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'It is 1845, Van Diemen's Land, Australia in the Point Puer boys’ prison at Port Arthur.
'Twelve year old Josh cannot remember what crime he committed, how he came to be in prison and why he is now called Tom Parish. He becomes one of very few people to escape, and these are his adventures.
'Josh travels from the bush land of EagleHawk Neck to the portside town of Hobart.
He begins to unravel the mystery of his identity with the help of his new friend Sarah and her father Captain Henry.
Join Josh and his friends (and enemies!) in this adventure tale set in amazing historical Tasmania. ' (Publication summary)
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[Review] The Castaway Convict
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 2 2005; (p. 40)
— Review of The Castaway Convict 2005 single work children's fiction -
[Review] The Castaway Convict
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 20 no. 3 2005; (p. 37)
— Review of The Castaway Convict 2005 single work children's fiction -
[Review] The Castaway Convict
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 49 no. 3 2005; (p. 29)
— Review of The Castaway Convict 2005 single work children's fiction -
Historical Adventures
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 273 2005; (p. 62-63)
— Review of All Fall Down 2005 single work children's fiction ; The Astrolabe : Adventure on the Southern Seas 2005 single work children's fiction ; Our Enemy, My Friend : The Diary of Emma Shelldrake, the Adelaide Hills, 1915 2005 single work children's fiction ; The Castaway Convict 2005 single work children's fiction
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Historical Adventures
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 273 2005; (p. 62-63)
— Review of All Fall Down 2005 single work children's fiction ; The Astrolabe : Adventure on the Southern Seas 2005 single work children's fiction ; Our Enemy, My Friend : The Diary of Emma Shelldrake, the Adelaide Hills, 1915 2005 single work children's fiction ; The Castaway Convict 2005 single work children's fiction -
[Review] The Castaway Convict
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 49 no. 3 2005; (p. 29)
— Review of The Castaway Convict 2005 single work children's fiction -
[Review] The Castaway Convict
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 20 no. 3 2005; (p. 37)
— Review of The Castaway Convict 2005 single work children's fiction -
[Review] The Castaway Convict
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 19 no. 2 2005; (p. 40)
— Review of The Castaway Convict 2005 single work children's fiction
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- Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), Tasmania,
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