Subject	Voyages and travels
	Penal colonies
	Penal colonies–Australia—History
	Tasmania–History
	New South Wales–History
	Coasts–Australia
	French language–Writing
Category	1. Settlement
Author	Benoiston de Chateauneuf, M. Louis François
Publisher	Martinet, Libraire, rue du Coq, no. 15
Place Of Publication	Paris
Keywords	Van Diemensland
Current Holder	Libraries Tasmania
Date	1827-01-01
Series Number	SD_ILS:1425894
Item Number	146239116
Access Rights	Request at location
Country Of Origin	France
Place	Melville Island
Language	French
Description From Source	[4], 67, [1] pages ; 22 cm. In original blue-grey paper wrapper, stitched at spine; uncut edges. Title in English: Of the colonization of convicts, and of the advantage there would be for France in adopting this measure A discussion of the merits and prospects of France adopting a system of colonial convict transportation similar to the British model, by French historian and statistician L.-F. Benoiston de Chateauneuf (1776-1856). The author makes significant use of the success of the penal system in New South Wales, and to a lesser extent, Van Diemen’s Land and Melville Island off the northern coast of Australia, to support his argument for establishing French penal colonies on the Caribbean islands of Vièque, La Désirade and Saint-Martin.
Physical Format	Books
Bibliographic Citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/QUB2RQ8U/