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BOOK NUMBER | TITLE | AUTHOR | INFO abt this book | CATEGORIES given |
1 | Kennedy of Cape York | Edgar Beale | Australia & Queensland | |
2 | Killers of Eden | Tom Mead | Australia & other i.e. whales | |
3 | Old Convict Days | William Derrincourt | Convict & England & Tasmania & Cockatoo Island | |
4 | Prison Boys of Port Arthur | F.C. Cooper | Convict & Tasmania | |
5 | Tales of Old Tasmania (currently missing) | Coultman Smith | Convict & Tasmania | |
6 | Campbelltown Convicts | P. Hinds | Convict & England & Australia & Norfolk Island | |
7 | Patchwork Prisoners | T. Cowley & D. | Convict & Ship & Tasmania | |
8 | Convict Lives – Launceston Female Factory | Frost & Hodgson | Convict & Tasmania | |
9 | Convict Lives – Women at Cascades Female Factory | Female Convicts Research Centre | Convict & Tasmania | |
10 | Convict Lives – at the Ross Female Factory | Ed. Lucy Frost | Convict & Tasmania | |
11 | The Irresistible Temptation | C. Baxter | England & Convict & Australia & Tasmania | |
12 | The Way It Was | T. Barker | Australia & Convict | |
13 | Hermit in Van Diemen’s Land | “Henry Savery (Edited Cecil Hadgraft & Margaret Roe)” |
Convict & Australia | |
14 | Unwilling Emigrants | A. Hasluck | ||
15 | The Commandants The tyrants who ruled Norfolk Island |
M.G. Britts | Convict & Norfolk Island | |
16 | Norfolk Island South Pacific Island history and many delights |
Jean Edgecombe | Convict & Norfolk Island | |
17 | Miscellaneous CONVICT information Folder no.1 | N/A | Lots of various convict info. There is an index and page numbers. | Convicts |
18 | Forsaken Settlement | P. Spillett | An Illustrated History Of Victoria, Port Essington, Northern Australia 1838-1849 | Australia & Darwin & Northern Territory |
19 | To Brave Every Danger | J. Cook | Convict & Australia | |
20 | Passionate Conviction | D. Martinez | Convict & Australia | |
21 | William IV | A. Fraser | England | |
22 | Cathedral on the Clarence | J. Moorhead | Australia & New South Wales & Grafton | |
23 | Footnote – People in Australian History | A. Atkinson | Australia | |
24 | A Pocketful of Lies | M. Garland | Australia & South Australia | |
25 | Mary Reibey | N. Irvine | England & Convict & Australia | |
26 | Dr. David Keith Ballow; Col Surgeon & martyr to Duty 1804 – 1850 | P. Tynan | Convict & Australia & Queensland | |
27 | Early Shipping in Moreton Bay Vol 1 1846 – 1859 | Davenport & Mottram | Ship & Queensland | |
28 | Flinders in Moreton Bay | Royal Historical Soc. of Qld. | Queensland & Ship & The Norfolk | |
29 | Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls – Convict Women in Van Diemen’s land | Phillip Tardif | Convict & Tasmania | |
30 | Margaret Catchpole – her life & her letters | Laurie Chater Forth | Convict & Australia | |
31 | Elizabeth 1828 – the worst & most turbulant. | Susan Voytas | ||
32 | TO HELL or to HOBART – a new insight into Irish Convict History | Patrick Howard | Convict & Tasmania | |
33 | Out of Darkness | Raymond W. Clarke | Convict & Australia | |
34 | A – Z OF CONVICTS IN VAN DIEMEN’S LAND | Simon Barnard | Convict & Tasmania | |
35 | Infanticide and the Murder of Bastard Children | www.capitalpunishmentuk.org | England & Crimes against Women | |
36 | Guide to New South Wales State Archives – relating to Convicts and Convict Administration | State Records NSW | Convict & Australia | |
37 | PACK OF THIEVES? 52 Port Arthur Lives | Hamish Maxwell-Stewart & Susan Hood | Convict & Tasmania | |
38 | DISPATCHED DOWNUNDER – Tracing the Resting Places of the First Fleeters | Ron Withington | Convict & Australia | |
39 | A Light in the Window – Harper’s Mansion – Berrima, the place and its people | Ann Beaumont | Convict & Australia | |
40 | BURIED AT BOTANY – A Cemetery Comes Alive | Cape Banks Family History Soc. Inc. | Australia | |
41 | Miscellaneous CONVICT information Folder no. 2 | Lots of various convict info. There is an index and page numbers. | Convicts | |
42 | Early Australia With Shame Remembered |
Bill Beatty | Convict & Australia | |
43 | The Eureka Stockade | Raffello Carboni | Convict & Australia | |
44 | Great Escapes by Convicts in Colonial Australia | Warick Hirst | Convict | |
45 | The Tyranny of Distance | Geoffrey Blainey | Australia & Convict | |
46 | The Way it Was | T.J.Barker | ||
47 | The Ship Thieves The amazing tale of the unfortunate James Porter – Australian convict , pirate and master mariner |
Sian Rees | Convict & Tasmania | |
48 | Bligh, Macarthur and the Rum Rebellion | Ross Fitzgerald & Mark Hearn | ||
49 | Visible Immigrants | Eric Richards, Richard Reid & David Fitzpatrick |
Australia & England | |
50 | The Fell Tyrant or the suffering convict | William Ross (edited Jennifer Harrison & J.G Steele) |
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51 | The History of Van Diemen’s Land From the year 1824 to 1835 inclusive; Australian Historical Monographs | Henry Melville (Edited George Mackaness) |
Tasmania & Convict | |
52 | Convicts & the Colonies A study of the penal transportation from Great Britain and Ireland to Australia and other parts of the British Empire | A.G.L.Shaw | Convict & Australia | |
53 | Letters from an exile in Botany Bay; Australian Historical Monographs | Edited George Mackaness | Convict & Australia | |
54 | Recollections of life in Van Diemen’s Land; Australian Historical Monographs | William Gates (one of the Canadian Patriots)(Edited George Mackaness) | Tasmania & Convict | |
55 | Early Moreton Bay | Welsby, Thomas | Ship & Queensland | |
56 | How to Trace Your Military Ancestors | Montague, R. H. | ||
57 | Dharug & Dungaree: The History of Penrih and St Marys to 1860 | Murray, Robert & Kate White | Convict & Australia & Penrith & St Mary’s | |
58 | Penrith: The Makings of a City | Stacker, Lorraine | Australia & Penrith | |
59 | Voices from Tocal: Convict Life on a Rural Estate | Walsh, Brian | Convict & Australia | |
60 | The Convict King: The Life and Adventures of Jorgen Jorgenson | Hogan, James Francis | Convict & England & Tasmania | |
61 | The Irish at Eureka | Currey, C.H. | Australia & Other i.e. Ireland & Eureka | |
62 | Margaret Peacock’s Isle of the Dead | Peacock, Margaret | Convict & Tasmania | |
63 | Isle of the Dead: Port Arthur. Inscriptions on headstones & historical background. 1830 – 1877 | Lord, Richard | Convict & Australia & Tasmania | |
64 | Bushrangers Bold | Hatherley, Frank | Australia & Other i.e. Bushrangers | |
65 | Year Book of Proceedings : The Royal Historical Society of Queensland | Royal Historical Society of Queensland | Queensland & Australia & Convict | |
66 | Historical Maps of Ireland | Michael Swift | Ireland | |
67 | Australia A Special Place | Jocelyn Burt | Australia | |
68 | The Pirates – True Accounts of the Lives, Exploits, and Executions of the World’s Most Infamous Buccaneers | Charles Ellms | Ship & Other i.e.Pirates | |
69 | A Worker’s Paradise – A History of Working People in Australia, 1788-1901 | Henry Pook | Australia & Convict | |
70 | John Croaker Convict Embezzler | John Booker & Russell Craig | Convict & England & Australia | |
71 | Early Australians Series, A Soldier | Charles Bateson | Australia & other i.e. Soldier | |
72 | The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh: A Penal Exile in Australia 1825-1844 | Lloyd O’Neil | Convict & Australia | |
