Pat here:
All my life I have read of the natural wonders of Australia and the history of prison ships sent from England to Botany Bay. Kangaroos, koalas, Tasmanian Devils, and those poor prisoners were in my head more as cartoon characters or words on the page than as living creatures. One of the problems with reading so much and living inside one’s head is that one learns a great deal but experiences little. 
So I was determined to one day see at least some small portion of that great continent. When our son offered to meet us there to do some exploring, we immediately researched plane tickets. A hint, should you decide to explore, Air New Zealand has unique seats that make the overnight journey almost a pleasure.
We spent most of our time in Tasmania, an island on the far south end of Australia, near Antarctica. Convicts were sent there long after they’d been blocked from the mainland. What should surprise no one is that many of those transported were Irish and Scots rebels and political prisoners, as well as petty criminals. At the time, Britain still executed rapists and murderers, so most of the prisoners sent were simply guilty of being poor or disagreeing with the establishment. (on right, me taking a rebel stand)
Those convicts ultimately joined the settlers seeking free land to create the basis for a new society. The story isn’t much more pleasant than that of the Americas, with disease and war killing the native occupants. But I now have entire new ideas dancing in my head of rebels sent to new worlds filled with strange animals and natives… really, why don’t 
we have Australian Westerns the way we have American Westerns?
We explored mostly the east coast, from Hobart to Launceston, admiring wild cliffs and surf, waterfalls, and spacious, unoccupied beaches. The atmosphere in Tasmania is laidback and mostly rural, but the food… absolutely delicious. Could someone send one of those bakeries up my way? They beat McDonald’s hands down. 
I’ve posted more photos on my blog if you need your daily input of cute!
(that's not a bakery on the right but an irresistible tearoom in the Lanes of Melbourne)
Just out of curiosity—how many of you would be interested in the travails of the British prisoners sent to Australia in the 1800s? Or do you prefer the English settings or lords and ladies?
As far as I’m concerned, a good story is a good story regardless or the setting. I love historical romance and most of the books I read take place during the regency period and involve character who have titles. But that is because that is mostly what is out there. I am probably in the minority, but I would find the H/h just as interesting if they were a plain Mr./Miss. It doesn’t bother me when stories or characters step out of the box.
I’ve seen several really interesting movies set in 1800 and early 1900 Australia. Just remembered a very interesting book I read a few years back called TRACKS. I don’t remember the name of the author, but it was written by a young woman who challenged herself to walk across the Outback from Alice Springs to the ocean. Just her, a couple of camels and her dog. Very interesting.
As far as I’m concerned, a good story is a good story regardless or the setting. I love historical romance and most of the books I read take place during the regency period and involve character who have titles. But that is because that is mostly what is out there. I am probably in the minority, but I would find the H/h just as interesting if they were a plain Mr./Miss. It doesn’t bother me when stories or characters step out of the box.
I’ve seen several really interesting movies set in 1800 and early 1900 Australia. Just remembered a very interesting book I read a few years back called TRACKS. I don’t remember the name of the author, but it was written by a young woman who challenged herself to walk across the Outback from Alice Springs to the ocean. Just her, a couple of camels and her dog. Very interesting.
As far as I’m concerned, a good story is a good story regardless or the setting. I love historical romance and most of the books I read take place during the regency period and involve character who have titles. But that is because that is mostly what is out there. I am probably in the minority, but I would find the H/h just as interesting if they were a plain Mr./Miss. It doesn’t bother me when stories or characters step out of the box.
I’ve seen several really interesting movies set in 1800 and early 1900 Australia. Just remembered a very interesting book I read a few years back called TRACKS. I don’t remember the name of the author, but it was written by a young woman who challenged herself to walk across the Outback from Alice Springs to the ocean. Just her, a couple of camels and her dog. Very interesting.
As far as I’m concerned, a good story is a good story regardless or the setting. I love historical romance and most of the books I read take place during the regency period and involve character who have titles. But that is because that is mostly what is out there. I am probably in the minority, but I would find the H/h just as interesting if they were a plain Mr./Miss. It doesn’t bother me when stories or characters step out of the box.
I’ve seen several really interesting movies set in 1800 and early 1900 Australia. Just remembered a very interesting book I read a few years back called TRACKS. I don’t remember the name of the author, but it was written by a young woman who challenged herself to walk across the Outback from Alice Springs to the ocean. Just her, a couple of camels and her dog. Very interesting.
As far as I’m concerned, a good story is a good story regardless or the setting. I love historical romance and most of the books I read take place during the regency period and involve character who have titles. But that is because that is mostly what is out there. I am probably in the minority, but I would find the H/h just as interesting if they were a plain Mr./Miss. It doesn’t bother me when stories or characters step out of the box.
I’ve seen several really interesting movies set in 1800 and early 1900 Australia. Just remembered a very interesting book I read a few years back called TRACKS. I don’t remember the name of the author, but it was written by a young woman who challenged herself to walk across the Outback from Alice Springs to the ocean. Just her, a couple of camels and her dog. Very interesting.
I don’t have an Oz book in my head yet, but they dance tantalizingly in the back of my mind. I suspect there are a lot of intelligent readers like you out there in wenchlandia. The difficulty is reaching them!
I don’t have an Oz book in my head yet, but they dance tantalizingly in the back of my mind. I suspect there are a lot of intelligent readers like you out there in wenchlandia. The difficulty is reaching them!
I don’t have an Oz book in my head yet, but they dance tantalizingly in the back of my mind. I suspect there are a lot of intelligent readers like you out there in wenchlandia. The difficulty is reaching them!
I don’t have an Oz book in my head yet, but they dance tantalizingly in the back of my mind. I suspect there are a lot of intelligent readers like you out there in wenchlandia. The difficulty is reaching them!
I don’t have an Oz book in my head yet, but they dance tantalizingly in the back of my mind. I suspect there are a lot of intelligent readers like you out there in wenchlandia. The difficulty is reaching them!
I think a book about the prisoners sent to Australia would be very interesting. I love historical fiction. I read a lot of Regency but I read a variety of others as well. It’s how I learn history. A good story is a good story whatever era it’s set it.
I think a book about the prisoners sent to Australia would be very interesting. I love historical fiction. I read a lot of Regency but I read a variety of others as well. It’s how I learn history. A good story is a good story whatever era it’s set it.
I think a book about the prisoners sent to Australia would be very interesting. I love historical fiction. I read a lot of Regency but I read a variety of others as well. It’s how I learn history. A good story is a good story whatever era it’s set it.
I think a book about the prisoners sent to Australia would be very interesting. I love historical fiction. I read a lot of Regency but I read a variety of others as well. It’s how I learn history. A good story is a good story whatever era it’s set it.
I think a book about the prisoners sent to Australia would be very interesting. I love historical fiction. I read a lot of Regency but I read a variety of others as well. It’s how I learn history. A good story is a good story whatever era it’s set it.
Thank you, Teresa, I totally agree! And I’d love to see meatier stories–although I do enjoy a good dose of humor too.
Thank you, Teresa, I totally agree! And I’d love to see meatier stories–although I do enjoy a good dose of humor too.
Thank you, Teresa, I totally agree! And I’d love to see meatier stories–although I do enjoy a good dose of humor too.
Thank you, Teresa, I totally agree! And I’d love to see meatier stories–although I do enjoy a good dose of humor too.
Thank you, Teresa, I totally agree! And I’d love to see meatier stories–although I do enjoy a good dose of humor too.
I’ve read several books set in early Aussie days and they were very good, but the fantasy value of lords vs. convicts is significant. *G* But a good story is a good story!
MJP, recognizing that tea shop!
I’ve read several books set in early Aussie days and they were very good, but the fantasy value of lords vs. convicts is significant. *G* But a good story is a good story!
MJP, recognizing that tea shop!
I’ve read several books set in early Aussie days and they were very good, but the fantasy value of lords vs. convicts is significant. *G* But a good story is a good story!
MJP, recognizing that tea shop!
I’ve read several books set in early Aussie days and they were very good, but the fantasy value of lords vs. convicts is significant. *G* But a good story is a good story!
MJP, recognizing that tea shop!
I’ve read several books set in early Aussie days and they were very good, but the fantasy value of lords vs. convicts is significant. *G* But a good story is a good story!
MJP, recognizing that tea shop!
