Archive-led
Stories grounded in records, newspapers, official correspondence, and surviving traces.
Historical works from the archives
Built from records.
Written for memory.
Back Creek Press publishes history shaped from court records, newspapers, colonial archives, family fragments, and lives almost erased by time.
Current release
William Russell —
Captain Bushranger
Convict. Bushranger. Outlaw.
At just 17 years old, William Russell was transported in chains from Ireland to Australia in 1834. Seven years later, he was sentenced to life on Norfolk Island.
He was never meant to survive. William Russell — Captain Bushranger is the true story of one of Australia's earliest bushrangers, reconstructed from court records and historical accounts.
Written by a sixth-generation descendant.
Read more at CaptainBushranger.com
Paperback
AU$44.95
Readable, durable, everyday edition.
Hardcover
AU$59.95
Presentation edition for the shelf.
Collector’s Edition
AU$89.95
Cream paper, watermark, limited feel.
Kindle - ebook
AU$11.99
Digital edition for Amazon Kindle readers.
Apple Books - ebook
AU$14.99
Digital edition for Apple readers.
Google - ebook
AU$14.99
Digital edition for Google Play readers.
Google - Audiobook
AU$19.99
For the road, workshop, or long night.
Reconstructing the outlaw
A life rebuilt from courtrooms, prison records, ship lists, newspapers, official letters, and family memory.
History does not always disappear. Sometimes it waits.
Back Creek Press is interested in the difficult edge of history: the names buried in indexes, the court reports no one reads twice, the official papers that reduce a life to a sentence.
Our books bring those fragments together, not as decorative nostalgia, but as evidence. The result is narrative history with dirt under its fingernails.
The press
A small publisher for stubborn histories.
Back Creek Press begins with one book, but it is built for a continuing shelf: colonial history, family reconstruction, forgotten lives, and stories that deserve more than a footnote.
Readable history
Serious research shaped into books people can actually sit with, finish, and remember.
Australian memory
Works connected to colonial Australia, transportation, settlement, conflict, endurance, and inheritance.
Reader responses
What early readers are saying.
“Your book is extraordinary. What an amazing story. So well documented.”
A.K.
“Loving this novel so far!”
Kris F.
“Got mine hardback. Terrific presentation. Beautiful book.”
Robert K.
Forthcoming works
One book now. More histories ahead.
Back Creek Press has been created as a home for future historical releases, companion essays, research notes, and archival reconstructions.
Reconstructing the Outlaw
Research notes, archive trails, and the making of William Russell’s story.
Future historical titles
New works will appear here as they move from notes to print.