Cleansing the Colony by Kristyn Harman | PBCleansing the Colony: Transporting convicts from New Zealand to Van Diemen's Land Its no secret that Van Diemens Land was a penal colony for British convicts. Yet surprisingly at least 110 New Zealand prisoners were also transported to the island in the nineteenth century to serve time as convict labourers. In examining the remarkable experiences of unremarkable people, this fascinating book provides insights into the lives of people like William

It tells the stories of more than twenty-five huts from the Central Plateau to Cradle Mountain constructed by stockmen

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Little readers will identify with the type of feelings experienced when they are taken out of their comfort zones and/or need to adjust to different routines

But do you know how they became extinct

they would do as much as they could to help create change

Short story: No man is an island - Craig Cormick

do you think

have glistened in guiding light

Hull | Terry Mulhern

draws on her love of Tasmanian native animals and history to capture the untold journey of Sheila

Hobart was designated a UNESCO City of Literature

the early 20th century American photographer