Tasmania Convict Department In-letter relating to Bishop R. W. Willson's inspection in March 1852 of the penal settlement at Norfolk Island, 22 April-10 December 1852

DLMSQ 657

fonds

22 April 1852-10 December 1852

946529

1 volume of textual material (132 p.) - 34 cm.

Robert William Willson was Catholic bishop of Hobart, 1842-1866. Concerned with the conditions of convicts, he visited Norfolk Island, which was then administered from Hobart, in 1846, 1849 and 1852. His comments on conditions there led to some improvement and helped to bring about the close of the penal settlement in 1856

Letters from Bishop Willson, with drafts of replies by the Comptroller-General of Convicts, J. S. Hampton. Includes a long letter to Lieutenant-Governor Denison, 22 May 1852, detailing the despair of the men on Norfolk Island, the injustice and severity of their punishment and his suggestions for reform

The file bears the registration number 16684

Binder's title: Correspondence Bishop Willson. Bound in blue half leather by Corbett, 243 Pitt St., Sydney

Sir William Dixson's bookplate

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.

Transferred from DLSPENCER 27