73 | Peep O’Day Boys and Defenders – Selected Documens of the County Armagh Disturbances 1784-96 | David W. Miller (ed) | Convict & Australia & Ireland | |
74 | Unsung Heroes & Heroines of Australia | Suzy Baldwin (ed) | Convict & Australia | |
75 | A New History of Australia | Frank Crowley (ed) | Australia | |
76 | Historic Australia | Golden Australia Library | Australia | |
77 | The Call of the Land – A History of Queensland to the Present Day | W. Ross Johnston | Convict & Australia | |
78 | Settlement – The Writers’ Landscape | Suzanne Falkiner | Australia | |
79 | The Sirius Letters – The Complete Letters of Newton Fowell 1786-1796 | Nance Irvine | Ship Sirius & Australia | |
80 | A Chronicle of the Damned [Newgate Prison London] | Malcolm Cheney | ||
81 | Diary of a Welsh Swagman 1869 – 1894 | Abridged & Notated by William Ewans | Port Phillip & Victoria | |
82 | Crime Punishment and Redemption – A convict’s Story | June Slee | Convict & England & Australia & Norfolk Island & Tasmania | |
83 | From Cato Street to Botany Bay. Convict case Studies from Material in the Archives Office of NSW. | The Archives Authority of NSW Sydney | Convict & Australia | |
84 | Land Grants. 1788 – 1809 | R.J.Ryan | Australia & Norfolk Island & Tasmania | |
85 | Bound for Australia | David T Hawkings. Phillimore | Convict & Australia | |
86 | The Convict Settlers of Australia | L.L. Robson. Melb. Uni Press | Convict & Australia | |
86 | Log of Logs.1788 to 1988 (Vol 1)(see column H & I) | Ian Nicholson/ Roebuck Series No 41 | Catalogue of Logs, Journals, Shipboard Diaries, Letters & all forms of voyage narratives. 1788 to 1988 for Australia & NZ & surrounding oceans. PLUS plastic sleeve containing – Various reports on shipping & pictures of ships to go with Vol 1 Log of Logs. | Ship & Convict & Australia & New Zealand |
87 | Log of Logs. 1788 to 1993 (Vol 2)(see column I) | Ian Nicholson/ Roebuck | Catalogue of Logs, Journals, Shipboard Diaries, Letters & all forms of voyage narratives. 1788 to 1993 for Australia & NZ & surrounding oceans. | Ship & Convict & Australia & New Zealand |
88 | Log of Logs. 1788 to 1998 (Vol 3)(see column I) | Ian Nicholson/ Roebuck | Catalogue of Logs, Journals, Shipboard Diaries, Letters & all forms of voyage narratives. 1788 to 1998 for Australia & NZ & surrounding oceans. | Ship & Convict & Australia & New Zealand |
89 | Rascals, Ruffians & Rebels of Early Australia | Frank Clune | Convict & Australia | |
90 | Convict Applications to bring out families to VDL (also NSW, VIC, & WA) Index 1827 – 1873 | Coralie Mesecke/Pub:Tas. Family History Soc.Inc. | Ship & Convict & Australia | |
91 | Islands of Incarcerations – Convict & Quarantine Islands of the Australian Coast | Edited by John. Pearn & Peggy Carter. There are 7 authors. | Covers the following islands : Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbour,Norfolk, Melville,Stradbroke, Cockatoo, Rottnest, & Peel | Convict & Australia |
92 | First Fleet Marines 1786 – 1792 | J. Moore | Ship & Convict & Australia | |
93 | Norfolk Island An Outline of it’s History. 1774 – 1977 | 2nd Ed. | Convict & Norfolk Island | |
94 | Colonial Era Cemetery of Norfolk Island | R Nixon Dalkin. Sydney | Convict & Norfolk Island | |
95 | Convicts & Commandants of Norfolk Island. 1788 – 1855 | M Hazzard | Convict & Norfolk Island | |
96 | Musters, Lists, of NSW & Norfolk Island 1800 – 1802 | Convict & Norfolk Island & Australia | ||
97 | Musters of NSW & Norfolk Island 1805 – 1806 | Convict & Norflok Island & Australia | ||
98 | General Muster List of NSW. 1823,1824,1825. | Carol Baxter | Convict & Australia | |
99 | The First Fleeters. A Comprehensive Listing of Convicts, Marines, Seamen, Officers, Wives, Children & Ships. | Fidlon, Ryan & Cowell | Ship & Convict & Australia | |
100 | The Crimes of the First Fleet Convicts. | John Coleby | Convict & Australia | |
101 | The Second Fleet Convicts. A conprehensive listing of convicts who sailed on HMSGuardian, Lady Juliana, Neptune, Scarborough& Surprise. | R J Ryan. Aust. Documents Library. Sydney. | Ship & Convict & Australia | |
102 | The Third Fleet Convicts. | R J Ryan. G Horwitz Books P/L. Cammeral. NSW | Convict & Australia | |
103 | The Convict Ships. 1787 – 1868. | Charles Bateson. Library of Aust. History. | Ship & Convict & Australia | |
104 | Mount Elphinstone Convict ship arrived Moreton Bay, 1 No. 1849 | Ship & Convict & Australia & Queensland | ||
105 | Pioneer Register of New England from First Settlement to Federation. | Armidale Family History Group Inc. | Australia & New England & Armidale | |
106 | The Catholics of NSW 1788 – 1820 & Their Families | J. H. Donohoe/ The Archilves Authority of NSW, Sydney | Convict & Australia | |
107 | Profiles of Norfolk Islanders to Van Diemen’s Land. HMS Porpoise 1807 – 1808. Vol 2 Part 1 | I Schaffer & T McKay | Ship & Convict & Norfolk Island & Tasmania | |
108 | Profiles of Norfolk Islanders to Van Diemen’s Land. HMS Porpoise 1807 – 1808. Vol 2 Part 2 | I Schaffer & T McKay | Ship & Convict & Norfolk Island & Tasmania | |
109 | Norfolk Island Embarkations to Van Diemen’s Land. 1807 – 1813 | I Schaffer & T McKay | Ship & Convict & Norfolk Island & Tasmania | |
110 | Profiles of Norfolk Islanders to Van Diemen’s Land. “Lady Nelson” 1807. Vol 1 | I Schaffer & T McKay | Ship & Convict & Norfolk Island & Tasmania | |
111 | Convict Records of Van Diemen’s Land. | Maree Ring | Convict & Tasmania | |
112 | Land Records of Tasmania | John Morrison. Booklet. B19. Collins | Australia & Tasmania | |
113 | Index to Early Land Grants VDL 1804 1823. | Ed. Thelma Grant | Tasmania | |
114 | Convict Lives at the ROSS FEMALE FACTORY | L Frost | Female Convicts Research Group (Tasmania) | Convict & Tasmania |
115 | Isle of the Dead: Port Arthur. Inscriptions on headstones & historical background. 1830 – 1877 | Richard Lord | Convict & Australia & Tasmania | |
116 | Port Arthur 1830 – 1877 | Ian Brand | Convict Australia & Tasmania | |
117 | Convicts of Port Phillip District. (Victoria) | Keith M Clarke. | Convict Australia & Port Phillip & Victoria | |
118 | Convict Records of Western Australia | Pub. By friends of Battye Library Inc. | Convict & Australia & Western Australia | |
119 | Lady Juliana Convicts – who came to Van Diemen’s Land | Irene Schaffer | VDL Norfolk Island Interest Group | Convict &Australia & Norfolk Island & Tasmania |
120 | Pitcairn Island at the edge of time | S C Carlsson | Pitcairn Island | |
121 | Botany Bay – The Story of the convicts transported from Ireland to Australia, 1791 – 1853 | Con Costello | Convict & Ireland & Australia | |
122 | Convicts on Trial | Iris Paridaens NSW | Convict | |
123 | The Transports are Here – Convicts and the Colony A – Z | Jennifer Chandler & Barbara Daniels | A succinct guide to colonial anecdotes, incidents and interesting information. | Convict & Australia |
124 | Sailing Home – A Pictorial Record of the first Fleet Re-Enactment Voyage | M Clarke & D Iggulden – Convict Connections Interest Group, Brisbane | Ship & Convict & Australia | |
125 | Dear Cousin. The Reibey Letters. | Nance Irvine | Convict & Australia | |
126 | Mary Reibey – Molly Incognita – Emancipist Extraordinaire – A Biography 1777 – 1855 | Nance Irvine | Convict & Australia | |
127 | The Colonial Experience – From First Fleet to Federation | B V Wilson | Convict & Australia | |
128 | Tracking Down the Bushrangers | P. C. Smith | Australia & Bushrangers | |
