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Edward Gibbon Wakefield

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

March 20, 1796

Died

May 16, 1862

Genre

Nonfiction

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Edward Gibbon Wakefield is considered a key figure in the establishment of the colonies of South Australia and New Zealand (where he later served as an member of parliament). He also had significant interests in British North America, being involved in the drafting of Lord Durham's Report and being a member of the Parliament of the Province of Canada for a short time.

He was best known for his colonisation scheme, sometimes referred to as the Wakefield scheme, which aimed to populate the new Province South Australia with a workable combination of labourers, tradespeople, artisans and capital. The scheme was to be financed by the sale of land to the capitalists who would thereby support the other classes of emigrants.

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Edward Gibbon Wakefield’s books

Average rating: 3.5 · 10 ratings · 2 reviews · 31 distinct works

	A letter from Sydney,: The principal town of Australasia, & other writings on colonization liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1929 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	England and America: A Comparison of the Social and Political State of Both Nations. Volume 1 of 2 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The collected works of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1968 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plan of a Company to Be Established for the Purpose of Founding a Colony in Southern Australia really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New British Province Of South Australia really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A View of the Art of Colonization, with Present Reference to the British Empire liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1969 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Founders of Canterbury: Being Letters from the Late Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the Late John Robert Godley, and to Other Well-Known Helpers in the ... Library Collection - History of Oceania) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The British Colonization of New Zealand 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Zealand after fifty years 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Founders of Canterbury, Vol. 1 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars