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The potential forensic significance of convict archives from Van Diemen’s Land, 1820–1877

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  1. School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Level 3 Medical School North Building, Frome Road, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia

    Roger W. Byard

  2. School of Humanities, University of Tasmania, Ave., Sandy Bay, Churchill, TAS, 7005, Australia

    Hamish Maxwell Stewart

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Byard, R.W., Stewart, H.M. The potential forensic significance of convict archives from Van Diemen’s Land, 1820–1877. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 14, 127–132 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-017-9913-2

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