CAROL BAXTER'S

PUBLICATIONS

Carol Baxter's books and articles

An Irresistible Temptation: the true story of Jane New and a colonial scandal (Allen & Unwin, 2006)
Breaking the Bank: An extraordinary colonial robbery (Allen & Unwin, 2008)
Captain Thunderbolt and his Lady: the true story of bushrangers Frederick Ward & Mary Ann Bugg (Allen & Unwin, 2011); see also www.thunderboltbushranger.com.au
The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable: a true tale of passion, poison and pursuit (Oneworld, 2013)
Black Widow: the true story of Australia's first female serial killer (Allen & Unwin, 2015)
The Fabulous Flying Mrs Miller: an Australian's true story of adventure, danger, romance and murder (Allen & Unwin, 2017)

Writing INTERESTING Family Histories (First edition 2009, second edition 2010, third edition 2016)
Writing and Publishing Gripping Family Histories (2016)
Help! Historical and Genealogical Truth: How do I separate fact from fiction? (2014)
Help! Why can't I find my ancestor's surname? (2015)
To Trace or Not to Trace: a family history overview for the curious (Unlock the Past, 2017)
The Madness of "Mac" Surnames (Unlock the Past, 2018)

"Musters of New South Wales from 1800" in Locality (Centre for Community History, UNSW), Volume 10, No. 3 (1999) pp.12-15
"Musters of NSW from 1800" in Descent, Volume 29 Part 3 (September 1999), pp.144-149
"Whatever Happened to Maria? Fact or Fiction?" in Australian Family Tree Connections, November 2000, p.7
"Use and Misuse of the Early Muster and Census Returns" in Descent, Volume 30 Part 4 (December 2000), pp.197-201
"The Bank of Australia Robbery" in Australian Heritage Magazine, Autumn 2009
"Biographical Database of Australia" in Descent, Volume 40 Part 3, September 2010 (also in Unlock the Past Handbook, March 2011)
"Exposing an Expose: fact versus fiction in the resurrection of Captain Thunderbolt" by David Andrew Roberts & Carol Baxter in Journal of Australian Studies, March 2012, pp.1-15
"Mrs Thunderbolt": Setting the record straight on the life and times of Mary Ann Bugg" by David Andrew Roberts & Carol Baxter in Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Vol. 99, Part 1 (June 2013), pp. 55-76

Musters and Lists, New South Wales and Norfolk Island 1800-1802 (ABGR, 1988)
Musters of New South Wales and Norfolk Island 1805-1806 (ABGR, 1989)
General Musters of New South Wales, Norfolk Island and Van Diemen's Land 1811 (ABGR, 1987)
General Muster of New South Wales 1814 (ABGR, 1987)
General Muster and Land & Stock Muster of New South Wales 1822 (ABGR, 1989)
General Muster List of New South Wales 1823, 1824, 1825 (ABGR, 1999)
Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1812 (SAG, 2002 - CD-ROM)