Freedom to libel? : Samuel Marsden v Philo Free : Australia's first libel case / edited by Peter G. Bolt and Malcolm Falloon.

Epping, N.S.W. : Bolt Publishing Services Pty. Ltd., 2017

1st edition

88643

Marsden, Samuel, -- 1765-1838 -- Trials, litigation, etc.

Church Missionary Society.

Church of England -- Clergy.

Missions, New Zealand.

Missionaries -- Australia.

Libel and slander -- History -- Australia.

Libel and slander -- Cases -- Australia.

Trials (Libel) -- Australia.

New South Wales -- History -- 1788-1851.

Australia -- Church history -- 1788-1851.

1. The letter signed Philo Free.

2. Marsden in the hands of Australasian historians

3. 'So important in its nature, so difficult in its execution, and so doubtful in its results'. The mission to the south seas from 1786 to 1830.

4. The early colonial mission context of Philo Free.

5. A secret enemy. The turbulent relationship between Marsden and Macquarie.

6. Mission trading in the south Pacific by the Active (1814-1822) and the accusations of Philo free.

7. The failure of the philanthropic society.

8. A friendship revealed. The Marsden & Stokes family correspondence.

9. Marsden's supportive circle. Friendship in controversy.

10. Unmasking a shielded secret enemy.

11. The bigge picture: colonial manners, mission, and the imperial context of Australia's first libel case.

12. Freedom of speech and of the press in colonial NSW.

13. Normative ethics in early colonial Australia and the country's first libel case.

14. The breaking of the storm: Marsden and the missionary cause

This collection of essays explores the two libel cases (criminal and civil) prosecuted by Rev. Samuel Marsden against John Thomas Campbell in 1817, following the publication of the Philo Free letter. The event is examined in the various contexts of Imperial and Australasian Colonial History, Marsden historiography and biography, Australian legal history, South Seas missions history, the history of Australian indigenous missions, the freedom of the press, and normative ethics. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references.

9780994634924

1834-6936

414 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm