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posted on 2023-05-21, 01:46 authored by Cowley, T, Lucile FrostLucile Frost, Inwood, K, Kippen, R, Maxwell-Stewart, H, Schwarz, M, Shepherd, J, Tuffin, R, Mark WilliamsMark Williams, Wilson, J, Paul WilsonPaul WilsonThis article describes the formation of The Tasmanian Historical Dataset a longitudinal data resource spanning the 19th and early 20th century. This resource contains over 1.6 million records drawn from digitised prison and hospital admission registers, military enlistment papers, births, deaths and marriages, census and muster records, arrival and departure lists, bank accounts and property valuations, maps and plans and meteorological observations. As well as providing an account of the many different sources that have been digitised coded and linked as part of this initiative, the article outlines current and past research uses to which this data has been put. Further information on tables and key variables is provided in an appendix.
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Publication title
Historical Life Course StudiesVolume
11Pagination
1-30ISSN
2352-6343Department/School
School of HumanitiesPublisher
European Historical Population Samples NetworkPlace of publication
NetherlandsRights statement
© 2021, Cowley, Frost, Inwood, Kippen, Maxwell-Stewart, Schwarz, Shepherd, Tuffin, Williams, Wilson, Wilson This open-access work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which permits use, reproduction & distribution in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author(s) and source are given credit.Repository Status
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