Catherine Gaskin wrote a good Australian-set story called Sara Dane – about a young girl convicted and sent to Australia as a convict, and how she went from rags to riches. But I think in general there is a perception that Australian history is too limited and downbeat for historical romance — I don’t agree, but no editor I’ve ever had has wanted me to write Australian set historicals. I have loads of Australian story possibilities in my head and maybe one day I’ll get the time to write them.
Catherine Gaskin wrote a good Australian-set story called Sara Dane – about a young girl convicted and sent to Australia as a convict, and how she went from rags to riches. But I think in general there is a perception that Australian history is too limited and downbeat for historical romance — I don’t agree, but no editor I’ve ever had has wanted me to write Australian set historicals. I have loads of Australian story possibilities in my head and maybe one day I’ll get the time to write them.
Catherine Gaskin wrote a good Australian-set story called Sara Dane – about a young girl convicted and sent to Australia as a convict, and how she went from rags to riches. But I think in general there is a perception that Australian history is too limited and downbeat for historical romance — I don’t agree, but no editor I’ve ever had has wanted me to write Australian set historicals. I have loads of Australian story possibilities in my head and maybe one day I’ll get the time to write them.
Catherine Gaskin wrote a good Australian-set story called Sara Dane – about a young girl convicted and sent to Australia as a convict, and how she went from rags to riches. But I think in general there is a perception that Australian history is too limited and downbeat for historical romance — I don’t agree, but no editor I’ve ever had has wanted me to write Australian set historicals. I have loads of Australian story possibilities in my head and maybe one day I’ll get the time to write them.
Catherine Gaskin wrote a good Australian-set story called Sara Dane – about a young girl convicted and sent to Australia as a convict, and how she went from rags to riches. But I think in general there is a perception that Australian history is too limited and downbeat for historical romance — I don’t agree, but no editor I’ve ever had has wanted me to write Australian set historicals. I have loads of Australian story possibilities in my head and maybe one day I’ll get the time to write them.
I would welcome a romance set in Australia (or anywhere else). And, although I am fond of regency novels, other eras also interest me. As Mary T said above, Regency is the most available period.
I also agree that the hero and heroine do not need to be aristocrats. Good characters are always interesting, whatever the rank.
As an aside and in reply to your rhetorical question about Australian westerns. During the late 1930s and / or early 1940s there were a series of stories appearing in the Saturday Evening Post about people living on a station in the outback. The Post was also running another series about people near Medicine Hat, Canada. The illustrations for the Canadian series, the Australian series, and the standard U. S. Westerns gave me no clue as to which type of story was appearing. And I was too young in those days to take note of author names.
I would welcome a romance set in Australia (or anywhere else). And, although I am fond of regency novels, other eras also interest me. As Mary T said above, Regency is the most available period.
I also agree that the hero and heroine do not need to be aristocrats. Good characters are always interesting, whatever the rank.
As an aside and in reply to your rhetorical question about Australian westerns. During the late 1930s and / or early 1940s there were a series of stories appearing in the Saturday Evening Post about people living on a station in the outback. The Post was also running another series about people near Medicine Hat, Canada. The illustrations for the Canadian series, the Australian series, and the standard U. S. Westerns gave me no clue as to which type of story was appearing. And I was too young in those days to take note of author names.
I would welcome a romance set in Australia (or anywhere else). And, although I am fond of regency novels, other eras also interest me. As Mary T said above, Regency is the most available period.
I also agree that the hero and heroine do not need to be aristocrats. Good characters are always interesting, whatever the rank.
As an aside and in reply to your rhetorical question about Australian westerns. During the late 1930s and / or early 1940s there were a series of stories appearing in the Saturday Evening Post about people living on a station in the outback. The Post was also running another series about people near Medicine Hat, Canada. The illustrations for the Canadian series, the Australian series, and the standard U. S. Westerns gave me no clue as to which type of story was appearing. And I was too young in those days to take note of author names.
I would welcome a romance set in Australia (or anywhere else). And, although I am fond of regency novels, other eras also interest me. As Mary T said above, Regency is the most available period.
I also agree that the hero and heroine do not need to be aristocrats. Good characters are always interesting, whatever the rank.
As an aside and in reply to your rhetorical question about Australian westerns. During the late 1930s and / or early 1940s there were a series of stories appearing in the Saturday Evening Post about people living on a station in the outback. The Post was also running another series about people near Medicine Hat, Canada. The illustrations for the Canadian series, the Australian series, and the standard U. S. Westerns gave me no clue as to which type of story was appearing. And I was too young in those days to take note of author names.
I would welcome a romance set in Australia (or anywhere else). And, although I am fond of regency novels, other eras also interest me. As Mary T said above, Regency is the most available period.
I also agree that the hero and heroine do not need to be aristocrats. Good characters are always interesting, whatever the rank.
As an aside and in reply to your rhetorical question about Australian westerns. During the late 1930s and / or early 1940s there were a series of stories appearing in the Saturday Evening Post about people living on a station in the outback. The Post was also running another series about people near Medicine Hat, Canada. The illustrations for the Canadian series, the Australian series, and the standard U. S. Westerns gave me no clue as to which type of story was appearing. And I was too young in those days to take note of author names.
I have to wonder if that’s why NYC is no longer interested in American set historicals–they’re too downbeat? As if London was nothing but wealthy nobles, right?
I have to wonder if that’s why NYC is no longer interested in American set historicals–they’re too downbeat? As if London was nothing but wealthy nobles, right?
I have to wonder if that’s why NYC is no longer interested in American set historicals–they’re too downbeat? As if London was nothing but wealthy nobles, right?
I have to wonder if that’s why NYC is no longer interested in American set historicals–they’re too downbeat? As if London was nothing but wealthy nobles, right?
I have to wonder if that’s why NYC is no longer interested in American set historicals–they’re too downbeat? As if London was nothing but wealthy nobles, right?
that’s fascinating! I remember the Saturday Evening Post–the Google of olden days. 😉 But a frontier is a frontier–and maybe that’s the problem. It’s hard to have a glamorous ball or silks on a frontier.
that’s fascinating! I remember the Saturday Evening Post–the Google of olden days. 😉 But a frontier is a frontier–and maybe that’s the problem. It’s hard to have a glamorous ball or silks on a frontier.
that’s fascinating! I remember the Saturday Evening Post–the Google of olden days. 😉 But a frontier is a frontier–and maybe that’s the problem. It’s hard to have a glamorous ball or silks on a frontier.
that’s fascinating! I remember the Saturday Evening Post–the Google of olden days. 😉 But a frontier is a frontier–and maybe that’s the problem. It’s hard to have a glamorous ball or silks on a frontier.
that’s fascinating! I remember the Saturday Evening Post–the Google of olden days. 😉 But a frontier is a frontier–and maybe that’s the problem. It’s hard to have a glamorous ball or silks on a frontier.
My irate grown up books was a series of novels about Australia. They followed the fate of a young girl transported to Australia and her descendants. I was about 11-12 and the books were definitely grown up ( on my dad’s shelves) in the style of, say, Michener. I loved them, but only read them once. When we moved a couple years later I don’t think they made the cut in my parents moving purge. All that to say, I’d revisit the penal colonies of Australia provided my heroes weren’t actually criminals. Political prisoners are more appealing than thieves and blackguards!
My irate grown up books was a series of novels about Australia. They followed the fate of a young girl transported to Australia and her descendants. I was about 11-12 and the books were definitely grown up ( on my dad’s shelves) in the style of, say, Michener. I loved them, but only read them once. When we moved a couple years later I don’t think they made the cut in my parents moving purge. All that to say, I’d revisit the penal colonies of Australia provided my heroes weren’t actually criminals. Political prisoners are more appealing than thieves and blackguards!
My irate grown up books was a series of novels about Australia. They followed the fate of a young girl transported to Australia and her descendants. I was about 11-12 and the books were definitely grown up ( on my dad’s shelves) in the style of, say, Michener. I loved them, but only read them once. When we moved a couple years later I don’t think they made the cut in my parents moving purge. All that to say, I’d revisit the penal colonies of Australia provided my heroes weren’t actually criminals. Political prisoners are more appealing than thieves and blackguards!