129 | Australian Coastal Passenger Ships | R Parsons | The details & a brief outline of the career of EVERY steam & motor ship that carried passengers on the Australian coast | Ship & Australia |
130 | The Convict Days of PORT ARTHUR | J W Beattie | Beatties Studio – 19th century photographs | Convict & Australia & Tasmania |
131 | Pack of Thieves – 52 Port Arthur Lives | H Maxwell-Stewart & S Hood | Convict & Tasmania | |
132 | Van Diemen’s Land – Early Marriages 1803 1830 Volume 1 | Thelma McKay | Tasmania | |
133 | Index to Births, Deaths & Marriages from Early Hobart Town Newspapers Volume 1 : 1816 – 1840 | Anne M Bartlett | Newspapers: The Hobart Town Gazette, The Colonial Times & The Hobart Town Courier | Tasmania |
134 | Index to Births, Deaths & Marriages from Early Hobart Town Newspapers Volume 2 : 1841 – 1846 | Anne M Bartlett | Newspapers: The Hobart Town Gazette, The Colonial Times & The Hobart Town Courier | Tasmania |
135 | Cemeteries of Southern Tasmania Vol vi Hobart’s early churchyards & other monuments. Part 1- Congregational Cemeteries | Tas. Family History Soc. Inc Hobart | Tasmania | |
136 | Cemeteries of Southern Tasmania Vol vi Hobart’s early churchyards & other monuments. Part 2- Presbyterian Cemeteries | Tas. Family History Soc. Inc Hobart | Tasmania | |
137 | Oral History Handbook | B M Robertson | Oral History Assoc.of australia (Sth Aust. Branch) Inc. | Other i.e. Oral History |
138 | Old Norfolk Town – The past in pictures | K & K A Davies | mostly pictorial – also includes Pitcairn Islanders. | Ship & Convict & Norfolk Island & Pitcairn Island |
139 | The Victorian Soldiers & Sailors Book | Vivian Noakes | question & answer book with pictures. Includes boats & ships. | Ship & England |
141 | “The First Fleet” talk. Plus newspaper clippings: lists of all on board 1st, 2nd, 3rd fleets. Plus 1828 Moreton Bay convicts & 1824 – 1842 Commandants of Moreton Bay | A.I.Myers Fellowship of First Fleeters. And “Daily Sun” Newspaper | Ship & Convicts & Australia & Qld | |
142 | Conviction – The 1827 fight for rights at Parramatta female factory | Gay Hendriksen | Parramatta Female Factory history and 1827 riot. Includes index of names in 1827 & ships of arrival. | Convict & Australia |
143 | Folder – Various Articles of the Colonial Era including Miscellaneous Lists Volume 1 | N/A | Convict & England & Australia | |
144 | Folder – Various Articles of the Colonial Era including Miscellaneous Lists Volume 2 | N/A | Convict & Australia | |
145 | “The Soldier’s Curse” Book 1 – The Monsarrat Series (currently missing) | Meg and Tom Keneallly | Historical Fiction. Set in convict times, Port Macquarie NSW 1825. murder mystery | Convict & Australia. Port Macquarie NSW. |
146 | “The Unmourned” Book two – The Monsarrat Series (currently missing) | Meg and Tom Keneallly | Histoircal Fiction. Set in convict times, Parramatta Female Factory NSW 1825. murder mystery | Convict & Australia. Parramatta Female Factory. |
147 | New Ways in an Ancient Land – Australia from penal colony to prosperous nation 1778 to 1900 | V. Phillips, S. Drury, D Latta, R Gurnani Smith | Convict & Australia | |
148 | Australia Comes of Age. Rebellion, independence, war and the worker. | Bay Books NSW. Author info not provided | Australia | |
149 | Convicts of Lincolnshire (book plus separate list of transported convicts) | Lincolnshire County Council | England & Convict & Australia | |
150 | The Australian Convict Recipe Book | Southern Holdings Pty Ltd. | Convict & Australia | |
151 | What we Ate – A Recipe Book containing some very old and some new recipes. | Taree Family History Inc. | Australia | |
