Self-published author Kate Gadsby, has preserved the history of some notorious Dubbo and Wellington convicts in her book .
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The book went on sale in Dubbo, and sold out in less than a week.
"Considering it is self-published it is doing really well," Ms Gadsby, who comes from Nybrygyn, a town situated about an hour from Dubbo, said.
"The book is written through the eyes of the people whose story it tells and focuses on the first settlers at Nubrygyn and the Wellington Valley convict settlement.
"The stories of the people who feature in the book are amazing, and no one had told their stories, so I wanted to do something to preserve them.
"There are stories of convicts who are familiar to Dubbo and Wellington, including Dalmahoy Campbell- who was one of the first pastoralists in the region.
"It was Dalmahoy and his brother Charles who built the Dundullimal Homestead in 1840."
Mrs Gadsby was provided with a small grant through the NSW Cultural Grant Program administered by the Royal Australian History Society to help fund the project.
Convicts Capitalists and Corruption has since been restocked at the Book Connection and is available for those who wish to purchase a copy.
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