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Tasmanian Built See details
Tasmanian Built
Added: Mar 27, 2026
A beautifully illustrated book of 100 of the places of the Tasmanian Heritage Register and their stories.
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The Van Diemen's Land Edition of the Pickwick Papers – A Bibliographical Study | Clifford Craig | 1973 | Limited Edition No. 24/150 [USED – HCDJ – Very Good] See details
The Van Diemen's Land Edition of the Pickwick Papers – A Bibliographical Study | Clifford Craig | 1973 | Limited Edition No. 24/150 [USED – HCDJ – Very Good]
Added: Jun 20, 2026

Clifford Craig's bibliographical study of one of the most extraordinary episodes in early Australian publishing — the unauthorised "pirated" Van Diemen's Land edition of Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers, printed in Launceston by Henry Dowling between 1838 and 1839, while Dickens's original London serial publication was still being released.

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Non fiction titles principally relating to the history of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania.

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Floating Prisons - Irish Convict Hulks and Voyages to New South Wales 1823-1837 See details
Floating Prisons - Irish Convict Hulks and Voyages to New South Wales 1823-1837
Looking deeply into Ireland's penal administration, divided society, and the convict voyages, Anne McMahon draws conclusions that will change many assumptions about Australia, Ireland and the British Empire.
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Following Their Footsteps - Bruny Island See details
Following Their Footsteps - Bruny Island
Exploring Adventure Bay, Bruny Island.
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For the Forests See details
For the Forests
A history of the Tasmanian forest campaigns.
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For the Record - used See details
For the Record - used
James Bennell's buildings in early Launceston, northern Tasmania.
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Friendly Mission – The Tasmanian Journals and Papers of George Augustus Robinson 1829–1834 | N.J.B. Plomley | First Edition 1966 [USED – HC] See details
Friendly Mission – The Tasmanian Journals and Papers of George Augustus Robinson 1829–1834 | N.J.B. Plomley | First Edition 1966 [USED – HC]

The first edition of N.J.B. Plomley's landmark work — the edited journals and papers of George Augustus Robinson covering his time among the Aboriginal peoples of Van Diemen's Land from 1829 to 1834. Robinson was the colonial government's self-appointed "Conciliator" to the Aboriginal population during the Black War period, and his journals are among the most detailed primary source records of that era.

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From Convicts to Computers - Tasmanian Supreme Court See details
From Convicts to Computers - Tasmanian Supreme Court
Two hundred years of the Tasmanian Supreme Court - a history by Justice Stephen Estcourt AM.
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From Horses to Horse Power See details
From Horses to Horse Power
A nostalgic photographic exploration of Tasmania's transportation evolution from horses to horse power.
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Gardeners, Plant Collectors, Friends - Hobart Town & Beyond See details
Gardeners, Plant Collectors, Friends - Hobart Town & Beyond
A book about the early gardeners of Van Diemen's Land.
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Geological Evolution of Tasmania See details
Geological Evolution of Tasmania
An extensive chronological view of Tasmania’s geological evolution, with the major tectonic, magmatic and mineralisation events placed in their order of occurrence. Includes a simplified account of the geology, and of the geological history, of Tasmania written for the interested layman.
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Ghostly Tales of Tasmania See details
Ghostly Tales of Tasmania
A collection of weird and wonderful tales of ghosts and supernatural happenings in Tasmania.
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