ORCID Profile
0000-0003-3922-1997
Current Organisations
University of Cambridge
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University of Tasmania
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Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Date: 03-2012
Abstract: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was one of the most prominent pressure groups in nineteenth-century England. This middle-class reform group, inspired by the Christian faith, led the movement to defend animals from mistreatment. It enforced the law using its army of Inspectors and used education to engender kindness towards animals. While historians have debated the work of the RSPCA at length, they have paid less attention to the work of branches of the SPCA established in the British colonies. This article focuses on the activities of the Tasmanian SPCA from its formation in 1878 to the suspension of its activities in 1914. The Tasmanian society was inspired by the philosophy and methods of the parent society and initiated a ‘civilizing mission’ to deal with the widespread cruelty to animals in the capital Hobart. This article assesses the work of the society in protecting domestic animals, especially horses, which were widely used for work, transport and recreation. Although difficult to measure changing cultural attitudes, by 1914 the TSPCA seems to have helped change long established practices and ensured that the law was of more than symbolic protection to animals.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-04-2014
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 25-11-2010
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 20-03-2016
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-1995
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 12-1998
DOI: 10.1177/000486589803100303
Abstract: In late nineteenth century Australia, Tasmania was the only colony with a decentralised policing system. Despite its uniqueness, few Australian scholars have analysed how this policing system operated in practice or fully explained why centralisation was introduced in 1899. After briefly examining the reasons why decentralisation was introduced in 1858, this paper considers the numerous criticisms of the system. These included the failure of municipal police forces to impartially and uniformly enforce the laws passed by parliament, the lack of co-operation between forces, and, with each of the 21 forces being headed by a superintendent, the excessive cost of separate forces: A select committee of 1886 confirmed weaknesses in the system and thereafter successive ministries, seeking more efficient and rational government, c aigned for police centralisation. Municipal opposition was only overcome when the Braddon government bribed the municipalities with substantial financial relief and persuaded them that municipal government would be strengthened by relinquishing the burden of controlling the police.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-1995
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2013
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2001
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2001
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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