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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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The Fatal Shore
 
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In 1787 the British Government sent a fleet of ships loaded with convicts to colonise Australia.

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The Ghost & the Bounty Hunter
 
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Just after Christmas 1803, convict William Buckley fled an embryonic settlement in the land of the Kulin nation (now the Port Phillip area), to take his chances in the wilderness.

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The Indomitable Mr Cotham - Missioner, Convict Chaplain & Monk
 
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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 Master of Hell’s Gates
 
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Captain William Kinghorne (1796 - 1878) navigated some of the most treacherous waters in the world.

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The Port Arthur Coal Mines 1833 - 1877
 
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A history of the coal mines at Port Arthur on Tasmania's Tasman Peninsula.

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The Sherburds
 
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A history of the Sherburds - a family of Van Diemen's Land pioneers, whalers and master mariners descended from convicts and Norfolk Island settlers.

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The Ship That Never Was
 
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The greatest escape story of Van Diemen's Land's colonial history by the son of Australia’s best-loved storyteller.

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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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Thomas Bock - Convict Engraver, Society Portraitist
 
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A 107- page illustrated catalogue to accompany an exhibition of the life and work of Thomas Bock, a convict artist in Van Diemen's Land.

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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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