British politician, the driving force behind much of the early colonisation of South Australia, and later New Zealand
Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Works edit
- A Letter from Sydney: The Principal Town of Australasia, 1829 (external scan)
- "Householders in Danger from the Populace" (1831 pamphlet) (external scan)
- Facts Relating to the Punishment of Death in the Metropolis (1831)
- England and America: A Comparison of the Social and Political State of Both Nations, 1833 (external scan)
- The new British province of South Australia (1838) (transcription project)
- A letter on the ministerial crisis, 1843 (external scan)
- A view of Sir Charles Metcalfe's government of Canada, 1844 (external scan)
- A View of the Art of Colonisation (1849) (external scan)
- High-Priced Land System of the Three Colonies
- The Founders of Canterbury, 1868 (external scan)
Works about Wakefield edit
- "Wakefield, Edward Gibbon," in The Dictionary of Australasian Biography, by Philip Mennell, London: Hutchinson & Co. (1892)
- "Wakefield, Edward Gibbon," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Wakefield, Edward Gibbon," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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