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The Convict and the Compass See details
The Convict and the Compass
Added: Apr 17, 2026
 
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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 See details
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 Fatal Shore - Folio Society edition See details
The Fatal Shore - Folio Society edition
 
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The Fatal Shore is Robert Hughes' classic history of the transportation of convicts to Australia between 1787 and 1868.
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The Floating Brothel - used See details
The Floating Brothel - used
 
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The extraordinary history of the Lady Julian and its cargo of female convicts bound for Botany Bay.
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The Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island and Van Diemen's Land See details
The Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island and Van Diemen's Land
 
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Forgotten Generation gives a picture of the individuals comprising the population of Norfolk Island during the First Settlement with convicts (1788-1814), covering some aspects of their lives.
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The Gardens of Hell See details
The Gardens of Hell
 
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Irish patriot John Mitchel in Van Diemen's Land 1850-1853.
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The Indomitable Mr Cotham - Missioner, Convict Chaplain & Monk See details
The Indomitable Mr Cotham - Missioner, Convict Chaplain & Monk
 
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The Benedictine monk, James Ambrose Cotham, served more than 15 years in Van Diemen's Land in a period the colony began its transition from penal colony to free statehood.
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The Isle of the Dead, Port Arthur See details
The Isle of the Dead, Port Arthur
 
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The identification of every stone on the Isle of the Dead at Port Arthur, on the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania (formerly Van Diemen's Land) including nine previously unrecognised convict headstones.
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The Journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth See details
The Journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth
 
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The 1787-1789 journal of the surgeon onboard the First Fleet convict transportation ship "Lady Penrhyn" - notable for the high survival rate of its more than 100 female prisoners.
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The Last Ladies See details
The Last Ladies
 
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A history of the female convicts transported from England on the Duchess of Northumberland 1852-1853, the last of the convict transports to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania).
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The Lost Boys of Mr Dickens - used See details
The Lost Boys of Mr Dickens - used
 
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How the British Empire turned artful dodgers into child killers.
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The Master of Hell’s Gates See details
The Master of Hell’s Gates
 
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Captain William Kinghorne (1796 - 1878) navigated some of the most treacherous waters in the world.
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