My irate grown up books was a series of novels about Australia. They followed the fate of a young girl transported to Australia and her descendants. I was about 11-12 and the books were definitely grown up ( on my dad’s shelves) in the style of, say, Michener. I loved them, but only read them once. When we moved a couple years later I don’t think they made the cut in my parents moving purge. All that to say, I’d revisit the penal colonies of Australia provided my heroes weren’t actually criminals. Political prisoners are more appealing than thieves and blackguards!
My irate grown up books was a series of novels about Australia. They followed the fate of a young girl transported to Australia and her descendants. I was about 11-12 and the books were definitely grown up ( on my dad’s shelves) in the style of, say, Michener. I loved them, but only read them once. When we moved a couple years later I don’t think they made the cut in my parents moving purge. All that to say, I’d revisit the penal colonies of Australia provided my heroes weren’t actually criminals. Political prisoners are more appealing than thieves and blackguards!
Not irate: first.
Not irate: first.
Not irate: first.
Not irate: first.
Not irate: first.
Jana, it’s hard to imagine the severity of the punishments in England in those days. People were transported for things we today would call misdemeanors — for catching a fish, for stealing a loaf of bread or a handkerchief. One of the little literacy readers we made for adults (in my other life) took true stories — a 70 year old woman transported for 7 years for stealing 3 lbs of cheese, boys of 10 and 12 for poaching rabbits and fish. Yes, they were thieves and criminals, but really — in cases like that, their desperation shows. And in other cases, like forgery or pick-pocketing — the relationship to poverty and desperation isn’t as obvious, but it was still the root cause in most cases. The serious criminals were hanged, the not-so serious were transported.
Jana, it’s hard to imagine the severity of the punishments in England in those days. People were transported for things we today would call misdemeanors — for catching a fish, for stealing a loaf of bread or a handkerchief. One of the little literacy readers we made for adults (in my other life) took true stories — a 70 year old woman transported for 7 years for stealing 3 lbs of cheese, boys of 10 and 12 for poaching rabbits and fish. Yes, they were thieves and criminals, but really — in cases like that, their desperation shows. And in other cases, like forgery or pick-pocketing — the relationship to poverty and desperation isn’t as obvious, but it was still the root cause in most cases. The serious criminals were hanged, the not-so serious were transported.
Jana, it’s hard to imagine the severity of the punishments in England in those days. People were transported for things we today would call misdemeanors — for catching a fish, for stealing a loaf of bread or a handkerchief. One of the little literacy readers we made for adults (in my other life) took true stories — a 70 year old woman transported for 7 years for stealing 3 lbs of cheese, boys of 10 and 12 for poaching rabbits and fish. Yes, they were thieves and criminals, but really — in cases like that, their desperation shows. And in other cases, like forgery or pick-pocketing — the relationship to poverty and desperation isn’t as obvious, but it was still the root cause in most cases. The serious criminals were hanged, the not-so serious were transported.
Jana, it’s hard to imagine the severity of the punishments in England in those days. People were transported for things we today would call misdemeanors — for catching a fish, for stealing a loaf of bread or a handkerchief. One of the little literacy readers we made for adults (in my other life) took true stories — a 70 year old woman transported for 7 years for stealing 3 lbs of cheese, boys of 10 and 12 for poaching rabbits and fish. Yes, they were thieves and criminals, but really — in cases like that, their desperation shows. And in other cases, like forgery or pick-pocketing — the relationship to poverty and desperation isn’t as obvious, but it was still the root cause in most cases. The serious criminals were hanged, the not-so serious were transported.
Jana, it’s hard to imagine the severity of the punishments in England in those days. People were transported for things we today would call misdemeanors — for catching a fish, for stealing a loaf of bread or a handkerchief. One of the little literacy readers we made for adults (in my other life) took true stories — a 70 year old woman transported for 7 years for stealing 3 lbs of cheese, boys of 10 and 12 for poaching rabbits and fish. Yes, they were thieves and criminals, but really — in cases like that, their desperation shows. And in other cases, like forgery or pick-pocketing — the relationship to poverty and desperation isn’t as obvious, but it was still the root cause in most cases. The serious criminals were hanged, the not-so serious were transported.
On the other hand, there were some convicts who were rough, violent criminals, but they generally didn’t start out like that. The way they were treated in the prisons of those days turned people into even worse criminals than they’d started out. Floggings, and severe, utterly inhumane treatment drove them to madness or violence — don’t forget they were sentences to 7 or 14 years or for their lifetime — so for many, there was no hope of redemption or release.
I’ve never forgotten a place in Tasmania where two little boys — criminals, supposedly , aged around 10 — were so desperately miserable they linked hands and jumped off the cliff. They weren’t the only ones to take that way out.
There’s a great book called “For the term of his Natural Life” by Marcus Clarke that gives some insight into
On the other hand, there were some convicts who were rough, violent criminals, but they generally didn’t start out like that. The way they were treated in the prisons of those days turned people into even worse criminals than they’d started out. Floggings, and severe, utterly inhumane treatment drove them to madness or violence — don’t forget they were sentences to 7 or 14 years or for their lifetime — so for many, there was no hope of redemption or release.
I’ve never forgotten a place in Tasmania where two little boys — criminals, supposedly , aged around 10 — were so desperately miserable they linked hands and jumped off the cliff. They weren’t the only ones to take that way out.
There’s a great book called “For the term of his Natural Life” by Marcus Clarke that gives some insight into
On the other hand, there were some convicts who were rough, violent criminals, but they generally didn’t start out like that. The way they were treated in the prisons of those days turned people into even worse criminals than they’d started out. Floggings, and severe, utterly inhumane treatment drove them to madness or violence — don’t forget they were sentences to 7 or 14 years or for their lifetime — so for many, there was no hope of redemption or release.
I’ve never forgotten a place in Tasmania where two little boys — criminals, supposedly , aged around 10 — were so desperately miserable they linked hands and jumped off the cliff. They weren’t the only ones to take that way out.
There’s a great book called “For the term of his Natural Life” by Marcus Clarke that gives some insight into
On the other hand, there were some convicts who were rough, violent criminals, but they generally didn’t start out like that. The way they were treated in the prisons of those days turned people into even worse criminals than they’d started out. Floggings, and severe, utterly inhumane treatment drove them to madness or violence — don’t forget they were sentences to 7 or 14 years or for their lifetime — so for many, there was no hope of redemption or release.
I’ve never forgotten a place in Tasmania where two little boys — criminals, supposedly , aged around 10 — were so desperately miserable they linked hands and jumped off the cliff. They weren’t the only ones to take that way out.
There’s a great book called “For the term of his Natural Life” by Marcus Clarke that gives some insight into
On the other hand, there were some convicts who were rough, violent criminals, but they generally didn’t start out like that. The way they were treated in the prisons of those days turned people into even worse criminals than they’d started out. Floggings, and severe, utterly inhumane treatment drove them to madness or violence — don’t forget they were sentences to 7 or 14 years or for their lifetime — so for many, there was no hope of redemption or release.
I’ve never forgotten a place in Tasmania where two little boys — criminals, supposedly , aged around 10 — were so desperately miserable they linked hands and jumped off the cliff. They weren’t the only ones to take that way out.
There’s a great book called “For the term of his Natural Life” by Marcus Clarke that gives some insight into
Anne – I was reading through the comments and thinking ‘For the Term of His Natural Life’ – you beat me to it!
I was also thinking ‘Rush’. OK, Rush is set a little later – but it was the ‘Western’ of my childhood 🙂
Anne – I was reading through the comments and thinking ‘For the Term of His Natural Life’ – you beat me to it!
I was also thinking ‘Rush’. OK, Rush is set a little later – but it was the ‘Western’ of my childhood 🙂
Anne – I was reading through the comments and thinking ‘For the Term of His Natural Life’ – you beat me to it!
I was also thinking ‘Rush’. OK, Rush is set a little later – but it was the ‘Western’ of my childhood 🙂
Anne – I was reading through the comments and thinking ‘For the Term of His Natural Life’ – you beat me to it!
I was also thinking ‘Rush’. OK, Rush is set a little later – but it was the ‘Western’ of my childhood 🙂
Anne – I was reading through the comments and thinking ‘For the Term of His Natural Life’ – you beat me to it!
