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From Fields of Stone
Added: Jun 6, 2026
The history of female convict Nappy King in famine Ireland & colonial Tasmania.

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The Convict and the Compass
Added: Apr 17, 2026
Sentenced at 26 years old for his role in an uprising against British rule in Ireland, James Meehan arrived in Australia in 1800 as a convict servant to English explorer Charles Grimes.

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A Brief History of Military Station at Eaglehawk Neck 1830-1877 – J.A. Fletcher (1952)

A scarce 8-page vintage regional pamphlet detailing the military outpost and convict "dog line" at Eaglehawk Neck.


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A Burglar's Life
or the stirring adventures of the great English burglar Mark Jeffrey, the story of Port Arthur's notorious grave digger of the Isle of the Dead.

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A Cargo of Women
Susannah Watson and the convicts of the Princess Royal - a history of women transported to Van Diemen's Land.


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A Drift of Derwent Ducks
A book about the lives of the 200 female Irish convicts transported on the Australasia from Dublin to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land in 1849.

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A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land
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
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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Aboriginal Convicts - Australian, Khoisan and Maori Exiles
This book is about the 130 aboriginal convicts who were transported to and within the Australian penal colonies. They lived, laboured, were punished, and died alongside other convicts, but until this ground breaking book, their stories had largely been forgotten.

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Alexander Pearce Macquarie Harbour Convict Cannibal History

The definitive biographical history of Australia's most infamous convict cannibal and bushranger, Alexander Pearce. A meticulously researched account of the brutal 1822 Sarah Island escapes by Dan Sprod, complete in its original Cat & Fiddle Press dust jacket.


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Australia's Birthstain - used hardcover
The startling legacy of the convict era - Babette Smith's groundbreaking history of convicts in Australia, which lays bare the distortions and myths that caused the nation to deny its own past.

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Black Convicts
A history of how black slaves as convicts shaped Australia - uncovering hidden links to slavery.

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