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Maria Island History and Landscapes 1825-1930 See details
Maria Island History and Landscapes 1825-1930
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A history of Maria Island's recent past structured around four key touchstones: the two phases of convict occupation during the Penal Period 1825-32 and the Probation Period 1842-52; the optimistic tenure of the Bernacchi Period 1884-96; and the resource exploitation of the Industrial Period 1920-30.
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Convict Lives at the Launceston Female Factory See details
Convict Lives at the Launceston Female Factory
 
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The story of the female convicts who lived and worked at the Launceston Female Factory.
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Convict Lives at the Ross Female Factory See details
Convict Lives at the Ross Female Factory
 
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The stories of women convicts who served at the Ross Female Factory.
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Tasmania's Convicts - how felons built a free society See details
Tasmania's Convicts - how felons built a free society
 
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While the public stigma of its convict past has given way to a contemporary fascination with colonial history, in Tasmania's Convicts Alison Alexander debates whether the convict past lingers deep in the psyche of white Tasmania.
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Hell's Gates See details
Hell's Gates
 
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A modern take on the the life and legend of notorious Tasmanian convict, Alexander Pearce.
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Judicial Murder - The Crown vs David Young See details
Judicial Murder - The Crown vs David Young
 
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David Young, an ex-convict and a Vandemonian, was looking for work near Daylesford in the Victorian Goldfields in 1864. It was there that Margaret Graham, a 17-year old bride, was brutally murdered in her bed. And it was there that the hunt was on to track down her murderer.
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The Convict Letter Writer See details
The Convict Letter Writer
 
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The extraordinary story of a woman's journey from convict maid in Campbell Town to prosperity, status and wealth on the other side of the world.
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To Hell or to Hobart See details
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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James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang See details
James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang
 
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In the early 1800s magistrates in the Australian colonies were often frustrated by the language used by re-offending convicts to disguise their criminal activities and intentions. In 1819, convict clerk James Hardy Vaux came up with this dictionary of slang and other terms used by convicts.
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Ten Rogues - the unlikely story of convict schemers, a stolen brig and an escape from Van Diemen's Land See details
Ten Rogues - the unlikely story of convict schemers, a stolen brig and an escape from Van Diemen's Land
 
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A band of convicts, a scoundrel by the name of Jimmy Porter, a stolen brig and a daring plan for escape.

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The Tin Ticket - the heroic journey of Australia's convict women See details
The Tin Ticket - the heroic journey of Australia's convict women
 
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Tin Ticket tells the story of convict women discarded by their homeland and forgotten by history - who, by sheer force of will, become the heart and soul of a new Australian nation.
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