Starting Over by Jan Westerink | PBConvicts making a start in a new land Based on historical documents, Starting Over is the story of William Guest and Martha Gregory, separately convicted of theft and sentenced to transportation to Hobart Town in 1843, where they later married. The novel charts their love story and journey from Van Diemens Land to New South Wales, where they struck it rich as miners and innkeepers. A dramatic and moving account of the convict experience in colonial

with a wealth of colourful detail…No Ordinary Convict is written with fluency and elegance that makes it a pleasure to read

In this novel

A member of the pre-baby boomer generation

Central West

but it was his explorations of the surrounding rugged landscape and his rich written accounts of his journeys for which he is most remembered

Dame Maggie Scott: A Life in Dance (2014)

Covering the court from its inception in 1824 to the present day

explorer and pioneer of North-East Tasmania

Shouts of "stop the presses" are being replaced by the cry of “put it online

New Zealand

1840s AUSTRALIA

Dragonflies and damselflies now are facing extinction in many parts of the world and recognition of the Tasmanian species is a key step to ensuring their protection here in Tasmania