Thomas Davey (governor) is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of
Australia and
Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the
project page.AustraliaWikipedia:WikiProject AustraliaTemplate:WikiProject AustraliaAustralia articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to
join the project and
contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the
documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a
list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the
full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles
This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
A proclamation board labelled "Governor Davey's Proclamation" painted in
Van Diemen's Land (
Tasmania) about 1830 in the time of
Governor Arthur. This was designed to show former Governor Thomas Davey's desire that colonists and
aboriginals be seen as equal before the law. Davey's greatest accomplishment was the establishing of
Hobart as a
free port, but he also attempted to curtail
bushranging and encouraged the proper treatment of aborigines. However, the proclamation board, which was distributed through the country during the height of the
Black War by being nailed on trees, incorrectly depicted a policy of friendship and equal justice which simply did not exist at the time.Image: Government of Van Diemen's Land from a concept by Surveyor General George Frankland
The following discussion is an archived discussion of a
requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
Comment I was guided by my suggested dab by one of his predecessors,
David Collins (governor). So if that isn't good enough for Davey, what does it mean for other Governors of Tasmania (i.e. Collins,
Ernest Clark (governor), and
William Cox (governor))? I also wonder about 'British' in the suggested dab. Yes, he was from Britain, but if the article is reasonably complete, then his time of Governor of Tasmania is what makes him notable, so 'British' would give the wrong impression in my opinion. Schwede6600:46, 23 May 2012 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a
requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
Thomas Davey (governor) is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of
Australia and
Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the
project page.AustraliaWikipedia:WikiProject AustraliaTemplate:WikiProject AustraliaAustralia articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to
join the project and
contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the
documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a
list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the
full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles
This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
A proclamation board labelled "Governor Davey's Proclamation" painted in
Van Diemen's Land (
Tasmania) about 1830 in the time of
Governor Arthur. This was designed to show former Governor Thomas Davey's desire that colonists and
aboriginals be seen as equal before the law. Davey's greatest accomplishment was the establishing of
Hobart as a
free port, but he also attempted to curtail
bushranging and encouraged the proper treatment of aborigines. However, the proclamation board, which was distributed through the country during the height of the
Black War by being nailed on trees, incorrectly depicted a policy of friendship and equal justice which simply did not exist at the time.Image: Government of Van Diemen's Land from a concept by Surveyor General George Frankland
The following discussion is an archived discussion of a
requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
Comment I was guided by my suggested dab by one of his predecessors,
David Collins (governor). So if that isn't good enough for Davey, what does it mean for other Governors of Tasmania (i.e. Collins,
Ernest Clark (governor), and
William Cox (governor))? I also wonder about 'British' in the suggested dab. Yes, he was from Britain, but if the article is reasonably complete, then his time of Governor of Tasmania is what makes him notable, so 'British' would give the wrong impression in my opinion. Schwede6600:46, 23 May 2012 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a
requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.