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Tasmanian Built – The Places and Stories of the Tasmanian Heritage Register | King, Torossi, Evans & Plapp | 2022 [NEW – Large SC] See details
Tasmanian Built – The Places and Stories of the Tasmanian Heritage Register | King, Torossi, Evans & Plapp | 2022 [NEW – Large SC]
Added: Mar 27, 2026

One hundred places on the Tasmanian Heritage Register — and the stories of why they were built, who built them, and why they matter. Tasmania has more heritage-listed buildings per capita than any other Australian state, and the stories behind them are often as significant as the buildings themselves.

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We Were The First - early pioneering in north-west Tasmania and Trowutta See details
We Were The First - early pioneering in north-west Tasmania and Trowutta
Added: Aug 12, 2026

Seafield Deuchar (born Brisbane, 1886) studied at Cambridge before settling near Wynyard in Tasmania's north-west in 1916, taking up and clearing pioneering farmland near Trowutta. This book, illustrated throughout with Deuchar's own paintings, covers clearing the forest, building the family home, water supply, early agriculture and exploration of the district, and the pioneers of Trowutta and district.

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History

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 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 - photographic exploration of Tasmania's transport evolution See details
From Horses to Horse Power - photographic exploration of Tasmania's transport evolution

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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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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Gladly Teach See details
Gladly Teach
A history of the Launceston Teachers' College 1948-1972.
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Glimpses of the Lives and Times of the Early Tasmanian Governors (1905) – J.W. Beattie [worn copy - errata slip tipped in] See details
Glimpses of the Lives and Times of the Early Tasmanian Governors (1905) – J.W. Beattie [worn copy - errata slip tipped in]

A scarce 1905 historical survey detailing the administrations of early colonial governors like Collins, Davey, Sorell, and Arthur. Originally delivered as lectures during the 1904 centenary, this volume was published by the legendary Tasmanian photographer and historian John Watt Beattie.

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