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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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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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A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land See details
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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Abandoned Women - Scottish Convicts in Van Diemen's Land See details
Abandoned Women - Scottish Convicts in Van Diemen's Land
 
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Abandoned Women - Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas s a rich and evocative account of the lives of women at the bottom of society two hundred years ago.
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Alexander Pearce of Macquarie Harbour - signed See details
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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Bound for Australia See details
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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Child Convicts - Our Stories See details
Child Convicts - Our Stories
 
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At the age of seven, children in 18th century Britain were tried in court like adults; some, as young as nine, were transported to the colonies.
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Cleansing the Colony See details
Cleansing the Colony
 
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The little known story of the more than one hundred people transported from New Zealand to Van Diemen's Land.
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Closing Hell's Gates - the death of a convict station See details
Closing Hell's Gates - the death of a convict station
 
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Based on an elaborate reconstruction of day-to-day life at Macquarie Harbour, one of Australia's most notorious sites of convict punishment, this is the true story of how, in 1827, nine convicts opted for 'state-assisted' escape (the death sentence) rather than endure the hardships and privations of the penal settlement on Sarah Island.
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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 Lives - Young Girls Transported to Van Diemen's Land See details
Convict Lives - Young Girls Transported to Van Diemen's Land
 
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Jane Smith, aged thirteen, was transported as a convict to Van Diemen’s Land for arson. Mary Ann Oseman was nine when she served her first jail sentence for theft, and was transported aged twelve. Mary Ann Little had been a prostitute for four years before being transported at fifteen.
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