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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 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 Letter Writer
 
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The extraordinary story of a woman's journey from convict maid in Campbell Town to prosperity, status and wealth on the other side of the world.

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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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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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Convict Lives at the Cascades Female Factory Volume 2
 
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The stories of 29 female convicts who spent time at Hobart's Cascades Female Factory.

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Convict Places - A Guide to Tasmanian Sites
 
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A guide to some of Tasmania's key convict sites, revealing their historic past as well as the remains that are still to be found today.

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Convict Lives at the Launceston Female Factory
 
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The story of the female convicts who lived and worked at the Launceston Female Factory.

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White Rag Burning
 
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The story of why almost 250 Irish women were transported to Van Diemen's land over a twelve year period for committing arson.

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Convict Lives at the New Norfolk Asylum
 
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The lives of twenty two women convict inmates at New Norfolk's Asylum are examined in this continuing series of Convict Lives.

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Reverend George Eastman - The Convicts' Good Parson
 
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The story of a parson who believed that convicts in the later period of Van Diemen's Land's transportation era (1844-1870) could be reformed and who did all within his ability to help them achieve this lofty goal.

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