The Evidence To The Bigge Reports: New South Wales Under Governor Macquarie (Two-Volume Set)

The Evidence To The Bigge Reports: New South Wales Under Governor Macquarie (Two-Volume Set)

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Condition: SECONDHAND

This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.

Author: John Ritchie
Binding: Hardback
Published: Heinemann, Melbourne, 1971

Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings

This two-volume set presents the full transcript of evidence submitted to Commissioner John Thomas Bigge during his inquiry into the administration of Governor Lachlan Macquarie in early colonial New South Wales. Edited by John Ritchie and published in 1971, the work belongs to the genre of historical legal documentation and colonial governance. It details firsthand accounts from settlers, officials, and convicts, illustrating the social, economic, and penal conditions of the colony between 1819 and 1821. The volumes argue for and against Macquarie’s policies, revealing tensions between reformist ideals and imperial oversight. As a foundational resource in Australian colonial historiography, it offers scholars and collectors an authoritative window into the administrative realities of early 19th-century New South Wales.

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Description

Author: John Ritchie
Binding: Hardback
Published: Heinemann, Melbourne, 1971

Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings

This two-volume set presents the full transcript of evidence submitted to Commissioner John Thomas Bigge during his inquiry into the administration of Governor Lachlan Macquarie in early colonial New South Wales. Edited by John Ritchie and published in 1971, the work belongs to the genre of historical legal documentation and colonial governance. It details firsthand accounts from settlers, officials, and convicts, illustrating the social, economic, and penal conditions of the colony between 1819 and 1821. The volumes argue for and against Macquarie’s policies, revealing tensions between reformist ideals and imperial oversight. As a foundational resource in Australian colonial historiography, it offers scholars and collectors an authoritative window into the administrative realities of early 19th-century New South Wales.