Research Tasmania, operated by Dr Trudy Cowley, produces books and other resources related to Tasmanian history and convicts to help family history researchers and historians.

Dr Trudy Cowley is currently unable to take research work for clients.

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Convict Lives: Women at Cascades Female Factory is now available. This book has been written by members of the Female Factory Research Group and published by Research Tasmania.

It tells the stories of 33 female convicts and one locally convicted woman who were sent to Cascades Female Factory for punishment, for assignment, or to await confinement. In telling their stories, the authors provide historical context for the critical events in these women's lives.

 

 

A Drift of 'Derwent Ducks':
Lives of the 200 female Irish convicts transported on the Australasia from Dublin to Hobart in 1849.

Winner of the Kay Daniels Award 2006.

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1858 Valuation Rolls series for Tasmania—4 books covering:
1. Hobart Town
2. Northern Tasmania
3. Central & Eastern Tasmania
4. Southern Tasmania

     

 

 
 

Several lists and indexes have been compiled so far by Research Tasmania. This is an ongoing project.

The majority of lists and indexes are related to Tasmanian convict history.

 

Research Tasmania is undertaking several research projects, mostly related to Tasmanian convict history.

The major current project at present is working with Dr Dianne Snowden to research and write a book about the 180 female convicts transported on the Rajah in 1841.

   

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Site constructed by Dr Trudy CowleyLast updated 1 February 2009.