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Tasmanian Built
Added: Mar 27, 2026
 
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A beautifully illustrated book of 100 of the places of the Tasmanian Heritage Register and their stories.

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The Knopwood Historical Lectures
Added: May 7, 2026
 
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A pioneer history of the Derwent's South Eastern Shore.

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History

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

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Lake Pedder - Why a national park must be saved
 
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A vintage booklet published to support the campaign to save Lake Pedder from flooding for the purposes of expanding Tasmania's hydro-electric power scheme in the 1970s.

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Land Musters, Stock Returns and Lists - Van Diemen's Land 1803-1822
 
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This book records many of the old documents from the early convict settlement of Van Diemen's Land between 1803 and 1822.

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Launceston General Hospital - celebrating 150 years of caring
 
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A history of the LGH.

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Lawless Harvests or God Save the Judges
 
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A legal history of Van Diemen's Land (subsequently Tasmania) from 1803 to 1855.




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Lawyers and the Community
 
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A history of lawyers and the Tasmanian community from Tasman Shields K.C. to John Kable Q.C. This is an out-of-print book in USED and somewhat worn condition.

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Legacy of a Norfolk Plains Convict - William Webb
 
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The history of the convict William Webb, transported for theft, and the very successful legacy his family left to the young colony in the Northern Midlands of Tasmania and beyond.

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Letters from Hobart 1889-1892 James Backhouse Walker
 
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The letters of noted Hobart lawyer and historian, James Backhouse Walker, to his sister in Europe over a four year period in the late nineteenth century.

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Letters to Pituncarty Tasmania - signed
 
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Colonial correspondence of Christian Taylor Buist who lived at Pituncarty on the Macquarie River in Tasmania's Midlands, including letters from Ellinthorpe (sic) Hall, telling much of the local Taylor family history.

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Letters to Sir Joseph Banks
 
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Letters from Hobart's founder David Collins to the naturalist Sir Joseph Banks - London and the Derwent 1798-1808.


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Lifeblood - Tasmania's Hydro Power - used
 
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Tasmania generates more electricity per head of population than any place in the world except Norway, and 99% of that power is generated from clean, self-renewing water.

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