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Mapping Van Diemen’s Land 1803-1877
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Tasman Peninsula Coal Mines
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Probation in Paradise, 1839-1854
The Story of William Thompson
Port Arthur and Point Puer
Mapping Port Arthur 1830-1877
Penitentiary Ablutions Excavations
Penitentiary Workshops Excavations
Point Puer Boys Reformatory 1834-1849
The Labour Hinterland of Convict Stations
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Mapping New South Wales
Colonial Parramatta 1788-1825
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Mapping Western Australia
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Australia’s First Colony, 1778-1814
Mapping Norfolk Island’s convict past
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‘X-rays of convict artefacts reveal ‘really neat stuff’ with stories to tell’, ABC News, 2018
‘Thousands of convicts died in Tasmania. Where many lie remains a mystery’, ABC News, 2020
‘Coin stash discovered at Port Arthur archaeology dig gives rare insight into illicit lives of convicts’, ABC News, 2021
‘Port Arthur archaeological dig to unearth little-known facts about settlement’s convicts’, ABC News, 2015
‘Discovering Norfolk Island’s first settlement’, Norfolk Online, 2025
‘Port Arthur archaeological dig uncovers convict pastimes’, ABC News, 2016
‘Why archaeology is so much more than just digging’, The Conversation, 2019
