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Shades of Old Hobart Town See details
Shades of Old Hobart Town
Added: Jun 7, 2025
 
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Interest Hobart history-related topics drawn from radio broadcasts.
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Don River Railway Locomotives, Carriages, Service Vehicles and Wagons See details
Don River Railway Locomotives, Carriages, Service Vehicles and Wagons
Added: Mar 31, 2025
 
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An illustrated reference to the rolling stock preserved by the Don River Railway in northern Tasmania. Colour photos throughout.
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God Bless Little Sister - signed See details
God Bless Little Sister - signed
Added: Jun 26, 2025
 
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Tasmanian historical novel based on the 1912 Queenstown mining disaster at North Lyell.
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Non fiction titles principally relating to the history of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania.

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Locomotive Enginemen of Tasmania See details
Locomotive Enginemen of Tasmania
 
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A tribute to the locomotive engine men who crewed Tasmania's railways from its earliest days through to recent times. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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Love, Passion and Cruelty in Van Diemen's Land See details
Love, Passion and Cruelty in Van Diemen's Land
 
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A selection of George Meredith's love letters to his wife Mary covering the colonial period of 1823 to 1836.
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Lure of the Thylacine - The Tasmanian Tiger See details
Lure of the Thylacine - The Tasmanian Tiger
 
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Col Bailey's fascination with the Tasmanian Tiger was born of his discussions with tiger trapper, Reg Trigg, who regaled him with stories of his encounters with the elusive and now believed extinct, marsupial, including his friendship with a thylacine he rescued from a trap.
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Madigan's Account - used See details
Madigan's Account - used
 
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The Antarctic diaries of C.T. Madigan from the Mawson Expedition 1911-1914.
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Mapping Van Diemen's Land and the Great Beyond - used See details
Mapping Van Diemen's Land and the Great Beyond - used
 
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A book about the rare and beautiful maps from the Royal Society of Tasmania's collection.
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Me Write Myself - the Free Aboriginal Inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land at Wybalenna See details
Me Write Myself - the Free Aboriginal Inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land at Wybalenna
 
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The free Aboriginal inhabitants of Wybalenna on Flinders Island tell their stories.
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Metal Mining In Tasmania 1804 to 1914 See details
Metal Mining In Tasmania 1804 to 1914
 
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A comprehensive account of the development of the metal mining industry in Tasmania from the beginnings of British settlement in Van Diemen's Land in 1804 to the outbreak of the First World War, with a focus on how the government helped shape the mining industry.
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Michael Howe See details
Michael Howe
 
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Michael Howe - the last and worst of the bushrangers of Van Diemen's Land.
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More Historical Stories of Tasmania's West Coast See details
More Historical Stories of Tasmania's West Coast
 
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Another collection of short stories and photographs from Tasmania's remote West Coast region focussing on the boom times in the late 19th and early 20th century.
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More than a glass and a half - Cadbury See details
More than a glass and a half - Cadbury
 
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A history of Cadbury chocolate manufacturer in Australia.
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