You will be aware that there is an item about William NIBBS, a swing rioter, on the website. He was transported from England to Tasmania. In conversation with a fellow member at my snooker club, who had just returned from a holiday in the antipodes, he mentioned this book. He lent me his copy and I really would like to commend it to all, particularly if your interests extend to historical novels, seafaring, transportation, missionary work, native communities and last but not least Tasmania. In any event it's such a jolly good 'read'. bfn Alan 'English Passengers' by Matthew KNEALE ISBN 0 - 140 - 28521 - 0 Winner of the 2000 Whitbread Book of the Year.