152 | Household ‘Hints Tips’ – A book containing some very old and some new household hints. | Taree Family History Inc. | ||
153 | Annabella Boswell’s Journal – An Account of Early Port Macquarie. | 1830’s and 1840’s post transportation | Australia, Port Macquarie, NSW | |
154 | Lion and Kangaroo. Australia: 1901-1919. the Rise of a Nation. | Gavin Souter | History of Australia as a Commonwealth | Australia |
155 | Unshackled -Rrevenge & infidelity on the gold-mad streets of Colonial Sydney | Michael Beashel | Fiction – saga – describes the early birth of Sydney | Australia, Sydney 1854 |
156 | A Cargo of Women | Babette Smith | Historical Ficton -the lives of female convicts- NSW Female Factory | England & Convict & Australia |
157 | Convict Records in Australia | Cora Num | Records, type and where to locate them. | Australia & Convict |
158 | Shackled – Female Convicts at Moreton Bay 1826 – 1839 | Jennifer Harrison | Australia, Queensland & Convict | |
159 | The Life and Experiences of an Ex-Convict in Port Macquarie | “Woomerar” | Australia & Convict | |
160 | Scholarly Scoundrel : Laurence Hynes Halloran | Janet Robyn Worthington | Australia & Convict | |
161 | The Forgotten Stockade Old Bathurst Road | Ollie Leckbandt | Convict stockade in the Greater Lithgow district. Colonial road building under the penal system. | Australia & Convict & Millitary |
162 | The Lachlan Depot and Beyond : Oxley’s 1817 Expedition, Soldiers Flat, Bangaroo | D. Balcomb, R Johnson, Mae Vanerschaar | Australia | |
163 | Mna Dibeartha (Banished Women) | Ned Kelly Productions | Ireland & Australia & Convicts | |
164 | The Parramatta Cemeteries ST. JOHN’S | Judith Dunn | Australia & New South Wales | |
165 | Punishment and Profit | John Ritchie | Looking at the Commission of Enquiryby John T Bigge, into the settlement of NSW & VDL between 1788 & 1838 | England & Convict & Australia & Tasmania |
166 | ALIAS Blind Larry The mostly true memoir of JamesLaurence the Singing Convict | John Wills | Convict Story mostly true | England & Convict & Australia & NSW & Norfolk Island |
167 | Sarah Phillips 1802 – 1864 | Don Macreadie | Family Reunion of Descendants. | Convict & Tasmania |
168 | Book of the Bush | George Dunderdale | A collection of Aust immigrant bush stories. Early colonial life of squatters, whalers, convicts, diggers, who left their native land & never returned. | Australia & Convict |
169 | The Hermit Convict | Rev. William Draper | Inequality in the English justice system. Life in Qld. | Queensland & England & Convict |
170 | Quintus Servington | Henry Savery | Savery family story, John Savery, convict transported to VDL. | England & Convict & Tasmania ; New Norfolk |
171 | The Commonwealth of Thieves – the Sydney Experiment | Tom Keneally | Historical Novel -1787 Britain banished its unwanted citizens to Botany Bay. This book is about this 1st settlement and it’s effects & outcomes on all including the aboriginal people. | England & Convict & Australia |
172 | The Catalpa Rescue | Peter FitzSimons | 1874 in New York America, a daring plan is made to free 6 Irish political prisioners being held as political convicts in Freemantle Prison in Western Australia. | Australia & Convict & Irish Freedom Agitators |
173 | A Forger’s Progress – The Life of Francis Greenway | Alasdair McGregor | The incredible fall, rise & demise of Francis Greenway, Australia’s first Gov. Architect; & his close relationship with Gov. Macquarie. | Australia & Convict |
174 | Macquarie | Grantlee Kieza | The most comprehensive biography yet, of Lachlan Macquarie. Australian colonial History. | Australia & Convict |
175 | HMS Sirius – Norfolk Island 1790 | Cathy Dunn | 230th Anniversary of the Shipwreck of HMS Sirius March 2020 | Norfolk Island & Convicts & Ships |
