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Shades of Old Hobart Town
Added: Jun 7, 2025
 
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Interest Hobart history-related topics drawn from radio broadcasts.

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Urchin Convicts - the Point Puer Boys in Van Diemen's Land
Added: Jun 5, 2025
 
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In the early 19th century, amidst public anxiety about the threat to public order and respectability posed by juvenile offenders, over 2000 boys were transported from the streets of London to the Point Puer Boys Establishment at Port Arthur in Van Diemen’s Land.

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Convicts, Cannibals and Strange Little Animals
Added: Jun 4, 2025
 
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A quirky, illustrated guide to the things that make Tasmania different and interesting.

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Island Story - Tasmania in Object and Text
 
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A handsome full-colour book pairing unique items from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, TMAG, with selections of original writing about Australia's largest southern island.

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Jackjumper - used
 
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Annie and Jak – mother and wayward son. Jak is playing silly buggers when he steps into a nest of jack jumpers; the first sting in the tale of his life trajectory.

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James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang
 
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In the early 1800s magistrates in the Australian colonies were often frustrated by the language used by re-offending convicts to disguise their criminal activities and intentions. In 1819, convict clerk James Hardy Vaux came up with this dictionary of slang and other terms used by convicts.

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Jenny's Choice
 
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Jenny's Choice is a tale of love and betrayal. Set in the 1980s, the story takes us on an historically accurate, compelling journey through Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia.

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John Glover - Patterdale Farm and the revelation of the Australian landscape
 
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Colonial artist John Glover's Patterdale Farm and the revelation of the Australian landscape in northern Tasmania.

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John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque
 
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A beautifully illustrated hardcover book of the art works of colonial artist John Glover (1767-1849), largely Tasmanian.

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John West's Union of the Colonies - essays on Federation
 
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Reverend John West's Union of the Colonies - essays on Australian Federation published under the pseudonym of John Adams in 1854.


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Journeys into the Wild - the Photography of Peter Dombrovskis
 
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The remarkable photography of Peter Dombrovskis captured in one stunning volume, with an introduction and commentary by Bob Brown.

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Judicial Murder - The Crown vs David Young
 
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David Young, an ex-convict and a Vandemonian, was looking for work near Daylesford in the Victorian Goldfields in 1864. It was there that Margaret Graham, a 17-year old bride, was brutally murdered in her bed. And it was there that the hunt was on to track down her murderer.

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Julie Burgess - the story of a Bass Strait fishing ketch
 
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The Julie Burgess is the last of the fleet of small sailing vessels that traded and fished in the waters of Bass Strait for well over a century.

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