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
Date	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/