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Urchin Convicts - the Point Puer Boys in Van Diemen's Land See details
Urchin Convicts - the Point Puer Boys in Van Diemen's Land
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In the early 19th century, amidst public anxiety about the threat to public order and respectability posed by juvenile offenders, over 2000 boys were transported from the streets of London to the Point Puer Boys Establishment at Port Arthur in Van Diemen’s Land.
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Shadow over Tasmania See details
Shadow over Tasmania
 
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Journalist Coultman Smith wrote this very popular small book telling "the truth / whole story about the State's convicts". It has been reprinted many times since its first publication in 1941, although it is now out of print.
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Some Notes on Maria Island and its Penal Settlements See details
Some Notes on Maria Island and its Penal Settlements
 
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A short history of the convict settlements on Maria Island, just a little way off the East Coast of Tasmania.
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Tasmania's Convicts - hardcover See details
Tasmania's Convicts - hardcover
 
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While the public stigma of its convict past has given way to a contemporary fascination with colonial history, in Tasmania's Convicts Alison Alexander debates whether the convict past lingers deep in the psyche of white Tasmania.
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Tasmania's Convicts - softcover See details
Tasmania's Convicts - softcover
 
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How felons built a free society - Van Diemen's Land to Tasmania.
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Tasmanian Rogues & Absconders Volume 1 - New Frontiers 1803-1821 See details
Tasmanian Rogues & Absconders Volume 1 - New Frontiers 1803-1821
 
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A look at some of the history of Tasmania's early beginnings as a penal colony of the British Empire, covering the period 1803-1821.
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Ten Rogues - the unlikely story of convict schemers, a stolen brig and an escape from Van Diemen's Land See details
Ten Rogues - the unlikely story of convict schemers, a stolen brig and an escape from Van Diemen's Land
 
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A band of convicts, a scoundrel by the name of Jimmy Porter, a stolen brig and a daring plan for escape.

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Thanks a lot, Guv! See details
Thanks a lot, Guv!
 
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Thanks a Lot, Guv! tells the stories of eight convicts, from trial in England to detention and freedom in Van Diemen's Land - John Ireland Hyland & Harriet James, James Britton, Sophia & James Charles Gunyon, William Heard, Isaac Ikey and Ann Solomon.
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The Australian Convict Recipe Book See details
The Australian Convict Recipe Book
 
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This little cookbook includes 150 practical recipes from colonial Tasmanian times plus historical photographs, convict rules and rations and the unabridged story of Bessie Baldwin, convict cook to Governor Sir John Franklin.
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The Convict Days of Port Arthur See details
The Convict Days of Port Arthur
 
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Illustrated with 19th Century photographs by J.W. Beattie.
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The Convict King See details
The Convict King
 
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The life and adventures of Jorgen Jorgenson.
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