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Tasmanian Built See details
Tasmanian Built
Added: Mar 27, 2026
A beautifully illustrated book of 100 of the places of the Tasmanian Heritage Register and their stories.
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The Van Diemen's Land Edition of the Pickwick Papers – A Bibliographical Study | Clifford Craig | 1973 | Limited Edition No. 24/150 [USED – HCDJ – Very Good] See details
The Van Diemen's Land Edition of the Pickwick Papers – A Bibliographical Study | Clifford Craig | 1973 | Limited Edition No. 24/150 [USED – HCDJ – Very Good]
Added: Jun 20, 2026

Clifford Craig's bibliographical study of one of the most extraordinary episodes in early Australian publishing — the unauthorised "pirated" Van Diemen's Land edition of Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers, printed in Launceston by Henry Dowling between 1838 and 1839, while Dickens's original London serial publication was still being released.

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

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Mapping Van Diemen's Land and the Great Beyond - used, softcover See details
Mapping Van Diemen's Land and the Great Beyond - used, softcover
A book about the rare and beautiful maps from the Royal Society of Tasmania's collection.
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Matthew Brady Van Diemen's Land Bushranger - KR von Stieglitz - Convict History See details
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 See details
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 See details
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 See details
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 See details
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] See details
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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Mountain Stories: Volume 2 | Simon Cubit | Tasmanian History See details
Mountain Stories: Volume 2 | Simon Cubit | Tasmanian History

Mountain Stories: Echoes from the Tasmanian High Country (Volume 2) by Simon Cubit, available new, offers a collection of oral histories from the Western Tiers and Central Plateau. As a standalone volume that does not require reading the out-of-print first book, this 290-page softcover captures the lives of the mountain men and heritage huts.

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Mr Punch in Tasmania - signed See details
Mr Punch in Tasmania - signed
A presentation copy of Mr Punch in Tasmania - colonial politics in cartoons 1866-1879 - signed by the publisher Dan Sprod of Blubber Head Press with an inscription to the previous owner.
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Mrs Fenton's Journey See details
Mrs Fenton's Journey
Mrs Fenton's Journey - India & Tasmania 1826-1876.
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