I was also thinking ‘Rush’. OK, Rush is set a little later – but it was the ‘Western’ of my childhood 🙂
Hi Pat(Rica),
Would love to read about the some history of the prisoners. I would be really curious to know and understand the English/British mentality/psyche/ reasoning for the cruelty and horror served to these poor people on a daily basis. These were their own people. And wasn’t it a United Kingdom by that time, if they were sending Scot and Irish rebels? Their own people? I’m sorry. I feel very strongly about this. I personally think, that just like the Germans had a lot to answer for in WW II, the English Empire has even more to answer for.
Hi Pat(Rica),
Would love to read about the some history of the prisoners. I would be really curious to know and understand the English/British mentality/psyche/ reasoning for the cruelty and horror served to these poor people on a daily basis. These were their own people. And wasn’t it a United Kingdom by that time, if they were sending Scot and Irish rebels? Their own people? I’m sorry. I feel very strongly about this. I personally think, that just like the Germans had a lot to answer for in WW II, the English Empire has even more to answer for.
Hi Pat(Rica),
Would love to read about the some history of the prisoners. I would be really curious to know and understand the English/British mentality/psyche/ reasoning for the cruelty and horror served to these poor people on a daily basis. These were their own people. And wasn’t it a United Kingdom by that time, if they were sending Scot and Irish rebels? Their own people? I’m sorry. I feel very strongly about this. I personally think, that just like the Germans had a lot to answer for in WW II, the English Empire has even more to answer for.
Hi Pat(Rica),
Would love to read about the some history of the prisoners. I would be really curious to know and understand the English/British mentality/psyche/ reasoning for the cruelty and horror served to these poor people on a daily basis. These were their own people. And wasn’t it a United Kingdom by that time, if they were sending Scot and Irish rebels? Their own people? I’m sorry. I feel very strongly about this. I personally think, that just like the Germans had a lot to answer for in WW II, the English Empire has even more to answer for.
Hi Pat(Rica),
Would love to read about the some history of the prisoners. I would be really curious to know and understand the English/British mentality/psyche/ reasoning for the cruelty and horror served to these poor people on a daily basis. These were their own people. And wasn’t it a United Kingdom by that time, if they were sending Scot and Irish rebels? Their own people? I’m sorry. I feel very strongly about this. I personally think, that just like the Germans had a lot to answer for in WW II, the English Empire has even more to answer for.
Deborah Challinor has a quartet of books around four women ‘convicts’ who were sent to Australia from England in the late Georgian/King William era. I’d love to read more books like hers, especially romances. Hers are not exactly romances.
Deborah Challinor has a quartet of books around four women ‘convicts’ who were sent to Australia from England in the late Georgian/King William era. I’d love to read more books like hers, especially romances. Hers are not exactly romances.
Deborah Challinor has a quartet of books around four women ‘convicts’ who were sent to Australia from England in the late Georgian/King William era. I’d love to read more books like hers, especially romances. Hers are not exactly romances.
Deborah Challinor has a quartet of books around four women ‘convicts’ who were sent to Australia from England in the late Georgian/King William era. I’d love to read more books like hers, especially romances. Hers are not exactly romances.
Deborah Challinor has a quartet of books around four women ‘convicts’ who were sent to Australia from England in the late Georgian/King William era. I’d love to read more books like hers, especially romances. Hers are not exactly romances.
I read my first Australian set historical, more or less by accident; “Hester Waring’s Marriage” by Paula Marshall, a wonderful book, and then the sequel, “An Unconventional Heiress”. The hero in that book is a doctor who was transported; if I recall correctly, I think he was unjustly accused of treason? Marshall has a sharp wit, which makes her books so entertaining even when some events are tragic.
Then I became interested enough in the setting to read “Sleep in the Woods” which is set in New Zealand in the mid 1800’s. Now I am reading “The Far Horizon” which is the 2nd book in Gretta Curran Brown’s fictionalized series about the life of Lachlan Macquarie.
I think there is probably a smaller audience for Australian set books, but all the romance readers Down Under would love it!
I read my first Australian set historical, more or less by accident; “Hester Waring’s Marriage” by Paula Marshall, a wonderful book, and then the sequel, “An Unconventional Heiress”. The hero in that book is a doctor who was transported; if I recall correctly, I think he was unjustly accused of treason? Marshall has a sharp wit, which makes her books so entertaining even when some events are tragic.
Then I became interested enough in the setting to read “Sleep in the Woods” which is set in New Zealand in the mid 1800’s. Now I am reading “The Far Horizon” which is the 2nd book in Gretta Curran Brown’s fictionalized series about the life of Lachlan Macquarie.
I think there is probably a smaller audience for Australian set books, but all the romance readers Down Under would love it!
I read my first Australian set historical, more or less by accident; “Hester Waring’s Marriage” by Paula Marshall, a wonderful book, and then the sequel, “An Unconventional Heiress”. The hero in that book is a doctor who was transported; if I recall correctly, I think he was unjustly accused of treason? Marshall has a sharp wit, which makes her books so entertaining even when some events are tragic.
Then I became interested enough in the setting to read “Sleep in the Woods” which is set in New Zealand in the mid 1800’s. Now I am reading “The Far Horizon” which is the 2nd book in Gretta Curran Brown’s fictionalized series about the life of Lachlan Macquarie.
I think there is probably a smaller audience for Australian set books, but all the romance readers Down Under would love it!
I read my first Australian set historical, more or less by accident; “Hester Waring’s Marriage” by Paula Marshall, a wonderful book, and then the sequel, “An Unconventional Heiress”. The hero in that book is a doctor who was transported; if I recall correctly, I think he was unjustly accused of treason? Marshall has a sharp wit, which makes her books so entertaining even when some events are tragic.
Then I became interested enough in the setting to read “Sleep in the Woods” which is set in New Zealand in the mid 1800’s. Now I am reading “The Far Horizon” which is the 2nd book in Gretta Curran Brown’s fictionalized series about the life of Lachlan Macquarie.
I think there is probably a smaller audience for Australian set books, but all the romance readers Down Under would love it!
I read my first Australian set historical, more or less by accident; “Hester Waring’s Marriage” by Paula Marshall, a wonderful book, and then the sequel, “An Unconventional Heiress”. The hero in that book is a doctor who was transported; if I recall correctly, I think he was unjustly accused of treason? Marshall has a sharp wit, which makes her books so entertaining even when some events are tragic.
Then I became interested enough in the setting to read “Sleep in the Woods” which is set in New Zealand in the mid 1800’s. Now I am reading “The Far Horizon” which is the 2nd book in Gretta Curran Brown’s fictionalized series about the life of Lachlan Macquarie.
I think there is probably a smaller audience for Australian set books, but all the romance readers Down Under would love it!
the 17th and 18th century versions of shoplifting, in other words. I don’t know if it’s fair to look at it this way, but they had no real prison system at the time, no thought of reform. So what could they do to deter crime? Brutality obviously wasn’t the answer, but we still use it today, so we can’t call them monsters, just human.
the 17th and 18th century versions of shoplifting, in other words. I don’t know if it’s fair to look at it this way, but they had no real prison system at the time, no thought of reform. So what could they do to deter crime? Brutality obviously wasn’t the answer, but we still use it today, so we can’t call them monsters, just human.
the 17th and 18th century versions of shoplifting, in other words. I don’t know if it’s fair to look at it this way, but they had no real prison system at the time, no thought of reform. So what could they do to deter crime? Brutality obviously wasn’t the answer, but we still use it today, so we can’t call them monsters, just human.
the 17th and 18th century versions of shoplifting, in other words. I don’t know if it’s fair to look at it this way, but they had no real prison system at the time, no thought of reform. So what could they do to deter crime? Brutality obviously wasn’t the answer, but we still use it today, so we can’t call them monsters, just human.
the 17th and 18th century versions of shoplifting, in other words. I don’t know if it’s fair to look at it this way, but they had no real prison system at the time, no thought of reform. So what could they do to deter crime? Brutality obviously wasn’t the answer, but we still use it today, so we can’t call them monsters, just human.
We ALL have a lot to answer for. The human condition is one of fraility and the bullies often win because of their physical strength. Until we start thinking like compassionate human beings and not animals, we’ll continue to repeat our failures. There are no shortages of horrors in every country, then and now.
I wish I had a magic wand!
