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The Convict and the Compass
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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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Foot Steps and Voices
Added: May 6, 2026
 
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An historical look into the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart, Tasmania / Van Diemen's Land.

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The Convict King
 
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The life and adventures of Jorgen Jorgenson.

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The Convict Letter Writer
 
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The extraordinary story of a woman's journey from convict maid in Campbell Town to prosperity, status and wealth on the other side of the world.

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The Convict Probation System - Van Diemen's Land 1839-1854
 
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A study of the probation system of convict discipline together with C.J. LaTrobe's 1847 report on its operation, and the 1845 report of James Boyd on the probation station at Darlington, Maria Island.

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The Convict Ships 1787-1868
 
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Charles Bateson reconstructs the voyages of the ships transporting convicts to Australia and also the administrative system under which the ships were selected, manned, provisioned and despatched with their miserable human freight to face a 13,000 mile voyage over tempestuous and largely uncharted seas.

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The Convict Theatres of Early Australia
 
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A history of convict theatres in early Australia between 1788 and 1840.

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The Crimes of The First Fleet Convicts
 
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A comprehensive register with crimes and sentences of the 778 First Fleet convicts that set out from England in 1787 to establish a penal colony in New South Wales.

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The Diemenois - A Novel in Pictures
 
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A graphic novel... On the 5th of May 1821 Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, died of stomach cancer. Or did he?Little is known about the French Tasmanian colony of la Ville de Baudin. Less still about its most mysterious colonist, Henri Maurice Claudet.

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The English Convict Hulks
 
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A history of the English convict hulks 1600s -1868 and the transportation of criminals to Australia.

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The English Dane - hardcover, used
 
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From King of Iceland to Tasmanian convict, Jorgen Jorgenson was a Dane who made Britain his adopted country - restless for adventure, he began his career by sailing to establish the new colony of Tasmania.

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The Fatal Shore
 
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In 1787 the British Government sent a fleet of ships loaded with convicts to colonise Australia.

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