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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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James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang - hardcover See details
James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang - hardcover
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
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
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
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
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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Letters of An Irish Patriot See details
Letters of An Irish Patriot
The letters of Irish exile William Paul Dowling, who established himself as an artist and photographer after being transported to Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania for sedition in 1848.
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Maids, Masters and Magistrates See details
Maids, Masters and Magistrates
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
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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
A history of Maria Island's recent past structured around four key touchstones.
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Martin Cash - the last of the Tasmanian bushrangers See details
Martin Cash - the last of the Tasmanian bushrangers
The story of Martin Cash, one of the last bushrangers from the convict era in Van Diemen's Land.
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