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Featuring both fiction and non-fiction books with stories about early life in Australia, observations, explorers, convicts and settlers, bushrangers, and Australian’s at war.
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Bushrangers

“Black Caesar” First of the Bushrangers
John Caesar was a powerfully built West Indian negro, who had come to the colony in the first fleet, on March 14, 1785, he had been convicted at Maidstone and sentenced to seven years penal servitude and transportation. Continue Reading →

History of Australian Bushranging
Australian heroes or villians?: Michael Howe, the self-styled ‘Governor of the Ranges’; Matthew Brady, the first of the ‘gentlemen’ bushrangers; the notorious Martin Cash and the original ‘Wild Colonial Boy’, Jack Donohoe and more. Illustrated. Continue Reading →

The story of Michael Howe (1787-1818) one of Tasmania’s Early Bushrangers.
The story of Michael Howe (1787-1818) one of Tasmania’s Early Bushrangers. Continue Reading →