Welcome to The Book Cellar

The Book Cellar is a “bricks and mortar” bookshop located beneath an historic coaching inn at Campbell Town in the heart of Tasmania.

Our online store features a constantly updated catalogue of current Tasmanian titles that can be purchased via our secure shopping cart. The bulk of our Tasmanian books, both antiquarian and out of print, are also catalogued and this can be viewed online. Any books from our Tasmanian catalogues can be purchased by contacting The Book Cellar by phone or email.

All our listed titles are all held in stock ready to ship on the day payment is completed.

The Book Cellar can be contacted on 03 6381 1545


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The Convict and the Compass See details
The Convict and the Compass
Added: Apr 17, 2026
 
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Sentenced at 26 years old for his role in an uprising against British rule in Ireland, James Meehan arrived in Australia in 1800 as a convict servant to English explorer Charles Grimes.
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The Midlands See details
The Midlands
Added: Apr 17, 2026
 
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Historical Tasmanian fiction for older children, set in the Midlands during the Great War, 1916.
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Alice and Daniel Stanfield See details
Alice and Daniel Stanfield
Added: Apr 14, 2026
 
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A First Fleet family's impact on Australia - the family history of some of the marine privates who came to Australia with the First Fleet, and their descendants.
Our price: AUD 69.95
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Fight the Fiery Fiend - Colonial Fire Fighting 1803-1883
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Fight the Fiery Fiend - Colonial Fire Fighting 1803-1883
 
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A history of how the early European settlers in Van Diemen's Land fought fires, including those on ships in the River Derwent. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
Our price: AUD 19.50
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First Person - hardcover
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First Person - hardcover
 
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What is the truth? In this blistering story of a ghost writer haunted by his demonic subject, the Man Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan turns to lies, crime and literature with devastating effect
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Honour Denied - Teddy Sheean, a Tasmanian Hero
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Honour Denied - Teddy Sheean, a Tasmanian Hero
 
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The story of Tasmanian, Teddy Sheean, an ordinary seaman who has been awarded a Victoria Cross for his action on board the sinking HMAS Armidale.
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Merle Oberon - Face of Mystery
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Merle Oberon - Face of Mystery
 
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The enigmatic life of Hollywood screen goddess Merle Oberon, reputed to originate from Tasmania.
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Motherland
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Motherland
 
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The author says... Motherhood has not been an easy journey for me. After moving to the farm in 2019 with a 6-month-old in tow, I soon felt the pang of isolation. I started the Motherland Australia podcast to fill a gaping hole I felt out here... connection.
Our price: AUD 26.50
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Port Dalrymple Shipping from 1963 to 1972
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Port Dalrymple Shipping from 1963 to 1972
 
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A book of colour photographs recording the ships that sailed into Port Dalrymple in northern Tasmania in the last decade prior to the advent of mass containerisation and the decline of the vast numbers of seafarers required to man the new type of ships. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
Our price: AUD 35.00
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Some of My Bush Friends in Tasmania - softcover
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Some of My Bush Friends in Tasmania - softcover
 
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A facsimile edition of Louisa Anne Meredith's two volume set, originally published in 1860 and 1891.
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Sweet Envy - 100 recipes from the grandest little bakehouse in town
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Sweet Envy - 100 recipes from the grandest little bakehouse in town
 
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This is the cookbook from Alistair Wise and Teena Kearney-Wise of Sweet Envy, an old-fashioned sweets parlour, cake shop and bakehouse all in one in North Hobart, Tasmania.

Our price: AUD 24.95
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The Power of Purpose
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The Power of Purpose
 
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The story of the Burnie Regional Museum, in the north-west of Tasmania 1942-2014.
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To Serve in a Distant Land
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To Serve in a Distant Land
 
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The Tasmanian years of Bishop Francis Russell Nixon and Anna Maria Nixon, 1843-1863.
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