We ALL have a lot to answer for. The human condition is one of fraility and the bullies often win because of their physical strength. Until we start thinking like compassionate human beings and not animals, we’ll continue to repeat our failures. There are no shortages of horrors in every country, then and now.
I wish I had a magic wand!
We ALL have a lot to answer for. The human condition is one of fraility and the bullies often win because of their physical strength. Until we start thinking like compassionate human beings and not animals, we’ll continue to repeat our failures. There are no shortages of horrors in every country, then and now.
I wish I had a magic wand!
We ALL have a lot to answer for. The human condition is one of fraility and the bullies often win because of their physical strength. Until we start thinking like compassionate human beings and not animals, we’ll continue to repeat our failures. There are no shortages of horrors in every country, then and now.
I wish I had a magic wand!
We ALL have a lot to answer for. The human condition is one of fraility and the bullies often win because of their physical strength. Until we start thinking like compassionate human beings and not animals, we’ll continue to repeat our failures. There are no shortages of horrors in every country, then and now.
I wish I had a magic wand!
I just looked them up. They don’t seem to be available any longer. I’ll have to check the library. Goodreads lists them:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/120942-convict-girls
I just looked them up. They don’t seem to be available any longer. I’ll have to check the library. Goodreads lists them:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/120942-convict-girls
I just looked them up. They don’t seem to be available any longer. I’ll have to check the library. Goodreads lists them:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/120942-convict-girls
I just looked them up. They don’t seem to be available any longer. I’ll have to check the library. Goodreads lists them:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/120942-convict-girls
I just looked them up. They don’t seem to be available any longer. I’ll have to check the library. Goodreads lists them:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/120942-convict-girls
oh cool, Hester’s book is available on Kindle for $1.99 right now! I just ordered it. http://www.amazon.com/Hester-Warings-Marriage-Dilhorne-Dynasty-ebook/dp/B007679L0U/
thanks!
oh cool, Hester’s book is available on Kindle for $1.99 right now! I just ordered it. http://www.amazon.com/Hester-Warings-Marriage-Dilhorne-Dynasty-ebook/dp/B007679L0U/
thanks!
oh cool, Hester’s book is available on Kindle for $1.99 right now! I just ordered it. http://www.amazon.com/Hester-Warings-Marriage-Dilhorne-Dynasty-ebook/dp/B007679L0U/
thanks!
oh cool, Hester’s book is available on Kindle for $1.99 right now! I just ordered it. http://www.amazon.com/Hester-Warings-Marriage-Dilhorne-Dynasty-ebook/dp/B007679L0U/
thanks!
oh cool, Hester’s book is available on Kindle for $1.99 right now! I just ordered it. http://www.amazon.com/Hester-Warings-Marriage-Dilhorne-Dynasty-ebook/dp/B007679L0U/
thanks!
Thanks for the book recommendations, Karin, and to you, Patricia, for telling about the sale. I just bought it as well, since the library doesn’t have it. I’m interested in the setting and time period and recall some beautiful movies I’ve seen set in (historical) Australia, but I can’t remember any of the titles. I actually prefer my historical romances to be about “everyday” people, not lords and ladies, and as I’ve never been to Australia or New Zealand, books set there provide armchair travel. 🙂
Thanks for the book recommendations, Karin, and to you, Patricia, for telling about the sale. I just bought it as well, since the library doesn’t have it. I’m interested in the setting and time period and recall some beautiful movies I’ve seen set in (historical) Australia, but I can’t remember any of the titles. I actually prefer my historical romances to be about “everyday” people, not lords and ladies, and as I’ve never been to Australia or New Zealand, books set there provide armchair travel. 🙂
Thanks for the book recommendations, Karin, and to you, Patricia, for telling about the sale. I just bought it as well, since the library doesn’t have it. I’m interested in the setting and time period and recall some beautiful movies I’ve seen set in (historical) Australia, but I can’t remember any of the titles. I actually prefer my historical romances to be about “everyday” people, not lords and ladies, and as I’ve never been to Australia or New Zealand, books set there provide armchair travel. 🙂
Thanks for the book recommendations, Karin, and to you, Patricia, for telling about the sale. I just bought it as well, since the library doesn’t have it. I’m interested in the setting and time period and recall some beautiful movies I’ve seen set in (historical) Australia, but I can’t remember any of the titles. I actually prefer my historical romances to be about “everyday” people, not lords and ladies, and as I’ve never been to Australia or New Zealand, books set there provide armchair travel. 🙂
Thanks for the book recommendations, Karin, and to you, Patricia, for telling about the sale. I just bought it as well, since the library doesn’t have it. I’m interested in the setting and time period and recall some beautiful movies I’ve seen set in (historical) Australia, but I can’t remember any of the titles. I actually prefer my historical romances to be about “everyday” people, not lords and ladies, and as I’ve never been to Australia or New Zealand, books set there provide armchair travel. 🙂
I love any novel set Down Under, so what you say here interests me, as a reader, much more than an English setting.
I love any novel set Down Under, so what you say here interests me, as a reader, much more than an English setting.
I love any novel set Down Under, so what you say here interests me, as a reader, much more than an English setting.
I love any novel set Down Under, so what you say here interests me, as a reader, much more than an English setting.
I love any novel set Down Under, so what you say here interests me, as a reader, much more than an English setting.
In the new series I’m writing, I’m gradually demoting my characters but they’re all still well-related. At some point, I’m hoping all readers will accept that the world was populated with many real, exciting people, and living without wealth does not mean they’re unhappy!
In the new series I’m writing, I’m gradually demoting my characters but they’re all still well-related. At some point, I’m hoping all readers will accept that the world was populated with many real, exciting people, and living without wealth does not mean they’re unhappy!
In the new series I’m writing, I’m gradually demoting my characters but they’re all still well-related. At some point, I’m hoping all readers will accept that the world was populated with many real, exciting people, and living without wealth does not mean they’re unhappy!
In the new series I’m writing, I’m gradually demoting my characters but they’re all still well-related. At some point, I’m hoping all readers will accept that the world was populated with many real, exciting people, and living without wealth does not mean they’re unhappy!
In the new series I’m writing, I’m gradually demoting my characters but they’re all still well-related. At some point, I’m hoping all readers will accept that the world was populated with many real, exciting people, and living without wealth does not mean they’re unhappy!
see me squiggling in excitement and plotting wildly!
see me squiggling in excitement and plotting wildly!
see me squiggling in excitement and plotting wildly!
see me squiggling in excitement and plotting wildly!
see me squiggling in excitement and plotting wildly!
I agree, Pat — Im just really pointing out the extremity of the punishments, and suggesting the criminals werent quite all the hardened, vicious thugs the term convicts implies. They were the human fall-out from the Industrial Revolution.
I agree, Pat — Im just really pointing out the extremity of the punishments, and suggesting the criminals werent quite all the hardened, vicious thugs the term convicts implies. They were the human fall-out from the Industrial Revolution.
I agree, Pat — Im just really pointing out the extremity of the punishments, and suggesting the criminals werent quite all the hardened, vicious thugs the term convicts implies. They were the human fall-out from the Industrial Revolution.
I agree, Pat — Im just really pointing out the extremity of the punishments, and suggesting the criminals werent quite all the hardened, vicious thugs the term convicts implies. They were the human fall-out from the Industrial Revolution.
I agree, Pat — Im just really pointing out the extremity of the punishments, and suggesting the criminals werent quite all the hardened, vicious thugs the term convicts implies. They were the human fall-out from the Industrial Revolution.
One of my favourite novels of colonial Australia is The Gentleman’s Garden by Cathy Jinks. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313988.The_Gentleman_s_Garden?from_search=true&search_version=service
It’s a lovely romance.
My ancestors were convicts. Horse thieves and pocket book stealers. Being transported was probably the best thing that ever happened to them. After they were freed they got land grants and made good, productive lives. My great, great, great, great grandmother Sarah Fletcher, ended up in Port Arthur as a very young woman, but after she was freed she married three times and died a fairly prosperous woman in Young, a town in the Central West of NSW. I’ve wanted to write her story for a while now.
Grace Karskens has written an interesting history of Sydney and she’s done a TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNOPVgdpVFA
One of my favourite novels of colonial Australia is The Gentleman’s Garden by Cathy Jinks. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313988.The_Gentleman_s_Garden?from_search=true&search_version=service
It’s a lovely romance.
