This Database2_README.txt file was generated on 2020-04-24 by Dr Richard Tuffin



GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: The convict trades of the Port Arthur penal station, 1830-77: Landscapes project database 2


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: 2017-2020

4. Geographic location of data collection: 	{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[147.84174632739092,-43.153119495035625],[147.85875990160946,-43.170020680369426],[147.87726105257062,-43.16484588404639],[147.87658399703602,-43.14007234188965],[147.84307190810367,-43.142362594086215]]},"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, (April 2020), 'The convict trades of the Port Arthur penal station, 1830-77: Landscapes project database 2', Excel database, University of New England, https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28598, DOI: 10.25952/5ea24d605b30e, [Date accessed].


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List: 
1830-77_PortArthur_TradeClassification_DP170103642_v2.xls
Excel file containing the primary dataset

2. Relationship between files, if important: This dataset provides a breakdown of trades practiced by convicts at the Port Arthur penal station, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) during the period 1830-77. The data have been drawn from the research for the ARC project Landscapes of Production and Punishment (DP170103642). Each trade has been classified according to the best-standard system, History of Work Information System (HISCO), http://historyofwork.iisg.nl/major.php. 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_PortArthur_TradeClassification_DP170103642_v2.xls
		i. Why was the file updated? DOI and reference updated
		ii. When was the file updated? 2020-04-24

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

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