- Title
- The Glovers : a settler family in Van Diemen’s land
- Creator
- Hodson, Susan
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Thesis; Masters
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/194026
- Identifier
- vital:18300
- Abstract
- This thesis explores the experiences of the members of the Glover family, who migrated to Van Diemen’s Land in two parties. The first party consisted of the three sons of John Glover, the colonial painter (one accompanied by an English wife), who arrived in 1829; the second party, which included John Glover himself, arrived in 1831. This thesis explores the Glovers’ attempts to begin new lives as farmers after receiving free land grants from the colonial government, employing convict servants assigned to them. The Glover family members were witnesses to the late stages of the Black Wars. John Glover Senior’s arrival was after the Black Line offensive in 1830, but he sought out members of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community. He had contact with both proponents and antagonists of the Black Wars. Employing the methodology of documentary archival research, I investigated the historical background to the experiences of the Glovers, where I examined the issues of land grants, convict labour, the gender spike, and the Black Wars. This thesis includes an appraisal of the perseverance of the Glovers during the prolonged economic depression in the decade of the 1840s in Van Diemen’s Land, with John Glover Senior dying in 1849. Several changes introduced in 1840, including increased convict transportation to Van Diemen’s Land and a change in convict policy to the Probation system, led to hardship in the community. The history of the 1840s decade in Van Diemen’s Land has been relatively neglected. It had, however, been a decade of struggle until the economic recovery in the 1850s. John Glover’s artwork reflected his attitude towards his new home at Patterdale. He had been comfortable in this landscape and had developed a sense of belonging. His paintings, with their wide horizons and being flooded with sunlight, were unmistakably Australian. While his paintings had not been valued during his lifetime, they are now being appreciated for their skilful depiction of early colonial Australia.; Masters by Research
- Publisher
- Federation University Australia
- Rights
- Culturally sensitive
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright Susan Hodson
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- John Glover; Glover family; Van Diemen's Land; 1830-1850; Land grants; Convicts; Black wars; Farming
- Full Text
- Thesis Supervisor
- Reeves, Keir
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