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dc.contributor.authorWimshurst, Kerry
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:55:58Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:55:58Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2014-09-11T02:00:18Z
dc.identifier.issn1449-0854
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/48481
dc.description.abstractIn 1870 female prisoners from Brisbane were relocated to Toowoomba, principal town on the Darling Downs. The move angered townspeople who suspected that political reprisal was the motive for imposing the 'terrible women' on them. In fact, the relocation was primarily an attempt to solve longstanding problems related to prison labour, and especially the control of male labour. The movement of prisoners provides a penological perspective on social and economic conflicts that were played out at regional and metropolitan levels. There has been little written about penal politics in Australia in the second half of the nineteenth century. This article explores the political intersections that determined the evolution of one penal regime, but the issues are of perennial significance to the field of penal studies. The study points to the importance of investigating public reaction to prison policy and exploring political, economic and social particularities in correctional history.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Australasia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14490854.2012.11668421
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom135
dc.relation.ispartofpageto156
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalHistory Australia
dc.relation.ispartofvolume9
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLanguage Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistorical Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2003
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2103
dc.titleIntersections in colonial and penal politics: The case of Queensland in the 1870s
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.rights.copyright© 2012 Australian Historical Association. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2012
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gro.griffith.authorWimshurst, Kerry J.


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