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Daniel Solander: Collected Correspondence 1753-1782 | HCDJ Duyker & Tingbrand |
Added: Sep 20, 2026

The complete surviving correspondence (1753–1782) of Daniel Solander, the Swedish-born naturalist who sailed with Captain Cook and Joseph Banks aboard the Endeavour. Edited and translated into English for the first time by Edward Duyker and Per Tingbrand, with a foreword by Alan Frost.


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Horse Power - A short Economic History of Horses in Tasmania - K.M. Dallas
Added: Sep 16, 2026

A 1968 study of horses in Tasmania - farm horses, coach horses, half-breds and horses in war - by University of Tasmania economic historian K.M. Dallas.


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Clyde Company Papers 1821-1873 - the primary source record of colonial Van Diemen's Land and the founding of Victoria's pastoral industry, 7 volumes | ed. P.L. Brown | Oxford, 1952-1977 [USED – HCDJ – Complete Set]
Added: Sep 15, 2026

Clyde Company Papers 1821 to 1873 in seven volumes - Volumes I to VII. 


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History

A broad collection of Tasmanian history books, spanning colonial settlement and Van Diemen's Land through to the state's more recent history. For town and district-specific histories, see our Local History section; for the stories of individual Tasmanians, see Biography.

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A Donation to the Colony – Epic Voyage on the Hannah: German & British Free Settlers and Their Contribution to Van Diemen's Land | Eva Meidl | 2004 [SC]

Eva Meidl's account of the voyage of the Hannah — the ship that sailed from Liverpool in November 1850 carrying German and British free settlers to Van Diemen's Land, arriving in Launceston in March 1851. Among the passengers on the Hannah was Ludwig Becker — German artist, naturalist and explorer.


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Fight the Fiery Fiend - Colonial Fire Fighting 1803-1883
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.

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Van Diemen's Land Revealed

In 1798–99, Matthew Flinders and George Bass sailed the colonial sloop Norfolk around the island that would become Tasmania, proving for the first time that it was indeed an island, separate from the Australian mainland — the discovery that gave Bass Strait its name. Dan Sprod tells the story of this landmark voyage of exploration, in which Flinders was accompanied by his famous ship's cat, Trim.


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William Sorell in Van Diemen's Land
A history of the colonial years of Van Diemen's Land under Lieutenant-Governor William Sorell, 1817-1824.

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100 Years - A centenary history of the Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania 1893-1993

Richard Davis's centenary history of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tasmania, founded in 1893. Softcover, 98 pages, illustrated, used.


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100 Years of Western Tasmanian Mining

100 Years of Western Tasmanian Mining traces a century of mining on the west coast — from the district's earliest mineral discoveries, including tin at Mount Bischoff in 1871, silver-lead around Zeehan and Dundas in 1882, and the Mount Lyell copper field in 1883, through to the mining industry of the mid-1970s.


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366 Days of Tasmania Volume 1 - used

A Tasmanian event of note for every day of the year.


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366 Days of Tasmania Volume 2

A second volume of events from Tasmania's past to mark every day of a leap year (hence the 366 days).


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50 Historical Stories of Tasmania's West Coast
A collection of stories of life on Tasmania's rugged West Coast - focussing on three generations of West Coasters who lived and worked around the one-time boom mining town of Zeehan.

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A Background to the History of Nursing in Tasmania
A history of the role of nurses in the development of health and medical services in Tasmania, and the practical insights they offer to solving health issues.

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