My ancestors were convicts. Horse thieves and pocket book stealers. Being transported was probably the best thing that ever happened to them. After they were freed they got land grants and made good, productive lives. My great, great, great, great grandmother Sarah Fletcher, ended up in Port Arthur as a very young woman, but after she was freed she married three times and died a fairly prosperous woman in Young, a town in the Central West of NSW. I’ve wanted to write her story for a while now.
Grace Karskens has written an interesting history of Sydney and she’s done a TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNOPVgdpVFA
One of my favourite novels of colonial Australia is The Gentleman’s Garden by Cathy Jinks. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313988.The_Gentleman_s_Garden?from_search=true&search_version=service
It’s a lovely romance.
My ancestors were convicts. Horse thieves and pocket book stealers. Being transported was probably the best thing that ever happened to them. After they were freed they got land grants and made good, productive lives. My great, great, great, great grandmother Sarah Fletcher, ended up in Port Arthur as a very young woman, but after she was freed she married three times and died a fairly prosperous woman in Young, a town in the Central West of NSW. I’ve wanted to write her story for a while now.
Grace Karskens has written an interesting history of Sydney and she’s done a TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNOPVgdpVFA
One of my favourite novels of colonial Australia is The Gentleman’s Garden by Cathy Jinks. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313988.The_Gentleman_s_Garden?from_search=true&search_version=service
It’s a lovely romance.
My ancestors were convicts. Horse thieves and pocket book stealers. Being transported was probably the best thing that ever happened to them. After they were freed they got land grants and made good, productive lives. My great, great, great, great grandmother Sarah Fletcher, ended up in Port Arthur as a very young woman, but after she was freed she married three times and died a fairly prosperous woman in Young, a town in the Central West of NSW. I’ve wanted to write her story for a while now.
Grace Karskens has written an interesting history of Sydney and she’s done a TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNOPVgdpVFA
One of my favourite novels of colonial Australia is The Gentleman’s Garden by Cathy Jinks. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313988.The_Gentleman_s_Garden?from_search=true&search_version=service
It’s a lovely romance.
My ancestors were convicts. Horse thieves and pocket book stealers. Being transported was probably the best thing that ever happened to them. After they were freed they got land grants and made good, productive lives. My great, great, great, great grandmother Sarah Fletcher, ended up in Port Arthur as a very young woman, but after she was freed she married three times and died a fairly prosperous woman in Young, a town in the Central West of NSW. I’ve wanted to write her story for a while now.
Grace Karskens has written an interesting history of Sydney and she’s done a TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNOPVgdpVFA
That comment came out looking really wonky so maybe this will work.
One of my favourite novels of colonial Australia is The Gentleman’s Garden by Cathy Jinks. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313988.The_Gentleman_s_Garden?from_search=true&search_version=service
It’s a lovely romance.
My ancestors were convicts. Horse thieves and pocket book stealers. Being transported was probably the best thing that ever happened to them. After they were freed they got land grants and made good, productive lives. My great, great, great, great grandmother Sarah Fletcher, ended up in Port Arthur as a very young woman, but after she was freed she married three times and died a fairly prosperous woman in Young, a town in the Central West of NSW. I’ve wanted to write her story for a while now.
Grace Karskens has written an interesting history of Sydney and she’s done a TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNOPVgdpVFA
That comment came out looking really wonky so maybe this will work.
One of my favourite novels of colonial Australia is The Gentleman’s Garden by Cathy Jinks. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313988.The_Gentleman_s_Garden?from_search=true&search_version=service
It’s a lovely romance.
My ancestors were convicts. Horse thieves and pocket book stealers. Being transported was probably the best thing that ever happened to them. After they were freed they got land grants and made good, productive lives. My great, great, great, great grandmother Sarah Fletcher, ended up in Port Arthur as a very young woman, but after she was freed she married three times and died a fairly prosperous woman in Young, a town in the Central West of NSW. I’ve wanted to write her story for a while now.
Grace Karskens has written an interesting history of Sydney and she’s done a TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNOPVgdpVFA
That comment came out looking really wonky so maybe this will work.
One of my favourite novels of colonial Australia is The Gentleman’s Garden by Cathy Jinks. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313988.The_Gentleman_s_Garden?from_search=true&search_version=service
It’s a lovely romance.
My ancestors were convicts. Horse thieves and pocket book stealers. Being transported was probably the best thing that ever happened to them. After they were freed they got land grants and made good, productive lives. My great, great, great, great grandmother Sarah Fletcher, ended up in Port Arthur as a very young woman, but after she was freed she married three times and died a fairly prosperous woman in Young, a town in the Central West of NSW. I’ve wanted to write her story for a while now.
Grace Karskens has written an interesting history of Sydney and she’s done a TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNOPVgdpVFA
That comment came out looking really wonky so maybe this will work.
One of my favourite novels of colonial Australia is The Gentleman’s Garden by Cathy Jinks. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313988.The_Gentleman_s_Garden?from_search=true&search_version=service
It’s a lovely romance.
My ancestors were convicts. Horse thieves and pocket book stealers. Being transported was probably the best thing that ever happened to them. After they were freed they got land grants and made good, productive lives. My great, great, great, great grandmother Sarah Fletcher, ended up in Port Arthur as a very young woman, but after she was freed she married three times and died a fairly prosperous woman in Young, a town in the Central West of NSW. I’ve wanted to write her story for a while now.
Grace Karskens has written an interesting history of Sydney and she’s done a TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNOPVgdpVFA
That comment came out looking really wonky so maybe this will work.
One of my favourite novels of colonial Australia is The Gentleman’s Garden by Cathy Jinks. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313988.The_Gentleman_s_Garden?from_search=true&search_version=service
It’s a lovely romance.
My ancestors were convicts. Horse thieves and pocket book stealers. Being transported was probably the best thing that ever happened to them. After they were freed they got land grants and made good, productive lives. My great, great, great, great grandmother Sarah Fletcher, ended up in Port Arthur as a very young woman, but after she was freed she married three times and died a fairly prosperous woman in Young, a town in the Central West of NSW. I’ve wanted to write her story for a while now.
Grace Karskens has written an interesting history of Sydney and she’s done a TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNOPVgdpVFA
I remember watching a tv miniseries ages ago (back when they still had miniseries!) about a young Irish girl transported to Australia, and how she found love and settled there. It was called Against the Wind. The story was wrapped in the history of Australia’s settlement, including convict uprisings, and it was fascinating. So I would love to see some romances featuring this! I’d also love to find this show on DVD for my region, but I’ve never been lucky enough to do so, alas!
I remember watching a tv miniseries ages ago (back when they still had miniseries!) about a young Irish girl transported to Australia, and how she found love and settled there. It was called Against the Wind. The story was wrapped in the history of Australia’s settlement, including convict uprisings, and it was fascinating. So I would love to see some romances featuring this! I’d also love to find this show on DVD for my region, but I’ve never been lucky enough to do so, alas!
I remember watching a tv miniseries ages ago (back when they still had miniseries!) about a young Irish girl transported to Australia, and how she found love and settled there. It was called Against the Wind. The story was wrapped in the history of Australia’s settlement, including convict uprisings, and it was fascinating. So I would love to see some romances featuring this! I’d also love to find this show on DVD for my region, but I’ve never been lucky enough to do so, alas!
I remember watching a tv miniseries ages ago (back when they still had miniseries!) about a young Irish girl transported to Australia, and how she found love and settled there. It was called Against the Wind. The story was wrapped in the history of Australia’s settlement, including convict uprisings, and it was fascinating. So I would love to see some romances featuring this! I’d also love to find this show on DVD for my region, but I’ve never been lucky enough to do so, alas!
I remember watching a tv miniseries ages ago (back when they still had miniseries!) about a young Irish girl transported to Australia, and how she found love and settled there. It was called Against the Wind. The story was wrapped in the history of Australia’s settlement, including convict uprisings, and it was fascinating. So I would love to see some romances featuring this! I’d also love to find this show on DVD for my region, but I’ve never been lucky enough to do so, alas!
both comments came out fine on my side! You do really need to write that story. This is why I’m fascinated with the idea of Australian frontier books. There are so many fascinating stories to tell! I’ve got to find a way.
both comments came out fine on my side! You do really need to write that story. This is why I’m fascinated with the idea of Australian frontier books. There are so many fascinating stories to tell! I’ve got to find a way.
both comments came out fine on my side! You do really need to write that story. This is why I’m fascinated with the idea of Australian frontier books. There are so many fascinating stories to tell! I’ve got to find a way.
both comments came out fine on my side! You do really need to write that story. This is why I’m fascinated with the idea of Australian frontier books. There are so many fascinating stories to tell! I’ve got to find a way.
both comments came out fine on my side! You do really need to write that story. This is why I’m fascinated with the idea of Australian frontier books. There are so many fascinating stories to tell! I’ve got to find a way.
