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From Horses to Horse Power
Added: Mar 9, 2024
A nostalgic photographic exploration of Tasmania's transportation evolution from horses to horse power.
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History
Non fiction titles principally relating to the history of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania.
Buckley's Chance - William Buckley and how he conquered a new world
On a moonlit night convict and former soldier William Buckley escapes and disappears into the Australian bush. Discovered and adopted by an aboriginal tribe who regard him as a ghost, he is initiated into their rich and complex culture.
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By Derwent Divided
By Derwent Divided tells what happened when the Lake Illawarra collided with Hobart's Tasman Bridge in the 1975 disaster. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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Callaghan & Batman
Callaghan & Batman considers the historical police evidence as to whether convict woman Eliza Callaghan was hidden by John Batman at Ben Lomond in Van Diemen's Land in 1825. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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Charles Darwin in Hobart - used
A record of Charles Darwin's visit to Hobart Town in 1836 and the observations he recorded.
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Charles Davis - 150 Years
A 150-year corporate history of the Tasmanian firm of Charles Davis, subsequently to become the Harris Scarfe stores. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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Cleansing the Colony
The little known story of the more than one hundred people transported from New Zealand to Van Diemen's Land.
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Closing Hell's Gates - the death of a convict station
Based on an elaborate reconstruction of day-to-day life at Macquarie Harbour, one of Australia's most notorious sites of convict punishment, this is the true story of how, in 1827, nine convicts opted for 'state-assisted' escape (the death sentence) rather than endure the hardships and privations of the penal settlement on Sarah Island.
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Convict Hell
Macquarie Harbour Van Diemen's Land 1822 - 1833: A Shot of History.
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