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From Convicts to Computers - Tasmanian Supreme Court See details
From Convicts to Computers - Tasmanian Supreme Court
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Two hundred years of the Tasmanian Supreme Court - a history by Justice Stephen Estcourt AM.
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The Tasmania Gold Mining & Quartz Crushing Company See details
The Tasmania Gold Mining & Quartz Crushing Company
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The history of a magnificent gold mine at Beaconsfield 1877-1903.
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From Horses to Horse Power See details
From Horses to Horse Power
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A nostalgic photographic exploration of Tasmania's transportation evolution from horses to horse power.
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Non fiction titles principally relating to the history of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania.

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Exploring the South Land - Tasmania emerges from Terra Australis Incognita See details
Exploring the South Land - Tasmania emerges from Terra Australis Incognita
 
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A celebration of the map maker's art - commencing with the 1606 voyage of Captain Willem Janszoon, the first European to chart part of the unknown southern continent.
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Ballycurragh to Tasmania 1649-1868 Grey & Innes families - Volume Two See details
Ballycurragh to Tasmania 1649-1868 Grey & Innes families - Volume Two
 
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This is volume two of a narrative about three emmigrant Gray / Grey families and their new lives in their chosen home of Van Diemen's Land in the late 1830s, including the reasons which propelled each one into such a momentous change.
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American Citizens, British Slaves - Yankee political prisoners in an Australian Penal Colony See details
American Citizens, British Slaves - Yankee political prisoners in an Australian Penal Colony
 
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This book tells the strange story of almost a hundred United States citizens who were transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1839-1840.
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Tasmanian Rogues & Absconders Volume 3 - A Passing Trade 1830-1875 See details
Tasmanian Rogues & Absconders Volume 3 - A Passing Trade 1830-1875
 
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A local Tasmanian history that deals with the passing trade from 1830 - 1875 and the development of Port Arthur and the maturing of the colony.
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The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd See details
The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd
 
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At its peak, Gunns Ltd had a market value of $1 billion, was listed on the ASX 200, was the largest employer in Tasmania and its largest private landowner.
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Forgotten War See details
Forgotten War
 
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Australia is dotted with memorials to soldiers who fought in wars overseas. Why are there no official memorials or commemorations of the wars that were fought on Australian soil between Aborigines and white colonists? Why is it more controversial to talk about the frontier war now than it was one hundred years ago?
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The Bells of Old Bailey See details
The Bells of Old Bailey
 
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An account of emigration from the cobbled streets of Victorian London to the busy streets of Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, including the author's poetry. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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Joyful and Glorious - building St.Mary's Cathedral, Hobart See details
Joyful and Glorious - building St.Mary's Cathedral, Hobart
 
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St Mary's Cathedral is one of Tasmania's architectural gems, yet it was marred with a difficult birth. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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Kin - a real people's history of our nation See details
Kin - a real people's history of our nation
 
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Kin is the story of European settlement in Australia, told through the stories of the real people who made Australia's history what it is.
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Floating Prisons - Irish Convict Hulks and Voyages to New South Wales 1823-1837 See details
Floating Prisons - Irish Convict Hulks and Voyages to New South Wales 1823-1837
 
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Looking deeply into Ireland's penal administration, divided society, and the convict voyages, Anne McMahon draws conclusions that will change many assumptions about Australia, Ireland and the British Empire.
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