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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]
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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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Convicts

Books covering Tasmania's convict era – transportation, penal settlements such as Port Arthur and Sarah Island, convict ships and records, and the individual stories of convicts sent to Van Diemen's Land. A well-used section for family historians researching convict ancestors, as well as general readers interested in this defining chapter of Tasmania's past.

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Foot Steps and Voices See details
Foot Steps and Voices
An historical look into the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart, Tasmania / Van Diemen's Land.
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For Better or Worse See details
For Better or Worse
For Better or Worse is a book describing 88 convict lives shaped by transportation to Van Diemen's Land, NSW or Western Australia, with facial images created using computer technology in the early 2000s.
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For the Term of His Natural Life - Popular Penguin See details
For the Term of His Natural Life - Popular Penguin
The orange Popular Penguin edition of Marcus Clarke's historical convict novel, For the Term of His Natural Life.
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From Fields of Stone See details
From Fields of Stone
The history of female convict Nappy King in famine Ireland & colonial Tasmania.
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From the Edges of Empire - Convict Women from Beyond the British Isles See details
From the Edges of Empire - Convict Women from Beyond the British Isles
Remarkable stories of convict women transported to Australia who were born or tried outside the British Isles.
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From the Proteus to Prosperity – In the Steps of John Walduck (1809–1886): A Convict Family History | Susan G. Scott (Ed.) | 2018 [USED – HCDJ – Very Good] See details
From the Proteus to Prosperity – In the Steps of John Walduck (1809–1886): A Convict Family History | Susan G. Scott (Ed.) | 2018 [USED – HCDJ – Very Good]

The seven-generation family history of the Walduck family of Tasmania, tracing their origins from convict John Walduck who arrived in Van Diemen's Land aboard the Proteus on 3 August 1831, having sailed from Portsmouth on 14 April. Walduck was born in 1809 and lived until 1886 — long enough to see his descendants established as free settlers across the colony.

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Gaolbird - the true story of William Swallow Convict & Pirate See details
Gaolbird - the true story of William Swallow Convict & Pirate
This children's picture story book tells the outrageous and unbelievable true story of a convict pirate named Swallow from Simon Barnard, the 2015 CBCA winner of A-Z Convicts in Van Diemen's Land.
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Governor Arthur's Convict System See details
Governor Arthur's Convict System
A history of Governor Arthur's convict system in Van Diemen's Land 1824-36.
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Heart of Exile (Patsy Adam-Smith) - 1848 Irish Exiles in Van Diemen's Land - (Used) See details
Heart of Exile (Patsy Adam-Smith) - 1848 Irish Exiles in Van Diemen's Land - (Used)

Written by popular and highly readable Australian historian Patsy Adam-Smith, this compelling volume tracks the lives, adventures, and fortunes of the seven prominent Irish patriots banished to the Van Diemen's Land penal colony following the 1848 Young Ireland rebellion.

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Hell's Gates See details
Hell's Gates
A modern take on the the life and legend of notorious Tasmanian convict, Alexander Pearce.
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