Convicts

This is perhaps the only extant diary ever written during the Australian penal era whilst its convict writer was imprisoned. John Ward, writing whilst incarcerated on Norfolk Island but formerly a groom to an officer gentleman, tells a story of thwarted love that he claims led him to a life of crime including theft, sexual assault and more. In telling the candid story of his downfall he exposes his own ruthlessness and lack of empathy. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

An Australian history book for children... It was the craziest, wildest and most daring expedition the world had ever seen.

Remarkable stories of convict women transported to Australia who were born or tried outside the British Isles.

A modern take on the the life and legend of notorious Tasmanian convict, Alexander Pearce.