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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: the two phases of convict occupation during the Penal Period 1825-32 and the Probation Period 1842-52; the optimistic tenure of the Bernacchi Period 1884-96; and the resource exploitation of the Industrial Period 1920-30.
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The Fatal Shore - Folio Society edition See details
The Fatal Shore - Folio Society edition
Added: May 3, 2024
 
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The Fatal Shore is Robert Hughes' classic history of the transportation of convicts to Australia between 1787 and 1868.
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James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang See details
James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang
 
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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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Thomas Bock - Convict Engraver, Society Portraitist See details
Thomas Bock - Convict Engraver, Society Portraitist
 
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A 107- page illustrated catalogue to accompany an exhibition of the life and work of Thomas Bock, a convict artist in Van Diemen's Land.
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Probation in Paradise See details
Probation in Paradise
 
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Probation in Paradise tells the history of convict probationers on Tasman's and Forestier's peninsulas, Van Diemen's Land, 1841-1857.
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Convicts Unbound - signed, numbered, special binding See details
Convicts Unbound - signed, numbered, special binding
 
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The story of the convicts transported from England on the ship Calcutta and the history of their settlement in the Australian colonies. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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Bound for Australia
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Bound for Australia
 
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A guide to the records held by The National Archives in the UK of transported convicts and early settlers to the Australian colonies.
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A Cargo of Women See details
A Cargo of Women
 
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Susannah Watson and the convicts of the Princess Royal - a history of women transported to Van Diemen's Land.

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Convict Colony See details
Convict Colony
 
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Convict Colony - the remarkable story of the fledgling settlement at Sydney that survived against the odds.
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Convict Orphans See details
Convict Orphans
 
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The heartbreaking stories of the early Australian colony's forgotten children, and those who succeeded against all odds as convict orphans in the Queen's Orphan Schools in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land.
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Michael Howe See details
Michael Howe
 
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Michael Howe - the last and worst of the bushrangers of Van Diemen's Land.
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My Name is Lizzie Flynn - Rajah Quilt story See details
My Name is Lizzie Flynn - Rajah Quilt story
 
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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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