Gaston de Roquemaurel manuscripts relating to the colonial Australian penal system

Title: Gaston de Roquemaurel manuscripts relating to the colonial Australian penal system
Subject: Penal colonies--Australia; Great Britain--Colonies--History; Colonies--Research; Convict ships
Category: 1. Settlement
Author: Roquemaure, Gaston de
Current holder: State Library of New South Wales
Period of reference: 1836 – 1836
Link: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezrMpb9
Series number: MLMSS 11676
Item number: YezrMpb9
Access rights: Request at location
Rights: Out of copyright. Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Language: French
Description from source: 0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)
Physical format: Manuscripts
Abstract: Collection of four manuscripts written by French naval officer and explorer, Gaston de Roquemaurel in which he examines and evaluates penal transportation, convicts and Australia's colonial penal system based on contemporary literature, circa 1836.
1. Notes on Histoire De Botany-Bay / by Jules De La Pilorgerie (1836)
2. Notes on Two years in New South Wales / by Peter Cunningham (1827)
3. Two manuscripts with notes on Histoire des colonies penales de l'Angleterre dans l'Australie / by Ernest Blosseville (1831)
Related resources: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7o4R39; https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/QUB2RQ8U/; https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/UTAZD6AI/