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  Convict Versus Flagellator a ‘Horrid and Wanton Outrage’

  When writing of the high level of corporeal punishment prevailing in Tasmania during the 1830s, eminent historian Manning Clark mentioned a violent...

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  ‘Caution Burglars – A Man Shot’

  ‘CAUTION BURGLARS – A MAN SHOT!’ A grain robbery on Old Wharf, Hobart, 1845 by Terry Newman In April 1845 two men,...

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  Darkest Mystery – William Serjeantson and Henry Hunt

  On Monday 30 November 1835, a murder occurred near Campbell Town, but it took several months, some corrupt falsehoods, and a good...