Convicts
Books covering Tasmania's convict era – transportation, penal settlements such as Port Arthur and Sarah Island, convict ships and records, and the individual stories of convicts sent to Van Diemen's Land. A well-used section for family historians researching convict ancestors, as well as general readers interested in this defining chapter of Tasmania's past.
A Cargo of Women
Susannah Watson and the convicts of the Princess Royal - a history of women transported to Van Diemen's Land.
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A Drift of Derwent Ducks - 200 female Irish convicts transported on the Australasia from Dublin to Hobart in 1849
The Australasia sailed from Dublin in May 1849 carrying 200 female convicts, many from the western counties of Ireland where the effects of the Great Famine were still being felt, and anchored in the Derwent River on 28 September 1849. Rather than landing immediately, the women typically spent a further six months moored on the river under the probation system, before being hired out into service across the colony.
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A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land
A lavishly illustrated large format picture book that tells the story of Tasmania's convicts.
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Aboriginal Convicts - Australian, Khoisan and Maori Exiles
This book is about the 130 aboriginal convicts who were transported to and within the Australian penal colonies. They lived, laboured, were punished, and died alongside other convicts, but until this ground breaking book, their stories had largely been forgotten.
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Alexander Pearce Macquarie Harbour Convict Cannibal History
The definitive biographical history of Australia's most infamous convict cannibal and bushranger, Alexander Pearce. A meticulously researched account of the brutal 1822 Sarah Island escapes by Dan Sprod, complete in its original Cat & Fiddle Press dust jacket.
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Arthur Phillip - The Voyage to Botany Bay
The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay with the First Fleet, with an account of the establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, compiled from authentic papers. First published in 1789, shortly after the events it describes, this account was among the earliest published records of the founding of the British colony at Sydney Cove in 1788. This is a 1982 reprint.
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![The Convict and the Compass – The Untold Story of Irish Political Convict and Colonial Surveyor James Meehan | Peter Bradley | 2025 [NEW – HCDJ]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/convict-and-the-compass-P6snPf.png "The Convict and the Compass – The Untold Story of Irish Political Convict and Colonial Surveyor James Meehan | Peter Bradley | 2025 [NEW – HCDJ]")
![A Looking-Glass for Tasmania – Letters, Petitions and Manuscripts from Van Diemen's Land 1808–1845 | Eustace FitzSymonds | 1980 | Numbered 92/400 [USED – HCDJ – Out of Print]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/looking-glass-for-tasmania-fitzsymonds-gkC0Fm.png "A Looking-Glass for Tasmania – Letters, Petitions and Manuscripts from Van Diemen's Land 1808–1845 | Eustace FitzSymonds | 1980 | Numbered 92/400 [USED – HCDJ – Out of Print]")
![A Road in Van Diemen's Land – The Convict-Built Bell's Line of Road from the Derwent River to St Peter's Pass 1820–1824 | John Thompson | 2004 [USED – SC – Out of Print]](https://onlinestore.bookcellar.com.au/images/T/a-road-in-vdl-sc-fadedcover-mP4Jub.png "A Road in Van Diemen's Land – The Convict-Built Bell's Line of Road from the Derwent River to St Peter's Pass 1820–1824 | John Thompson | 2004 [USED – SC – Out of Print]")
