Home :: Just Tassie Books :: Convicts

New Arrivals

Maria Island History and Landscapes 1825-1930 See details
Maria Island History and Landscapes 1825-1930
Added: Feb 1, 2024
 
(0 reviews)  
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.
Our price: AUD 19.95
including GST 10.00 % ( AUD 1.81 )
Quantity
Women of Van Diemen's Land - Staffordshire convicts See details
Women of Van Diemen's Land - Staffordshire convicts
Added: Apr 27, 2024
 
(0 reviews)  
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.
Our price: AUD 19.95
including GST 10.00 % ( AUD 1.81 )
Quantity

Convicts

Products

  • Result pages: Previous page1234567Next page
  •  per page
Tasmanian Rogues & Absconders Volume 1 - New Frontiers 1803-1821 See details
Tasmanian Rogues & Absconders Volume 1 - New Frontiers 1803-1821
 
(0 reviews)  
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.
Our price: AUD 21.95
including GST 10.00 % ( AUD 2.00 )
Quantity
The Tin Ticket - the heroic journey of Australia's convict women See details
The Tin Ticket - the heroic journey of Australia's convict women
 
(0 reviews)  
Tin Ticket tells the story of convict women discarded by their homeland and forgotten by history - who, by sheer force of will, become the heart and soul of a new Australian nation.
Our price: AUD 29.99
including GST 10.00 % ( AUD 2.73 )
Quantity
The Fatal Shore See details
The Fatal Shore
 
(0 reviews)  
In 1787 the British Government sent a fleet of ships loaded with convicts to colonise Australia.
Our price: AUD 22.99
including GST 10.00 % ( AUD 2.09 )
Quantity
From the Edges of Empire - Convict Women from Beyond the British Isles See details
From the Edges of Empire - Convict Women from Beyond the British Isles
 
(0 reviews)  
Remarkable stories of convict women transported to Australia who were born or tried outside the British Isles.
Our price: AUD 30.00
including GST 10.00 % ( AUD 2.73 )
Quantity
Convict Tattoos - examining and illustrating the tattoos of convict men and women See details
Convict Tattoos - examining and illustrating the tattoos of convict men and women
 
(0 reviews)  
At least 37% of male convicts and 15% of female convicts were tattooed by the time they arrived in the penal colonies, making Australians quite possibly the world's most heavily tattooed English-speaking people of the 19th century.
Our price: AUD 39.99
including GST 10.00 % ( AUD 3.64 )
Quantity
Tasmania's Convicts - how felons built a free society See details
Tasmania's Convicts - how felons built a free society
 
(0 reviews)  
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.
Our price: AUD 28.00
including GST 10.00 % ( AUD 2.55 )
Quantity
The Ship That Never Was See details
The Ship That Never Was
 
(0 reviews)  
The greatest escape story of Van Diemen's Land's colonial history by the son of Australia’s best-loved storyteller.
Our price: AUD 34.99
including GST 10.00 % ( AUD 3.18 )
Quantity Out of stock
Women of Van Diemen's Land - Staffordshire convicts See details
Women of Van Diemen's Land - Staffordshire convicts
 
(0 reviews)  
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.
Our price: AUD 19.95
including GST 10.00 % ( AUD 1.81 )
Quantity
James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang See details
James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang
 
(0 reviews)  
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.
Our price: AUD 29.99
including GST 10.00 % ( AUD 2.73 )
Quantity
Thomas Bock - Convict Engraver, Society Portraitist See details
Thomas Bock - Convict Engraver, Society Portraitist
 
(0 reviews)  
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.
Our price: AUD 16.50
including GST 10.00 % ( AUD 1.50 )
Quantity
  • Result pages: Previous page1234567Next page
  •  per page