I imagine a lot of those miniseries never made it to DVD. I’m fixing soup right now and don’t have time to explore, but I’ll try to come back and see if I can find it.
I imagine a lot of those miniseries never made it to DVD. I’m fixing soup right now and don’t have time to explore, but I’ll try to come back and see if I can find it.
I imagine a lot of those miniseries never made it to DVD. I’m fixing soup right now and don’t have time to explore, but I’ll try to come back and see if I can find it.
I imagine a lot of those miniseries never made it to DVD. I’m fixing soup right now and don’t have time to explore, but I’ll try to come back and see if I can find it.
I imagine a lot of those miniseries never made it to DVD. I’m fixing soup right now and don’t have time to explore, but I’ll try to come back and see if I can find it.
Another good one set in Australia was Jennifer, by Janet Whitney. Out of print now, I assume, but very good. Rich naive young lady in England marries a rotter who sets her up and has her sentenced to transportation so he can get her money, then comes to Sydney when things get hot at home and interferes in her life again.
Another good one set in Australia was Jennifer, by Janet Whitney. Out of print now, I assume, but very good. Rich naive young lady in England marries a rotter who sets her up and has her sentenced to transportation so he can get her money, then comes to Sydney when things get hot at home and interferes in her life again.
Another good one set in Australia was Jennifer, by Janet Whitney. Out of print now, I assume, but very good. Rich naive young lady in England marries a rotter who sets her up and has her sentenced to transportation so he can get her money, then comes to Sydney when things get hot at home and interferes in her life again.
Another good one set in Australia was Jennifer, by Janet Whitney. Out of print now, I assume, but very good. Rich naive young lady in England marries a rotter who sets her up and has her sentenced to transportation so he can get her money, then comes to Sydney when things get hot at home and interferes in her life again.
Another good one set in Australia was Jennifer, by Janet Whitney. Out of print now, I assume, but very good. Rich naive young lady in England marries a rotter who sets her up and has her sentenced to transportation so he can get her money, then comes to Sydney when things get hot at home and interferes in her life again.
That series was’The Australians’ by William Stuart Long. My dad had most all of them. The first few followed the same girl/woman as she grew up and married, and then her kids. The books then started moving faster with each generation.
My mum was from Hobart,Tasmania, and I enjoyed your post. I hope you were able to get to Port Arthur. I also hope you went down Eagle Hawk Neck for the tessellated pavement and the blow hole. The natural wonders are amazing. The wind at top of Mt Wellington is directly from Antarctica.
That series was’The Australians’ by William Stuart Long. My dad had most all of them. The first few followed the same girl/woman as she grew up and married, and then her kids. The books then started moving faster with each generation.
My mum was from Hobart,Tasmania, and I enjoyed your post. I hope you were able to get to Port Arthur. I also hope you went down Eagle Hawk Neck for the tessellated pavement and the blow hole. The natural wonders are amazing. The wind at top of Mt Wellington is directly from Antarctica.
That series was’The Australians’ by William Stuart Long. My dad had most all of them. The first few followed the same girl/woman as she grew up and married, and then her kids. The books then started moving faster with each generation.
My mum was from Hobart,Tasmania, and I enjoyed your post. I hope you were able to get to Port Arthur. I also hope you went down Eagle Hawk Neck for the tessellated pavement and the blow hole. The natural wonders are amazing. The wind at top of Mt Wellington is directly from Antarctica.
That series was’The Australians’ by William Stuart Long. My dad had most all of them. The first few followed the same girl/woman as she grew up and married, and then her kids. The books then started moving faster with each generation.
My mum was from Hobart,Tasmania, and I enjoyed your post. I hope you were able to get to Port Arthur. I also hope you went down Eagle Hawk Neck for the tessellated pavement and the blow hole. The natural wonders are amazing. The wind at top of Mt Wellington is directly from Antarctica.
That series was’The Australians’ by William Stuart Long. My dad had most all of them. The first few followed the same girl/woman as she grew up and married, and then her kids. The books then started moving faster with each generation.
My mum was from Hobart,Tasmania, and I enjoyed your post. I hope you were able to get to Port Arthur. I also hope you went down Eagle Hawk Neck for the tessellated pavement and the blow hole. The natural wonders are amazing. The wind at top of Mt Wellington is directly from Antarctica.
After loads of tedious school lessons on convicts I wasnt all that keen on reading a novel about them. Very sad and depressing. That was until I read Tea Cooper’s books – Australian historical rural romance. Her convicts are quite sexy. And I’ve actually learned a lot without noticing at all. The mark of a good writer. Her books are really well researched and her characters are believable. Highly recommend.
After loads of tedious school lessons on convicts I wasnt all that keen on reading a novel about them. Very sad and depressing. That was until I read Tea Cooper’s books – Australian historical rural romance. Her convicts are quite sexy. And I’ve actually learned a lot without noticing at all. The mark of a good writer. Her books are really well researched and her characters are believable. Highly recommend.
After loads of tedious school lessons on convicts I wasnt all that keen on reading a novel about them. Very sad and depressing. That was until I read Tea Cooper’s books – Australian historical rural romance. Her convicts are quite sexy. And I’ve actually learned a lot without noticing at all. The mark of a good writer. Her books are really well researched and her characters are believable. Highly recommend.
After loads of tedious school lessons on convicts I wasnt all that keen on reading a novel about them. Very sad and depressing. That was until I read Tea Cooper’s books – Australian historical rural romance. Her convicts are quite sexy. And I’ve actually learned a lot without noticing at all. The mark of a good writer. Her books are really well researched and her characters are believable. Highly recommend.
After loads of tedious school lessons on convicts I wasnt all that keen on reading a novel about them. Very sad and depressing. That was until I read Tea Cooper’s books – Australian historical rural romance. Her convicts are quite sexy. And I’ve actually learned a lot without noticing at all. The mark of a good writer. Her books are really well researched and her characters are believable. Highly recommend.
adding to my list, thank you! Isn’t it amazing how history can make fascinating lessons so cut and dry?
adding to my list, thank you! Isn’t it amazing how history can make fascinating lessons so cut and dry?
adding to my list, thank you! Isn’t it amazing how history can make fascinating lessons so cut and dry?
adding to my list, thank you! Isn’t it amazing how history can make fascinating lessons so cut and dry?
adding to my list, thank you! Isn’t it amazing how history can make fascinating lessons so cut and dry?
Ms Rice, I’m a dedicated WW fan and am glad you enjoyed Tasmania. I was born and live there and its natural beauty delights me every day. I suppose that you visited the Freycinet Peninsula, the Bay of Fires and walked up the Gorge, some of my favourite places.
Like many Tasmanians, I’m descended from Irish and Scottish people driven off their homelands by the greed of the English aristocracy. Some of the were convicts. Others were starving and chose life in a strange land over death.
Yes, the convict story is full of sadness and tragedy (although the Point Puer story of the two young boys is almost certainly a myth) as well as righteous rebellion – the Irish leaders, some of whom went on to migrate to America and the Chartists who also ended up in VDL – but some of the convicts were definitely criminals – Dickens knew that.
The greatest tragedy is that the arrival of my ancestors was accompanied by a ruthless, dishonest and violent dispossession of the indigenous people of this island. Our history is in no way a gentle, benevolent one.
Ms Rice, I’m a dedicated WW fan and am glad you enjoyed Tasmania. I was born and live there and its natural beauty delights me every day. I suppose that you visited the Freycinet Peninsula, the Bay of Fires and walked up the Gorge, some of my favourite places.
Like many Tasmanians, I’m descended from Irish and Scottish people driven off their homelands by the greed of the English aristocracy. Some of the were convicts. Others were starving and chose life in a strange land over death.
