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Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 The Paper War: Morality, Print Culture and Power in Colonial New South Wales
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'In February 1832 Rev. Threlkeld was named as one of the "perpetual blisters" that the London Missionary Society seemed "destined to carry". Lancelot Threkkeld, a working-class British subject, had lobbied his way to the colonies where he set up the Lake Macquarie mission in New South Wales. It was here that controversies, arguments, tempers and debates abounded, resulting in a very public "paper war".

'This engaging and intelligent book delves into the diverse and voluminous body of texts produced by and about Threlkeld from 1825-41. It identifies an influential network of British Empire men who were as crucial to the humanitarian debate as they were to the destruction of Threlkeld's mission.

'A web of intrigue, corruption, slander, whistleblowing and backstabbing, The Paper War is an eye-opener to colonial Australia.' (From the publisher's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crawley, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: UWA Publishing , 2011 .
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      Extent: 299p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliographical references (p. [267] - 281) and index.
      ISBN: 9781921401541 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Untitled Nathan Garvey , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , 1 March vol. 37 no. 1 2013; (p. 134-136)

— Review of The Paper War: Morality, Print Culture and Power in Colonial New South Wales Anna Johnston , 2011 single work biography
[Review Essay] : The Paper War: Morality, Print Culture and Power in Colonial New South Wales Michael Davies , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 2013; (p. 106-108)

— Review of The Paper War: Morality, Print Culture and Power in Colonial New South Wales Anna Johnston , 2011 single work biography

'The missionary occupies a rather curious place in Australian colonial history. At once proselytiser, intermediary, ethnographer, linguist and cultural go-between, the missionary is an ambiguous figure. This is certainly the case with London Missionary Society missionary Lancelot Edward Threlkeld.'  (Introduction)

[Review]: The Paper War Niel Gunson , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Aboriginal History , December vol. 37 no. 2013; (p. 181-184)

— Review of The Paper War: Morality, Print Culture and Power in Colonial New South Wales Anna Johnston , 2011 single work biography
Untitled Erin Ihde , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics & History , September vol. 58 no. 3 2012; (p. 454-455)

— Review of The Paper War: Morality, Print Culture and Power in Colonial New South Wales Anna Johnston , 2011 single work biography
Untitled C. Riley , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Descent , December vol. 41 no. 4 2011; (p. 188-189)

— Review of The Paper War: Morality, Print Culture and Power in Colonial New South Wales Anna Johnston , 2011 single work biography
Archival Riches Grace Karskens , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 335 2011; (p. 67-68)

— Review of The Paper War: Morality, Print Culture and Power in Colonial New South Wales Anna Johnston , 2011 single work biography
In Short : Nonfiction Bruce Elder , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 October 2011; (p. 35)

— Review of The Paper War: Morality, Print Culture and Power in Colonial New South Wales Anna Johnston , 2011 single work biography ; A Little Bird Told Me Kasey Chambers , Jeff Apter , 2011 single work autobiography
Untitled C. Riley , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Descent , December vol. 41 no. 4 2011; (p. 188-189)

— Review of The Paper War: Morality, Print Culture and Power in Colonial New South Wales Anna Johnston , 2011 single work biography
Untitled Erin Ihde , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Politics & History , September vol. 58 no. 3 2012; (p. 454-455)

— Review of The Paper War: Morality, Print Culture and Power in Colonial New South Wales Anna Johnston , 2011 single work biography
Untitled Nathan Garvey , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , 1 March vol. 37 no. 1 2013; (p. 134-136)

— Review of The Paper War: Morality, Print Culture and Power in Colonial New South Wales Anna Johnston , 2011 single work biography
Last amended 16 Jul 2014 10:52:39
Subjects:
  • Lake Macquarie area, Central Coast, New South Wales,
  • New South Wales,
  • 1820s
  • 1830s
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