1 www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_
2 http://myplace.edu.au
1 https://poi-australia.com.au/melbourne-in-the-1840s
1 A post office opened at Hobart in 1809. In 1812 John Beaumont was appointed as postmaster. In 1832 the post office became a government department and John Collicott was appointed as the first Postmaster-General in 1834.
opened( www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs50.aspx)
2 The British Transportation Act confirmed the legal basis for assignment and from 1826 the Superintendent of Police decided the allocation of convicts until a local Assignment Board was established in 1832. (www.parliament.tas.gov.au)
3 Melbourne c 1840 https://poi-australia.com.au/melbourne-in-the-1840s/>
1 https://poi-australia.com.au/melbourne-in-the-1840s/
1 Launceston Advertiser, Thurs
