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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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Love, Passion and Cruelty in Van Diemen's Land
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
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
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 | Royal Society of Tasmania | [USED – HC – Very Good]

A collection of rare and significant maps from the Royal Society of Tasmania's collection — many of them little seen by the public — published to showcase the breadth and historical significance of the Society's cartographic holdings. The maps principally cover Van Diemen's Land from the earliest days of European contact and settlement, but the collection extends to areas "beyond".


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Matthew Brady Van Diemen's Land Bushranger - KR von Stieglitz - Convict History

A biography / history of one of the most notorious early Tasmanian bushrangers.


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Metal Mining In Tasmania 1804 to 1914

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
Michael Howe - the last and worst of the bushrangers of Van Diemen's Land.

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More than a glass and a half - Cadbury
A history of Cadbury chocolate manufacturer in Australia.

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More Yesterday's Hobart Today
A collection of historic and contemporary photographs for a street-by-street look at Hobart’s past and present.

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Mortmain – Facsimile Collection of Convict Petitions and Letters from Van Diemen's Land | Eustace FitzSymonds | 1977 | Limited Edition [USED – HCDJ]

A collection of petitions, memorials and letters from the convict colony of Van Diemen's Land, gathered and transcribed by Eustace FitzSymonds from original documents held in colonial archives, with numerous pages reproduced in facsimile directly from the manuscripts. The documents are the voices of the convict system itself — petitions for mercy, memorials requesting tickets of leave, letters of complaint and protest, correspondence between convicts and colonial administrators.


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