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Sarah's Story See details
Sarah's Story
Added: Nov 12, 2025
 
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A convict's tale of strength and resilience for younger readers.
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The Convict Ships 1787-1868 See details
The Convict Ships 1787-1868
Added: Dec 8, 2025
 
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Charles Bateson reconstructs the voyages of the ships transporting convicts to Australia and also the administrative system under which the ships were selected, manned, provisioned and despatched with their miserable human freight to face a 13,000 mile voyage over tempestuous and largely uncharted seas.
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Heart of Exile See details
Heart of Exile
 
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Popular Australian author Patsy Adam-Smith writes a history of the seven Irish patriots banished in 1848 and exiled with convicts to Van Diemen's Land.
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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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James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang - hardcover See details
James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang - hardcover
 
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In the early 1800s magistrates in the Australian colonies were often frustrated by the language used by reoffending convicts to disguise their criminal activities and intensions. Convict clerk James Hardy Vaux came up with a useful idea- a dictionary of slang and other terms used by convicts.
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James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang - softcover See details
James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang - softcover
 
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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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Joseph Lycett Convict Artist See details
Joseph Lycett Convict Artist
 
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A comprehensive examination of the life and work of one of Australia's early colonial artists, Joseph Lycett, who worked in Australia from 1815 to 1822.
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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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Just One Tasmanian Policeman See details
Just One Tasmanian Policeman
 
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A book that details the working life of a police constable in Tasmania / Van Diemen's Land - James Stevens 1817-1883.
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Maids, Masters and Magistrates See details
Maids, Masters and Magistrates
 
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Maids, Masters and Magistrates tells of 20 women transported to Van Diemen's Land in the convict ship New Grove to become maidservants.
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Maria Island Convicts 1825-1832 - signed See details
Maria Island Convicts 1825-1832 - signed
 
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An account of the first convict settlement on Maria Island, off the East Coast of Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania.
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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.
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