SNIPPET: Researchers with an interest in the 62 years of British transportation to NSW (Australia) might be interested in a 200-page biography by Jacqueline GRANT and published by Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW in 1994. It is the story of the life and times of John GRANT who was born in 1792 at Moyne, County Tipperary. He was accused of attempted murder. At the age of 18 he was among the youngest of all the cargoes of prisoners sent to the penal colony during the 62 years of British transportation. It also relates the grim and gory details of the murder of Nicholas MAHER in Moyne, County Tipperary in 1810. It was John GRANT's sister Mary who 'beat out the brains' of her lover, Nicholas MAHER, her motive revenge. On his escape from Clonmel gaol, Jeremiah, John's brother, became the infamous and notorious Captain Grant the Highway of County Tipperary. The author traces the history of this one-time convict from his roots in Tipperary to his final arrival in NSW in 1811. "Providence" was the name of the ship which transported him with 180 other convicts to NSW. Because of good behaviour and thrift, GRANT was to become the owner of some 12,000 hectares of land and, with the assistance of the 58 men who worked for him, he managed over twelve thousand sheep. He became 'the father of Hartley.' Appendix three of this well-researched book lists all 181 convicts (140 males and 41 females). Of the prisoners, 52 of them had life sentences, four had 14-year terms and the remaining 125 received the minimum seven years. The names of the counties of origin for each convict is also included. Seventy-six of these convicts were from Dublin. Professor Patrick O'FARRELL, University of NSW, said of this book - "Jacqueline GRANT has made a fine job of weaving the GRANT story into the early history of the colony - I congratulate her on her achievement." The author was living in Orange, NSW at the time of publication.