‘Convict Lives: Mothers’ Trials and Triumphs’ is a compelling collection of 25 true stories about female convicts in Van Diemen’s Land.
Stories of convict mothers in early colonial Tasmania will be celebrated at the Cascades Female Factory Historic Site with a special book...
The historic Valleyfield property in New Norfolk has changed hands several times since it was established in 1813.
Tasmanian historian and author Dane McCormack has begun working on a book about the history of Latrobe, the town in which he...
Sorell once spent an entire night under the control of bushrangers.
Media release – Monash University, 28 May 2024 Union members invited to experience convict ancestry in free Unions Members Day at Unshackled...
Announcement – Despard Gallery, 23 May 2024 Milan Milojevic – ‘Return Of The Great White Hunter’ Despard Gallery is proud to announce...
John Stephen Hampton oversaw all the convicts in Van Diemen’s Land from 1846 to 1855. He later became the Governor of Western...
A new exhibition, ‘Unshackled’, opened last week at TMAG.
On the corner of Brisbane and Campbell Streets in Hobart stands a building that once formed part of the gaol that preceded...