Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31507
Title: 'So Much Recklessness': Abduction in the Colony of New South Wales
Contributor(s): Lindsey, Kiera  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2013
Early Online Version: 2013-09-01
DOI: 10.1080/1031461X.2013.817451
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31507
Abstract: By contrasting a selection of abduction cases that occurred in the penal era with those that captured the attention of the newspapers during the 1840s and 1850s, this article considers the role of abduction trials during a period in New South Wales when the colony recognised that the procurement of greater political and economic autonomy was dependent upon transforming its reputation from a degraded penal outpost to a respectable British society. Between 1848 and 1851, at the very moment when the political climate reached a definitive tipping point in favour of self-government, three abduction cases came before Sydney's criminal court that attracted unprecedented newspaper coverage and helped to define gender roles in a way that complemented these broader colonial ambitions.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Australian Historical Studies, 44(3), p. 438-456
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: Australia
ISSN: 1940-5049
1031-461X
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 430302 Australian history
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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