Talk:Robert Torrens (economist)

Putting Torrens' essays on Wikisource

Given how old this material is, I'm sure it must be without copyright. I tried to find An Essay on the External Corn Trade using Google, but I couldn't get anything. The closest I came to the source texts were two sites offering the essay or book for a price. If someone could get them uploaded it would be great.

Edit: By the way, he's not Australian, is he? The article is classed as an Australian biography stub, yet is seems he is British from all the material above - perhaps the person who sorted it confused him with the River Torrens? Richard001 21:25, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

The material on-line, everywhere, is unreliable. Only the entry in the new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is accurate. Marginally better is the entry in J E King, A Biographical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Economists, Cheltenham UK, Edward Elgar 2007. Full facsimiles of almost all of Torrens' publications are in the 8 volumed edition by Giancarlo de Vivo, Collected Works of Robert Torrens, London, Thoemmes Press 2000 - 1815 and 1820 editions of the Essay on the External Corn Trade are in volume 2. Torrens was Irish, something that everyone has always omitted/avoided, perhaps because the English are uncomfortable about the Irish. He did not come to South Australia, nor New Zealand which he also attempted to colonise. The River Torrens was named after him because he was the Chairman of the statutory Board of Colonisation Commissioners for South Australia from its inception in 1835.Peter L Moore (talk) 23:10, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Further reading

• Lionel Robbins' book on Torrens is a very useful resource for anyone that has to do an essay on Torrens. As are a few readings by De Viva, Meenia, and Hutchison. (moved from article page) billinghurst sDrewth 14:38, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed

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Colonel Torrens in Parliamentary report of 1831

Is this the same person: s:Report from the Select Committee on Steam Carriages/Torrens? He's referred to as "Colonel Torrens" in a Parliamentary report of 1831 (published 1834). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:03, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

See also [1] and [2] - the latter ties in the interest in steam carraiges. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:09, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Looks very much like it to me, Andy - the dates match, and he was an MP. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 08:23, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

I've added a paragraph citing the report, and Hansard. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:47, 21 June 2021 (UTC)