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From Fields of Stone
Added: Jun 6, 2026
The history of female convict Nappy King in famine Ireland & colonial Tasmania.

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The Convict and the Compass
Added: Apr 17, 2026
Sentenced at 26 years old for his role in an uprising against British rule in Ireland, James Meehan arrived in Australia in 1800 as a convict servant to English explorer Charles Grimes.

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Tasmania's Convicts - hardcover
While the public stigma of its convict past has given way to a contemporary fascination with colonial history, in Tasmania's Convicts Alison Alexander debates whether the convict past lingers deep in the psyche of white Tasmania.

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Tasmania's Convicts - softcover
How felons built a free society - Van Diemen's Land to Tasmania.

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Tasmanian Rogues & Absconders Volume 1 - New Frontiers 1803-1821
A look at some of the history of Tasmania's early beginnings as a penal colony of the British Empire, covering the period 1803-1821.

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Ten Rogues - the unlikely story of convict schemers, a stolen brig and an escape from Van Diemen's Land

A band of convicts, a scoundrel by the name of Jimmy Porter, a stolen brig and a daring plan for escape.


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Thanks a lot, Guv!
Thanks a Lot, Guv! tells the stories of eight convicts, from trial in England to detention and freedom in Van Diemen's Land - John Ireland Hyland & Harriet James, James Britton, Sophia & James Charles Gunyon, William Heard, Isaac Ikey and Ann Solomon.

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The Australian Convict Recipe Book
This little cookbook includes 150 practical recipes from colonial Tasmanian times plus historical photographs, convict rules and rations and the unabridged story of Bessie Baldwin, convict cook to Governor Sir John Franklin.

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The Commandants
The tyrants who ruled Norfolk Island when it was a convict settlement.

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The Convict and the Compass
Sentenced at 26 years old for his role in an uprising against British rule in Ireland, James Meehan arrived in Australia in 1800 as a convict servant to English explorer Charles Grimes.

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The Convict Days of Port Arthur
Illustrated with 19th Century photographs by J.W. Beattie.

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The Convict King
The life and adventures of Jorgen Jorgenson.

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