Category Archives: VDL

Magistrates – 1803-1824

Posted on 22/05/2019 by dashea2014

The background to the operation of the justices of the peace in Van Diemen’s Land goes back to 1787 and the First Charter of Justice for the Colony of New South Wales. This document provided that Justices in New South … Continue reading →

Posted in Courts, VDL | Tagged Adolarius Humphrey, Augustus Alt, David Collins, Edward Lord, George Arthur, George Harris, Jacob Mountgarrett, John Bowen, Lachlan Macquarie, Nicholas Baudin, Phillip Gidley King, Robert Knopwood, Samual Bate, William Paterson | Leave a comment

Lieutenant Governor’s Court Van Diemen’s Land 1815-1823

Posted on 18/04/2019 by dashea2014

In July 1812 the House of Commons published the Report of the Select Committee on Transportation; The Committee had been set up to inquire into the effectiveness of sentences of transportation and other matters in the Colony of New South … Continue reading →

Posted in Courts, VDL | Tagged Edward Abbott, Samuel Bate | Leave a comment