History, diffuse carcerality and the management of mental illness in colonial Australia
Published online on June 16, 2026
Abstract
Australasian Psychiatry, Ahead of Print.
ObjectiveThis paper considers early colonial Australian incarceration as a diffuse carceral system encompassing gaols, private dwellings and sites of labour rather than discrete institutional forms. Drawing on existing records and historiography, this ...
ObjectiveThis paper considers early colonial Australian incarceration as a diffuse carceral system encompassing gaols, private dwellings and sites of labour rather than discrete institutional forms. Drawing on existing records and historiography, this ...