Geoffrey de Q. Walker translations of French publications on the history of the New South Wales penal colony, 1798-1853, [compiled 2015-2018]

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1798-1853 [compiled 2015-2018]

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Professor Geoffrey de Q Walker (1940-) is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Queensland and senior member in the Administrative Division of NCAT. Born in Waratah, New South Wales and brought up in France, Professor Walker has authored or edited nine books, and numerous article-length studies, mainly in the areas of commercial and constitutional law. These translations, produced during the course of the last three years, are part of a retirement project. He is fluent in French and has native level proficiency.

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This collection comprises English translations of five French publications, with associated translator's notes

ITEM 1
History of England's penal colonies in Australia by Ernest de Blosseville, Councillor of Seine et Oise Prefecture, Paris, 1831, translated by Geoffrey de Q. Walker, 2018

ITEM 2
History of Botany Bay : Present state of England’s penal colonies in Australia, or, An examination of the effects of transportation by M. Jules de la Pilorgerie, second edition, Paris 1838, translated by Geoffrey de Q Walker, 2018

ITEM 3
Of penal colonies by Alexis de Tocqueville, 1833, translated by Geoffrey de Q. Walker, 2017

ITEM 4
The convicts in Australia 1851-1852, by Paul Merruau, 1853, translated by Geoffrey de Q. Walker, 2017

ITEM 5
The Scottish Martyrs and Botany Bay History of the tyranny exerted by the English government against the celebrated Thomas Muir, Scotsman : His transportation to Botany Bay, his sojourn in that island, his escape, his sojourn in Bordeaux, his arrival in Paris; with a description of Botany Bay, information acquired by Thomas Muir on the tragic end of the explorer la Pérouse, and a description of the continent called New South Wales, Paris, 1798, translated by Geoffrey de Q Walker, 2018