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Maria Island History and Landscapes 1825-1930
Added: Feb 1, 2024
 
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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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Women of Van Diemen's Land - Staffordshire convicts
Added: Apr 27, 2024
 
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Gladys Dinnacombe, a UK author, delves into the history of the women of Staffordshire and their families who were transported as convicts to Van Diemen's Land.

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Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls
 
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Convict women in Van Diemen's Land 1803-1829

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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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Alexander Pearce of Macquarie Harbour - signed
 
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A Tasmanian convict history telling of the life of the infamous Alexander Pearce - escaped convict, bushranger, cannibal - of Macquarie Harbour. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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Mortmain - Facsimile collection of documents from Van Diemen's Land convict colony
 
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Mortmain - A collection of choice petitions, memorials and letters of protest and request from the convict colony of Van Diemen's Land; written by divers persons, both eminent and lowly, and collected and transcribed from the originals by Eustace FitzSymonds, with numerous pages of the manuscripts shewn in facsimile. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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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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Patchwork Prisoners - the Rajah Quilt and the women who made it
 
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Patchwork Prisoners is a study of the 180 female convicts who were transported on the convict ship Rajah from England to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land in 1841, and the Rajah Quilt they made during their voyage.

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The Indomitable Mr Cotham - Missioner, Convict Chaplain & Monk
 
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The Benedictine monk, James Ambrose Cotham, served more than 15 years in Van Diemen's Land in a period the colony began its transition from penal colony to free statehood.

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Corruption and Skullduggery - Edward Lord, Maria Riseley, and Hobart's tempestuous beginnings
 
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Award winning historian, Alison Alexander, turns her attention to Hobart's tempestuous beginnings and the part played by two quite different personalities, Edward Lord and Maria Riseley. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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William Cawston - Convict Boy to Colonial Photographer 1827-1916 - hardcover
 
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A tribute to one of Australia's lesser known pioneer photographers - the ex-convict William Cawston.

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A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land
 
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A lavishly illustrated large format picture book that tells the story of Tasmania's convicts.

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