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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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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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William Cawston - Convict Boy to Colonial Photographer 1827-1916 - hardcover
 
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A tribute to one of Australia's lesser known pioneer photographers - the ex-convict William Cawston.

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William Cawston - Convict Boy to Colonial Photographer 1827-1916 - softcover, used
 
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A tribute to one of Australia's lesser known pioneer photographers - the ex-convict William Cawston.

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William Rose Watts - Six Stolen Mugs
 
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This is the biography and family history of convict William Rose Watts, born in Essex in 1811 and transported to Van Diemen's Land for 14-years for stealing six ceramic mugs from his employer.

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Women of Van Diemen's Land - Staffordshire convicts
 
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Gladys Dinnacombe, a UK author, delves into the history of the women of Staffordshire and their families who were transported as convicts to Van Diemen's Land.

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