© Meg Dillon 2008
Australian Colonial History
Meg’s original research focused on Tasmania and the groups of convict
workers employed in the Midlands of Tasmania, a rich farming district
populated by middle class settlers with the capital to establish farms of
several thousand acres. Her thesis is available on this website as well as on
the Library of the University of Tasmania website: Convict Labour and
Colonial Society in the Campbell Town Police District: 1820 to 1839
Thesis
“Convict Labour and Colonial Society in the Campbell Town
Police District: 1820 - 1839” was submitted and accepted in
2008.
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We also plan to make Megs thesis for her B.A. (Hons), The electoral success of
the Victorian Farmers' Union (later the Victorian Country Party) in the 1920s
available some time this year (2020)