Ashton's hotel:: The journal of William Baker Ashton, first governor of the Adelaide Gaol

Peter Monteath

Ashton's hotel: The journal of William Baker Ashton, first governor of the Adelaide Gaol

Peter Monteath

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Abstract

Some of the best historical work has more than a hint of serendipity about it. That was the case for Ashton’s Hotel, which in large part comprises the journal kept by William Baker Ashton, the first governor of the Adelaide Gaol. The book’s author, retired archaeologist Rhondda Harris, stumbled across the journal and identified it as a document worth sharing widely. For historians of early colonial Adelaide, it’s good that she did.

Original language	English
Pages	139-140
Number of pages	2
Volume	46
Specialist publication	Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

Book review
Old Adelaide Gaol
William Baker Ashton
Ashton's Hotel

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Ashton's hotel: The journal of William Baker Ashton, first governor of the Adelaide Gaol

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