176 | Australian Joint Copying Project – Treasury Board Papers 1792 – 1840 (PRO 1083-11060 | Public Records Office Kew – National Library of Australia | Christine purchased these with the intent of indexing relevant convict contents for Convict Connections SIG. This did not occur. | Convicts, England, Australia, Ships including Hulks. |
177 | Convicts At Moreton Bay 1824 -1859 | Mamie O”Keeffe | A Royal Historical Society of Qld book. | Australia & Convicts & Qld/ Moreton Bay |
178 | Convicts of Moreton Bay – Register 1824 – 1839 | Compiled by Marllyn England | lists the convicts who were sent to Qld, by name, plus name of ship, & original conviction where known. | Australia & Convicts & Qld/ Moreton Bay |
179 | Norfolk Island Births and Baptisms 1789 to 1791 | Cathy Dunn | Taken from original records of the first convict settlement on Norfolk Island. Includes other ireserch gathered about those included. | Australia & Convicts & Norfolk Island |
180 | Births, Deaths and Marriages – Norfolk Island 1802 | Cathy Dunn | Includes – names and details of NSW corps, sodiers, Free, convicts. & children. Taken from historial records. | Australia & Convicts & Norfolk Island |
181 | Convict Lives – Female Convicts at the new Norfolk Asylum | Edited by Dianne Snowden and Jane Harrington | the lives of a number of convict women has been reconstructed by 22 authors. They explore why they were admitted to an asylum, and the treatment they were given. | Australia & Convicts & Tasmania / VDL |
182 | Our Origins – From Penal Camp to Parliament [1788-1856] | Published by the Council of the Library of NSW | This is a good summary of the content. There are photos, paintings & maps included, which I suspect are held at the Mitchell and Dixson Galleries and the library of New South Wales. | Australia & Convicts |
183 | James McLelland’s Authentic Australian Convict & Pioneer History. Book number 2 Volume 1 | James McLelland | Lists-every convict ship, names of 1st, 2nd & 3rd fleet convicts. 1st fleet names of royal marines, 1792-1810 names of military NSW Corp. 1788-1910 10,000 names of Pioneers. Plus information. | Australia & Convicts |
184 | James McLelland’s Recording The Past For The Future – Reference Books. “A Hisotry of the Napean River Valley.” Book Number 5 | James McLelland | Full of history -Names, land grants, floods, occupations, gravestone info & much more | Australia & New South Wales |
185 | James McLelland’s Recording The Past For The Future – Reference Books. Convict & Pioneer Records of Australia. Book number 11 Volume 5. *There is also an insert of 8 pages listing 104 book titles written by James McLelland. They all have an ISBN number recorded. | James McLelland | Listing of grave headstones & other convict & pioneer names in Alphabetical order. Includes some info about each person. | Australia, Convicts, and Pioneers |
186A & 186B | Book of Trials Held at Moreton Bay 1835 – 1842 * NOTE this item consists of 2 books – Part 1 & Part 2. | Original document found by Mr Walter S Trevethan in a lavatory at the G.P.O. Brisbane abt. 1910. Purchased from Mr T.W.Smith Sept. 1958 for 30 pounds. | Names of Prisoners and their ship of arrival if relevant, Constables, Officers, etc.Depositions, Charges, Evidence given and Sentences. | Queensland & convicts |
187 | “Produce at Moreton Bay Settlement 1820 -1837” PLUS “Book of Manifests of Cargo and Passengers 1833 – 1837” | N/A | Includes crops grown, farming, lists/ iteneries outlined by year and what was “on hand”.The included “Manifest of Cargo & Passengers” shows who and what was shipped from Moreton Bay to elsewhere in the colony. | Queensland & Australia & Convicts. |