This Database1_README.txt file was generated on 2020-08-17 by Dr Richard Tuffin



GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Port Arthur conduct record offences, 1830-1868: Collective and non-collective prisoner offences


2. Author Information
	A. Principal Investigator Contact Information
		Name: Richard Tuffin	
		Institution: University of New England
		Email: rtuffin@une.edu.au

3. Date of data collection: 2017-20

4. Geographic location of data collection: 	{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[151.61075500488278,-30.50553485871017],[151.61022092285214,-30.538646491880463],[153.57505696154522,-32.95834042200084],[151.71743296075147,-30.46786993848366],[151.611222278711,-30.467216398754953]]},"properties":{}}]}

5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: ARC Discovery Grant DP170103642


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC-BY-NC-ND

2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: XXXXXXXXXX 

3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: N/A

4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

5. Recommended citation for this dataset: 
Tuffin, Richard, (August 2020), 'Port Arthur conduct record offences, 1830-1868: Collective and non-collective prisoner offences', Excel database, University of New England, XXXXX, DOI: XXXXX, [Date accessed].


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List: 
Table_PA_TotalArraignments_v1.xls
Excel file containing the primary dataset

2. Relationship between files, if important: This dataset accompanies the paper 'Reintegrating Historical Records through Digital Data Linking: Convicts Prosecuted for Collective Action in Van Diemen’s Land' from the Journal of Australian Colonial History (2020). The tables include 4,698 individual arraignments before the Port Arthur magistrate's bench between 1830-68. These have been sorted according to the type of charge, to identify the extent of collective action amongst the convicts. Two sheets within the workbook separate the arraignments according to type. It is based upon a dataset created during the ARC-funded project Landscapes of Production and Punishment: The Tasman Peninsula 1830-77 (DP170103642). This was compiled through the work of volunteers, the data coordinators (Melissa Gibbs, Kelsey Priestman and Chris Gallagher) and database manager (Trudy Cowley).

3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: XXXXXX 

4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? Yes
	A. If yes, name of file(s) that was updated: Table_PA_TotalArraignments_v1.xls
		i. Why was the file updated? XXXXX
		ii. When was the file updated? XXXXX

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
Data generated during the course of DP170103642 and edited for inclustion in JACH paper 'Reintegrating Historical Records through Digital Data Linking: Convicts Prosecuted for Collective Action in Van Diemen’s Land'.