of transportation and immigration in Van Diemen's Land, 1824-1855

This thesis has no claim to deal exhaustively with the several influences on British colonial policy during the period l824-55, nor to analyse minutely the machinery designed to administer that policy. It seemed necessary, however, to consider in a general sense some of the factors determining British policy before passing to a particular study of its application in transportation and immigration to Van Diemen's Land.