Yes, the convict story is full of sadness and tragedy (although the Point Puer story of the two young boys is almost certainly a myth) as well as righteous rebellion – the Irish leaders, some of whom went on to migrate to America and the Chartists who also ended up in VDL – but some of the convicts were definitely criminals – Dickens knew that.
The greatest tragedy is that the arrival of my ancestors was accompanied by a ruthless, dishonest and violent dispossession of the indigenous people of this island. Our history is in no way a gentle, benevolent one.
Ms Rice, I’m a dedicated WW fan and am glad you enjoyed Tasmania. I was born and live there and its natural beauty delights me every day. I suppose that you visited the Freycinet Peninsula, the Bay of Fires and walked up the Gorge, some of my favourite places.
Like many Tasmanians, I’m descended from Irish and Scottish people driven off their homelands by the greed of the English aristocracy. Some of the were convicts. Others were starving and chose life in a strange land over death.
Yes, the convict story is full of sadness and tragedy (although the Point Puer story of the two young boys is almost certainly a myth) as well as righteous rebellion – the Irish leaders, some of whom went on to migrate to America and the Chartists who also ended up in VDL – but some of the convicts were definitely criminals – Dickens knew that.
The greatest tragedy is that the arrival of my ancestors was accompanied by a ruthless, dishonest and violent dispossession of the indigenous people of this island. Our history is in no way a gentle, benevolent one.
Ms Rice, I’m a dedicated WW fan and am glad you enjoyed Tasmania. I was born and live there and its natural beauty delights me every day. I suppose that you visited the Freycinet Peninsula, the Bay of Fires and walked up the Gorge, some of my favourite places.
Like many Tasmanians, I’m descended from Irish and Scottish people driven off their homelands by the greed of the English aristocracy. Some of the were convicts. Others were starving and chose life in a strange land over death.
Yes, the convict story is full of sadness and tragedy (although the Point Puer story of the two young boys is almost certainly a myth) as well as righteous rebellion – the Irish leaders, some of whom went on to migrate to America and the Chartists who also ended up in VDL – but some of the convicts were definitely criminals – Dickens knew that.
The greatest tragedy is that the arrival of my ancestors was accompanied by a ruthless, dishonest and violent dispossession of the indigenous people of this island. Our history is in no way a gentle, benevolent one.
Ms Rice, I’m a dedicated WW fan and am glad you enjoyed Tasmania. I was born and live there and its natural beauty delights me every day. I suppose that you visited the Freycinet Peninsula, the Bay of Fires and walked up the Gorge, some of my favourite places.
Like many Tasmanians, I’m descended from Irish and Scottish people driven off their homelands by the greed of the English aristocracy. Some of the were convicts. Others were starving and chose life in a strange land over death.
Yes, the convict story is full of sadness and tragedy (although the Point Puer story of the two young boys is almost certainly a myth) as well as righteous rebellion – the Irish leaders, some of whom went on to migrate to America and the Chartists who also ended up in VDL – but some of the convicts were definitely criminals – Dickens knew that.
The greatest tragedy is that the arrival of my ancestors was accompanied by a ruthless, dishonest and violent dispossession of the indigenous people of this island. Our history is in no way a gentle, benevolent one.
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Thanks for all the info. The convict story was sad.
Thanks for all the info. The convict story was sad.
Thanks for all the info. The convict story was sad.
Thanks for all the info. The convict story was sad.
Thanks for all the info. The convict story was sad.
Candace Proctor wrote a couple of Australian set historicals. One in Tasmania, one in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. They were terrific.
I went to Tasmania last summer for a holiday with my husband and one of our sons. Loved it, but some of the convict sites were heartbreaking, particularly Port Arthur and a women’s factory near Ross. Think it was Ross! Anyway, I certainly had plenty of ideas for stories.
Candace Proctor wrote a couple of Australian set historicals. One in Tasmania, one in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. They were terrific.
I went to Tasmania last summer for a holiday with my husband and one of our sons. Loved it, but some of the convict sites were heartbreaking, particularly Port Arthur and a women’s factory near Ross. Think it was Ross! Anyway, I certainly had plenty of ideas for stories.
Candace Proctor wrote a couple of Australian set historicals. One in Tasmania, one in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. They were terrific.
I went to Tasmania last summer for a holiday with my husband and one of our sons. Loved it, but some of the convict sites were heartbreaking, particularly Port Arthur and a women’s factory near Ross. Think it was Ross! Anyway, I certainly had plenty of ideas for stories.
Candace Proctor wrote a couple of Australian set historicals. One in Tasmania, one in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. They were terrific.
I went to Tasmania last summer for a holiday with my husband and one of our sons. Loved it, but some of the convict sites were heartbreaking, particularly Port Arthur and a women’s factory near Ross. Think it was Ross! Anyway, I certainly had plenty of ideas for stories.
Candace Proctor wrote a couple of Australian set historicals. One in Tasmania, one in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. They were terrific.
I went to Tasmania last summer for a holiday with my husband and one of our sons. Loved it, but some of the convict sites were heartbreaking, particularly Port Arthur and a women’s factory near Ross. Think it was Ross! Anyway, I certainly had plenty of ideas for stories.
Yes, to all your locations! Although we only walked through Point Arthur because I didn’t think I could take the sadness otherwise. It’s a relief to hear the Point Puer story was probably a myth but I’m sure there were plenty of others that haven’t come down through time.
Just the idea of a community of thieves gives rise to so many ways they’d have to use their street smarts to survive. I can’t say that the government was ever more than a grandiose form of theft and torture, so I make no judgment there.
The story of the natives is a familiar one, given my American background. And my ancestors were everyone from the Irish to the French Huguenots forced to flee because of their religion. History repeats itself in many ways.
Yes, to all your locations! Although we only walked through Point Arthur because I didn’t think I could take the sadness otherwise. It’s a relief to hear the Point Puer story was probably a myth but I’m sure there were plenty of others that haven’t come down through time.
Just the idea of a community of thieves gives rise to so many ways they’d have to use their street smarts to survive. I can’t say that the government was ever more than a grandiose form of theft and torture, so I make no judgment there.
The story of the natives is a familiar one, given my American background. And my ancestors were everyone from the Irish to the French Huguenots forced to flee because of their religion. History repeats itself in many ways.
Yes, to all your locations! Although we only walked through Point Arthur because I didn’t think I could take the sadness otherwise. It’s a relief to hear the Point Puer story was probably a myth but I’m sure there were plenty of others that haven’t come down through time.
Just the idea of a community of thieves gives rise to so many ways they’d have to use their street smarts to survive. I can’t say that the government was ever more than a grandiose form of theft and torture, so I make no judgment there.
The story of the natives is a familiar one, given my American background. And my ancestors were everyone from the Irish to the French Huguenots forced to flee because of their religion. History repeats itself in many ways.
Yes, to all your locations! Although we only walked through Point Arthur because I didn’t think I could take the sadness otherwise. It’s a relief to hear the Point Puer story was probably a myth but I’m sure there were plenty of others that haven’t come down through time.
Just the idea of a community of thieves gives rise to so many ways they’d have to use their street smarts to survive. I can’t say that the government was ever more than a grandiose form of theft and torture, so I make no judgment there.
The story of the natives is a familiar one, given my American background. And my ancestors were everyone from the Irish to the French Huguenots forced to flee because of their religion. History repeats itself in many ways.
Yes, to all your locations! Although we only walked through Point Arthur because I didn’t think I could take the sadness otherwise. It’s a relief to hear the Point Puer story was probably a myth but I’m sure there were plenty of others that haven’t come down through time.
Just the idea of a community of thieves gives rise to so many ways they’d have to use their street smarts to survive. I can’t say that the government was ever more than a grandiose form of theft and torture, so I make no judgment there.
The story of the natives is a familiar one, given my American background. And my ancestors were everyone from the Irish to the French Huguenots forced to flee because of their religion. History repeats itself in many ways.
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I hadn’t realized Candace has some Australian historicals. Adding to list, thank you!
I hadn’t realized Candace has some Australian historicals. Adding to list, thank you!
I hadn’t realized Candace has some Australian historicals. Adding to list, thank you!
I hadn’t realized Candace has some Australian historicals. Adding to list, thank you!
I hadn’t realized Candace has some Australian historicals. Adding to list, thank you!