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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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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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Martin Cash – His Personal Narrative as a Bushranger in Van Diemen's Land in 1843–4 | Martin Cash | 1981 12th Impression [USED – SC – Good] See details
Martin Cash – His Personal Narrative as a Bushranger in Van Diemen's Land in 1843–4 | Martin Cash | 1981 12th Impression [USED – SC – Good]

Martin Cash's personal narrative of his life as a bushranger in Van Diemen's Land — the 12th impression of the account first published in 1870, ghostwritten by fellow convict James Lester Burke. Cash was an Irish convict from County Wexford who twice escaped from Port Arthur and led an eight-month bushranging spree with Kavanagh and Jones through 1843, robbing mail coaches, homesteads and inns across Van Diemen's Land.

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Mary Proctor - Convict, Pioneer and Settler See details
Mary Proctor - Convict, Pioneer and Settler
The true story of Mary Procter, a female convict transported to Van Diemen's Land in the 1820s.
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Matthew Brady Van Diemen's Land Bushranger - KR von Stieglitz - Convict History See details
Matthew Brady Van Diemen's Land Bushranger - KR von Stieglitz - Convict History

A biography / history of one of the most notorious early Tasmanian bushrangers.

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Michael Howe See details
Michael Howe
Michael Howe - the last and worst of the bushrangers of Van Diemen's Land.
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Mortmain – Facsimile Collection of Convict Petitions and Letters from Van Diemen's Land | Eustace FitzSymonds | 1977 | Limited Edition [USED – HCDJ] See details
Mortmain – Facsimile Collection of Convict Petitions and Letters from Van Diemen's Land | Eustace FitzSymonds | 1977 | Limited Edition [USED – HCDJ]

A collection of petitions, memorials and letters from the convict colony of Van Diemen's Land, gathered and transcribed by Eustace FitzSymonds from original documents held in colonial archives, with numerous pages reproduced in facsimile directly from the manuscripts. The documents are the voices of the convict system itself — petitions for mercy, memorials requesting tickets of leave, letters of complaint and protest, correspondence between convicts and colonial administrators.

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My Name is Lizzie Flynn - Rajah Quilt story See details
My Name is Lizzie Flynn - Rajah Quilt story
A story of the Rajah quilt (now held in the Australian National Gallery, Canberra), made by convict women on board the ship 'Rajah' while being transported to Van Diemen's Land.
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No Ordinary Convict - A Welshman Called Rebecca See details
No Ordinary Convict - A Welshman Called Rebecca
The Rebecca Riots took place in Wales between 1839 and 1844 to protest primarily about excessive tolls imposed on travel across the Welsh countryside.
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Norfolk Island and its First Settlement 1788-1814 See details
Norfolk Island and its First Settlement 1788-1814
A history of the first convict settlement of Norfolk Island, which was quite unlike the subsequent second settlement when the island was used as a place of secondary punishment for transported convicts.
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