From slavery to a Swan River settlement: three family histories in the Indian Ocean, 1770-1850

Aoife Nugent

doi:10.26182/ey6t-tr73

From slavery to a Swan River settlement: three family histories in the Indian Ocean, 1770-1850

Aoife Nugent

School of Humanities

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This thesis investigates family histories of imperial opportunity sought in Swan River Colony through dual lenses of British slavery and a globalised Indian Ocean world. Employing the biographies of three British families - Prinsep, Mangles, Stirling – having connections to the East India Company and histories of slavery investment, it reconsiders their contributions to trade, commerce and labour in Western Australia between 1829 and 1850. These intersecting collectives were part of immense changes in empire during the nineteenth century in which commercial focus shifted from plantations and mercantilism of the Atlantic to new settler colonies and free trade of the Indian Ocean.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Lydon, Jane, Supervisor Martens, Jeremy, Supervisor Laidlaw, Zoe, Supervisor, External person
Thesis sponsors	Australian Government Research Training Program
Award date	2 May 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26182/ey6t-tr73
Publication status	Unpublished - 2023

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THESIS - DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY - NUGENT Aoife Treasa - 2023
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