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Urchin Convicts - the Point Puer Boys in Van Diemen's Land
Added: Jun 5, 2025
 
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In the early 19th century, amidst public anxiety about the threat to public order and respectability posed by juvenile offenders, over 2000 boys were transported from the streets of London to the Point Puer Boys Establishment at Port Arthur in Van Diemen’s Land.

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Convicts, Cannibals and Strange Little Animals
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A quirky, illustrated guide to the things that make Tasmania different and interesting.

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Out of the Ordinary
Added: May 23, 2025
 
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An historical novel based around the early life near Wynyard / Table Cape of FM Alexander, founder of the Alexander Technique.

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Unexplored
 
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Martin Hawes' fourth book of Tasmanian wilderness photographs.

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Uninnocent Landscapes - Following George Augustus Robinson’s Big River Mission
 
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A contemporary black/white photographic reflection following in the footsteps of George Augustus Robinson's Big River mission.

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Unnecessary Wars
 
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Tasmanian-based historian Henry Reynolds shows how the Boer War left a dark and dangerous legacy, demonstrating how those beliefs have propelled Australia into too many unnecessary wars – without counting the cost.

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Up Country - History of Portland Municipality, North East Tasmania
 
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A history of the towns that made up Tasmania's Portland Municipality before it was merged into Dorset.

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Urchin Convicts - the Point Puer Boys in Van Diemen's Land
 
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In the early 19th century, amidst public anxiety about the threat to public order and respectability posed by juvenile offenders, over 2000 boys were transported from the streets of London to the Point Puer Boys Establishment at Port Arthur in Van Diemen’s Land.

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Van Diemen Anthology 2019
 
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A selection of the best entries from the Van Diemen Anthology competition in 2018-2019 for articles on an aspect of Tasmanian history.

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Van Diemen Anthology 2023
 
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Van Diemen Anthology 2023 - the eight best entries from the Van Diemen History Prize 2023.

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Van Diemen's Land - An Aboriginal History
 
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A history of Aboriginal Tasmania from before the island was separated from mainland Australia through to the devastating settlement of Europeans, colonisation, warfare exile.

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Van Diemen's Land - softcover
 
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Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's Land, where they found a land of bounty, a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life.

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Van Diemen's Women - A History of Transportation to Tasmania
 
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An in-depth account of what life was like for a woman transported from Ireland to Van Diemen's Land in the 1840s and how a Draconian punishment for some became a life saving measure.

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