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Urchin Convicts - the Point Puer Boys in Van Diemen's Land
Added: Jun 5, 2025
 
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In the early 19th century, amidst public anxiety about the threat to public order and respectability posed by juvenile offenders, over 2000 boys were transported from the streets of London to the Point Puer Boys Establishment at Port Arthur in Van Diemen’s Land.

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From the Proteus to Prosperity
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In the steps of John Walduck (1809-1886); a convict family history.

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The Men That God Forgot
 
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Historical fiction based on the real hell of a Van Diemen's convict camp and ten men who made a desperate bid for freedom.

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Hell's Gates
 
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A modern take on the the life and legend of notorious Tasmanian convict, Alexander Pearce.

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Shadow over Tasmania
 
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Journalist Coultman Smith wrote this very popular small book telling "the truth / whole story about the State's convicts". It has been reprinted many times since its first publication in 1941, although it is now out of print.

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Convicts - Transportation & Australia USED
 
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The transportation of prisoners to Australia is one of the most vexed issues of the nation's history.

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Martin Cash
 
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Martin Cash - his personal narrative as a bushranger in Van Diemen's Land in 1843-4.

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Port Arthur Railway Across Tasman Peninsula
 
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A history booklet about Australia's first railway, powered by convict labour.

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Sarah Island - used
 
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An account of the convict settlements of Sarah Island, west coast Tasmania from 1822 - 1832 and 1846 - 1847.

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The Floating Brothel - used
 
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The extraordinary history of the Lady Julian and its cargo of female convicts bound for Botany Bay.

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Point Puer... the boys' prison of Port Arthur
 
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A history of Point Puer at Port Arthur convict settlement, Van Diemen's Land - the first exclusive boys prison in the British Empire.

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Some Notes on Maria Island and its Penal Settlements
 
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A short history of the convict settlements on Maria Island, just a little way off the East Coast of Tasmania.

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