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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 – The Untold Story of Irish Political Convict and Colonial Surveyor James Meehan | Peter Bradley | 2025 [NEW – HCDJ] See details
The Convict and the Compass – The Untold Story of Irish Political Convict and Colonial Surveyor James Meehan | Peter Bradley | 2025 [NEW – HCDJ]
Added: Apr 17, 2026

James Meehan was sentenced at 26 for his role in an uprising against British rule in Ireland and arrived in Australia in 1800 as a convict servant to English explorer Charles Grimes. Through talent and persistence he rose to become Acting Surveyor General of the New South Wales colony, working under five governors from 1800 to 1822.

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Wild Oats - the convict family Goodson See details
Wild Oats - the convict family Goodson
Wild Oats is the true story of a family of convicts, the Goodsons.
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William Buelow Gould – Convict Artist of Van Diemen's Land | Garry Darby | 1980 [USED – HCDJ – Good] See details
William Buelow Gould – Convict Artist of Van Diemen's Land | Garry Darby | 1980 [USED – HCDJ – Good]

The real William Buelow Gould — the convict artist who became the protagonist of Richard Flanagan's second novel Gould's Book of Fish. Gould was transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1827 at the age of 24. He served time at Macquarie Harbour — the brutal penal station at Sarah Island on the west coast — where he painted fish specimens for the colonial surgeon.

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William Cawston - Convict Boy to Colonial Photographer 1827-1916 - hardcover See details
William Cawston - Convict Boy to Colonial Photographer 1827-1916 - hardcover
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 See details
William Cawston - Convict Boy to Colonial Photographer 1827-1916 - softcover, used
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 See details
William Rose Watts - Six Stolen Mugs
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 See details
Women of Van Diemen's Land - Staffordshire convicts
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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You Can't Hang Me For It See details
You Can't Hang Me For It
Life of James Mitchell (1838-1931) career criminal - the life of a Tasmanian man born in the early convict days of the Colony.
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