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Godwin's Emigrant's Guide to Van Diemen's Land - facsimile edition
Added: Nov 3, 2026

Thomas Godwin's 1823 guide for intending emigrants to Van Diemen's Land, originally published in London by Sherwood, Jones & Co. and reproduced here as a numbered 1990 facsimile from St David's Park Publishing.


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Michael Howe - the last and worst of the bush rangers of Van Diemen's Land
Added: Nov 2, 2026

This is a 1966 Platypus Publications facsimile, numbered 126 of 500, of Michael Howe, the Last and Worst of the Bush Rangers of Van Diemen's Land, originally printed by Andrew Bent in Hobart Town in December 1818 and attributed to Thomas Wells.


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Jorgenson - A Shred of Autobiography or the progress of a convict HCDJ
Added: Nov 2, 2026

Jorgen Jorgenson (1780–1841) was a Danish-born adventurer who briefly ruled Iceland as a self-appointed administrator in 1809, earning him the nickname 'the Convict King'. Transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1826, he worked there as an explorer, constable — including in parties sent against Tasmanian Aboriginal people — and newspaper editor, before receiving a full pardon in 1835.


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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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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

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
A book about the early gardeners of Van Diemen's Land.

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Ghostly Tales of Tasmania - 60+ ghost stories from Tasmania's oral tradition, including the Theatre Royal and North East hauntings | Buck & Joan Emberg | [USED – SC]

A deadly serious look at Tasmanian folklore and fact - of spooks, spectres and things that go bump in the night. Buck and Joan Emberg collect more than sixty ghost stories told to them by Tasmanians, many part of an oral tradition handed down through generations since early settlement.


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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]

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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God Bless Little Sister
Tasmanian historical novel based on the 1912 Queenstown mining disaster at North Lyell.

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Godwin's Emigrant's Guide to Van Diemen's Land - facsimile edition

Thomas Godwin's 1823 guide for intending emigrants to Van Diemen's Land, originally published in London by Sherwood, Jones & Co. and reproduced here as a numbered 1990 facsimile from St David's Park Publishing.


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Government House Tasmania - A Remarkable Story: the first history of Hobart's vice-regal residence, by former Governor Kate Warner AC & David Owen, signed | 2021 [USED – HC Slipcase – 2 Vols]

Government House Tasmania - A Remarkable Story is the first complete history ever written of Hobart's vice-regal residence — co-authored by Professor the Honourable Kate Warner AC, the 28th Governor of Tasmania (2014–2021), who lived in the house throughout her term, together with David Owen, Official Secretary to the Governor and an accomplished Tasmanian novelist.


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Gravely Tasmanian - 3 volume set
A set of the three titles published in the Gravely Tasmanian series - Volumes I, II & III - friendly guides to some Tasmanian graveyards, illustrated with black and white sketches throughout.

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