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From Fields of Stone See details
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 See details
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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The English Dane - softcover, used See details
The English Dane - softcover, used
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 Evidence to the Bigge Reports – New South Wales Under Governor Macquarie | John Ritchie (Ed.) | 2-Volume Set | 1971 [USED – HCDJ] See details
The Evidence to the Bigge Reports – New South Wales Under Governor Macquarie | John Ritchie (Ed.) | 2-Volume Set | 1971 [USED – HCDJ]

The primary source documents underlying John Thomas Bigge's 1822–1823 reports to the British Government on the state of New South Wales under Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Bigge was commissioned to investigate the running of the colony — its convict management, land grants, public works, and Macquarie's controversial policies — and his reports had significant consequences for the direction of Australian colonial administration.

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The Fatal Shore See details
The Fatal Shore
In 1787 the British Government sent a fleet of ships loaded with convicts to colonise Australia.
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The Fatal Shore - Folio Society edition See details
The Fatal Shore - Folio Society edition
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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