The real William Buelow Gould — the convict artist who became the protagonist of Richard Flanagan's second novel Gould's Book of Fish. Gould was transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1827 at the age of 24. He served time at Macquarie Harbour — the brutal penal station at Sarah Island on the west coast — where he painted fish specimens for the colonial surgeon.
William Henry Williams was one of the three foundation lecturers at the newly established University of Tasmania in 1892, and in charge of the undergraduate and Honours program in Classics, English Language and Literature until his retirement as Professor Emeritus in 1925.
This is the biography and family history of convict William Rose Watts, born in Essex in 1811 and transported to Van Diemen's Land for 14-years for stealing six ceramic mugs from his employer.
The story of Winsome "Win" King and Clyde Clayton, who lived their lives together in one of the most remote parts of Tasmania — the far South West. Written by Janet Fenton, the daughter of Win's brother Denny King, who tells the story from direct, first-hand family knowledge of the country and the people.