Open AccessReconstructing a Longitudinal Dataset for Tasmania
Author(s) -
Trudy Cowley,
Lucy Frost,
Kris Inwood,
Rebecca Kippen,
Hamish MaxwellStewart,
Monika Schwarz,
John Shepherd,
Richard Tuffin,
Mark Andrew Williams,
John K. Wilson,
Paul Wilson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
historical life course studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2352-6343
DOI - 10.51964/hlcs10912
Subject(s) - census , resource (disambiguation) , geography , genealogy , longitudinal data , data science , library science , cartography , history , computer science , demography , data mining , sociology , population , computer network
This article describes the formation of The Tasmanian Historical Dataset a longitudinal data resource spanning the 19th and early 20th century. This resource contains over 1.6 million records drawn from digitised prison and hospital admission registers, military enlistment papers, births, deaths and marriages, census and muster records, arrival and departure lists, bank accounts and property valuations, maps and plans and meteorological observations. As well as providing an account of the many different sources that have been digitised coded and linked as part of this initiative, the article outlines current and past research uses to which this data has been put. Further information on tables and key variables is provided in an appendix.