The History of the Early Water Supply of Hobart traces the engineering story of the city's water from 1804 to 1904.
The History of the Early Water Supply of Hobart traces the engineering story of the city's water from 1804 to 1904.
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.
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.
Richard Davis's centenary history of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tasmania, founded in 1893. Softcover, 98 pages, illustrated, used.
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.
A Tasmanian event of note for every day of the year.
A second volume of events from Tasmania's past to mark every day of a leap year (hence the 366 days).