OUT of PRINT

The story of the convicts transported from England on the ship Calcutta and the history of their settlement in the Australian colonies. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

A photographic journey behind the closed doors of Tasmania's finest private colonial estates.

This is perhaps the only extant diary ever written during the Australian penal era whilst its convict writer was imprisoned. John Ward, writing whilst incarcerated on Norfolk Island but formerly a groom to an officer gentleman, tells a story of thwarted love that he claims led him to a life of crime including theft, sexual assault and more. In telling the candid story of his downfall he exposes his own ruthlessness and lack of empathy. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

A history covering fifty years of marine science, encompassing: the field station Tasmania - Stowell - trout in Tasmania - Roy Downie - Derwent Hunter.