This 1830-77_VDL_ConvictPlaces_DP170103642_v5_README.txt file was generated on 2021-03-24 by Dr Richard Tuffin



GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: The convict places of Van Diemen's Land, 1803-77: Landscapes project database 4

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: 2017-2021

4. Geographic location of data collection: {"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[143.9954991449909,-41.77581790509346],[145.5560918207719,-43.7760165012008],[148.25594367974094,-43.776342309108266],[149.0460247571409,-39.503381789322404],[143.7103218875689,-39.46878508229432]]},"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: https://rune.une.edu.au/web/cris/rp/rp59388

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

4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: Part of a suite of DP170103642 datasets made available through: https://rune.une.edu.au/web/cris/rp/rp59388

5. Recommended citation for this dataset: 
Tuffin, Richard, (March 2021), 'The convict places of Van Diemen's Land, 1803-77: Landscapes project database 4', Excel database, University of New England, https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28596, DOI: 10.25952/5ea24bc4b7b4a, [Date accessed].


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List: 
1830-77_VDL_ConvictPlaces_DP170103642_v5.xls
Excel file containing the primary dataset

2. Relationship between files, if important: This dataset is designed to provide information on the spatial locations of all sites of convict incarceration in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), facilitating the geolocation of non-spatial data by researchers. Point coordinates have been provided using the GDA 94 (MGA Zone 55) reference system. The dataset also provides information on the type of convict place, its temporal range of occupation and metadata on contemporary administrative management. Each place has been uniquely coded, providing a tag that can be appended to non-spatial data to facilitate geographic linkage. The dataset was compiled to facilitate comparative research for the ARC Discovery project 'Landscapes of Production and Punishment (DP170103642). It has been released to allow researchers in the same field to utilise similar coding conventions for their analysis of convict places and to provide a framework for similar geolocation projects. Contributions to this dataset were made by researcher John Dent, who provided data on a number of locations in northern Tasmania. These contributions have been attributed where they appear. Contextual data were provided by the volunteer transcription project run by the ARC project 'Landscapes of Production and Punishment', as well as by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, from data sourced for the ARC linkage project 'Conviction Politics: Investigating the Convict Routes of Australian Democracy'. This is an active dataset and may be updated as new data is sourced.  

3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: Part of a suite of DP170103642 datasets made available through: https://rune.une.edu.au/web/cris/rp/rp59388

4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? Yes
	A. If yes, name of file(s) that was updated:1830-77_VDL_ConvictPlaces_DP170103642_v5.xls; 1830-77_VDL_ConvictPlaces_DP170103642_v5_README.txt
	i. Why was the file updated? Additional research added
		ii. When was the file updated? 2021-03-24


METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
Statistical data generated during the course of historical research for DP170103642.

2. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission:
John Dent, private researcher