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‘Provocative in a good way’: John Hirst was a rigorous historian, independent thinker and passionate believer in Australia

I first read John Hirst (1942-2016) as an undergraduate in the late 1990s as part of a subject on 19th-century Australian history. We discussed convict history and explored contrasting views about its ...
The Conversation

Thieves, needlewomen, Aboriginal warriors and a ten‑year‑old boy: the free people transported as convicts to Van Diemen’s Land

Emma Cotton (or Cotterell) sailed into Sydney harbour on the Rubicon in 1833 as a free immigrant. A 32-year-old woman of independent means, she took on needlework in the colony. Emma’s genteel life ...
Phys.org

History under the floorboards: Decoding the diets of institutionalized women in 19th century Sydney

Sydney's Hyde Park Barracks was built between 1817 and 1819 to house male convicts. The barracks is World Heritage Listed for its convict history, but is equally important for the story of 19th ...