More than 74,000 convicts were transported to Van Diemen's Land — and they left their mark across the entire island. Michael Nash's guide takes the reader to Tasmania's convict heritage sites, both well-known and lesser-known, examining how each operated during the transportation era and what visitors will find there today.
Sites covered include both substantial and remnant, from Port Arthur, Sarah Island and Macquarie Harbour, the Cascades Female Factory, the Ross Bridge, to Campbell Town's Red Bridge, the probation stations of the Tasman Peninsula, Coal Mines Historic Site, Darlington on Maria Island and others across the island.
At 176 pages with colour and black and white illustrations throughout, this is the most practical single-volume guide to Tasmania's convict heritage for the visitor who wants to understand what they are looking at — and why it matters.
At $29.95 it is great value.
BOOK DETAILS
- Softcover.
- 176 pages.
- Colour and black & white illustrations.
- Published 2020.
CONDITION
New.
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![Convict Places – A Guide to Tasmanian Convict Heritage Sites | Michael Nash | 2020 [NEW – SC]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/P/Convict-Places.jpg "Convict Places – A Guide to Tasmanian Convict Heritage Sites | Michael Nash | 2020 [NEW – SC]")
![Design for Convicts – An Account of Design for Convict Establishments in the Australian Colonies During the Transportation Era | James Semple Kerr | 1984 [USED – HCDJ]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/design-for-convicts-zh4FYq.png "Design for Convicts – An Account of Design for Convict Establishments in the Australian Colonies During the Transportation Era | James Semple Kerr | 1984 [USED – HCDJ]")
![Probation in Paradise – Convict Probationers on the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas 1841–1857 | John Thompson | 2007 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Out of Print]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/probation-in-paradise-sc-B7jbcK.png "Probation in Paradise – Convict Probationers on the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas 1841–1857 | John Thompson | 2007 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Out of Print]")
![The Convict Probation System – Van Diemen's Land 1839–1854 | Ian Brand & Michael Sprod | 1990 [USED – HCDJ – Good]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/convict-probation-system-uf5fde.png "The Convict Probation System – Van Diemen's Land 1839–1854 | Ian Brand & Michael Sprod | 1990 [USED – HCDJ – Good]")
![The Fatal Shore – A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia 1787–1868 | Robert Hughes | 2003 [SC]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/the-fatal-shore-softcover-gjm7So.png "The Fatal Shore – A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia 1787–1868 | Robert Hughes | 2003 [SC]")
![Port Arthur Railway Across the Tasman Peninsula – Australia's First Railway | William A. Bayley | 1971 [USED – SC – Out of Print – Reprint]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/port-arthur-railway-across-tasman-peninsula-9zACJI.png "Port Arthur Railway Across the Tasman Peninsula – Australia's First Railway | William A. Bayley | 1971 [USED – SC – Out of Print – Reprint]")
![Exiled – The Port Arthur Convict Photographs | Edwin Barnard | 2010 [USED – SC – Out of Print]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/exiled-port-arthur-convict-photographs-5ZOHVd.png "Exiled – The Port Arthur Convict Photographs | Edwin Barnard | 2010 [USED – SC – Out of Print]")
