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Land Records

333.16
Land grants 1788-1809.  A record of registered grants and leases in New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk Island, edited by R.J. Ryan.
Sydney; Australian Documents Library, 1981.
ISBN 0908219059
GENEALOGY SHELVES

994.602JOU
Journals of the Land Commissioners for Van Diemen's Land, 1826-28 / edited by Anne McKay.; with an introduction by P.R. Eldershaw.
Hobart; University of Tasmania in conjunction with the Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 1962.
STACK

Q333.16MCK
McKay, Thelma
Register of land grants, VDL, 1824-1832
Kingston, Tas. : T. McKay, 1994.
ISBN 0646192906
GENEALOGY SHELVES

994.602TAS
Tasmania.  Convict Dept.
Muster rolls and land grants, 1816-1818.
Sydney; Mitchell Library, 199-
1 microfilm reel.
[Manuscripts in the Mitchell Library; CY reel 957]
For index refer to
994.602IND
Index to more Tasmanian convicts; shipping lists from papers re convict ships 1814-1845 / compiled by the volunteers of the FHC Resources Group.
Kiama, N.S.W.; FHC Resources Group, 1995.
9 microfiche.
ISBN 0959720383
This index provides access to Tasmanian convict records from the Mitchell Library that we hold specifically Reels CY1273 - 1282, CY1241, CY1242, CY957, CY958 and CY367.
MICROFORM

Monographs

929.39DON
Donohoe, James Hugh, 1941-
Tasmania, 1803-1820 : the people and their families
Sydney : J. H. Donohoe, c1988
1 microfiche.
ISBN 0731645634
MICROFORM

929.39LOC
Local and family history sources in Tasmania / edited by Anne M. Bartlett.
Launceston Tas. : Genealogical Society of Tasmania, 1991.
Includes index.
Available from Genealogical Society of Tasmania, PO Box 60, Prospect Tas 7250.
ISBN 0646040804
GENEALOGY SHELVES

Q929.39MCC
McClelland, James
A guide to convict and pioneer records ot Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland.
Silverdale, N.S.W. : James McClelland Research, 1980.
James McClelland's Convict pioneer and immigrant series of Australia ; bk. no. 8.
ISBN 090849209X
GENEALOGY SHELVES

Q929.39MOR
More references for Tasmanian children in care, 1826 - 1899 / compiled by Joyce Purtscher, 1996.
ISBN 0646289039
GENEALOGY SHELVES

929.1REA
Reakes, Janet
How to trace your convict ancestors : their lives, times, & records.
Sydney, N.S.W. : Hale & Iremonger, c1987.
ISBN 0868062758
GENEALOGY SHELVES

994.602SCH
Schaffer, Irene
Exiled! three times over.  Profiles of Norfolk Islanders exiled in Van Diemen's Land.  1807-13
Hobart : St. David's Park, 1992.
ISBN 0724621695
GENEALOGY SHELVES

Q929.39SCH
Schaffer, Irene
Norfolk Island embarkations to Van Diemen's Land, 1807-1813
West Pymble, N.S.W : I. Schaffer, 1986.
ISBN 1862528853
GENEALOGY SHELVES

364.374TAR
Tardif, Phillip, 1958-
Notorious strumpets and dangerous girls : convict women in Van Diemen's Land, 1803-1829
North Ryde, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson, 1990.
ISBN 0207157987
OPEN SHELVES

994.82
Wright, R. (Reg)
The Forgotten generation of Norfolk Island and Van Diemens Land
Sydney : Library of Australian History, 1986.
ISBN  0908120621
OPEN SHELVES

Newspapers

Q079.946
The Hobart Town Gazette and southern reporter : a facsimile reproduction of volumes 1 & 2, May 11, 1816, June 1, 1816 to December 27, 1817.
Hobart : Platypus Publications, 1965.
STACK

F 079.946 TAS
Tasmanian Mail.
Hobart : Davies Brothers Limited, 1877-1921.
1899-1935.
STACK

079.946MER
The Hobart Town Daily Mercury
Hobart Town : John Davies, 1858-1860
5 July 1854 - 30 June 1860.
MICROFORM

79.946MER
Mercury (Hobart, Tas)
The Mercury.
Milsons Point, N.S.W. : W. & F. Pascoe Pty. Ltd.
microfilm reels.  Daily.
2 July 1860-
MICROFORM

Occupational Lists

994.602TAS
Tasmania - lists of men duly qualified to serve as jurors 1835, 1839-40, 1842-3, 1852.  South Port Tas. papers re police, 1838-47.  Tasmania - lists of men qualified and liable to serve of juries 1855, 1858.  Supreme Court records, 1824-1835.
Sydney N.S.W.; Mitchell Library, 199-
2 microfilm reels
[Manuscripts in the Mitchell Library; CY reels 878, 2142]
MICROFORM

Parliamentary Papers

328.9464
Tasmania  Parliamentary papers
1862 -
STACK

Shipping

387.2
Nicholson, Ian Hawkins
Shipping arrivals and departures, Tasmania
Canberra; Roebuck Society, 1983 -
Contents: v.1. 1803-1833, Pts 1, 11 and 111.
v. 2. includes Gazetteer of Tasmanian shipping, 1803-1842.
ISBN 0909434220
OPEN SHELVES

 Statistics

Q310
Tasmania  Government Statisticians Office.  Statistics of the State of Tasmania.
1881, 1888-1889, 1891 - 1900, 1902-1950.
Serial Stack.
STACK

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