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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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The Wreck of the Neva
 
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The horrifying fate of a convict ship and the Irish women aboard.

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Thomas Bock - Convict Engraver, Society Portraitist
 
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A 107- page illustrated catalogue to accompany an exhibition of the life and work of Thomas Bock, a convict artist in Van Diemen's Land.

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To Hell or to Hobart
 
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The story of an Irish convict couple - Stephen Howard and Ellen Lydon - transported to Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania in the 1840s.

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Tom Appleby Convict Boy
 
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A story of transportation and life in a new world.

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Transported - illustrated tales of misfortune and roguery
 
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Those criminals convicted and transported to Van Diemen's Land all had lives before their convictions, but we know little of them.


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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'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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Wanted Martin Cash
 
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The story of Martin Cash one of Van Diemen's Land's more colourful convicts and bushrangers.

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White Rag Burning
 
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The story of why almost 250 Irish women were transported to Van Diemen's land over a twelve year period for committing arson.

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Wild Oats - the convict family Goodson
 
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Wild Oats is the true story of a family of convicts, the Goodsons.

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