Just Tassie Books

A biography of famous Australian Cynthia Nolan, who grew up as Cynthia Reed (grand-daughter of Henry Reed) at Mount Pleasant near Launceston in the north of Tasmania.

This book was produced in conjunction with the Cruising Yacht Club of Tasmania as a cruising and anchorage guide to the beautiful waterway and anchorages of North East Tasmania, from Coles Bay to Beauty Point including the Furneaux Islands.

This is perhaps the only extant diary ever written during the Australian penal era whilst its convict writer was imprisoned. John Ward, writing whilst incarcerated on Norfolk Island but formerly a groom to an officer gentleman, tells a story of thwarted love that he claims led him to a life of crime including theft, sexual assault and more. In telling the candid story of his downfall he exposes his own ruthlessness and lack of empathy.

Told from the heart by the Searle brothers' great-nephew, award-winning author Stephen Dando-Collins using the letters and journals of the Searle brothers and remembrances of other family members, Crack Hardy is a compelling book that defines Australia and Australians during the making of our nation on the far-flung battlefields of the First World War.