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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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History

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

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Only in Tasmania See details
Only in Tasmania
A collection of weird and wonderful true stories from Tasmania's past.
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Only in Tasmania 2 See details
Only in Tasmania 2
Another collection of weird and wonderful true stories from Tasmania's past.
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Other Hospitals in Launceston 19th-21st century See details
Other Hospitals in Launceston 19th-21st century
A history of some of the early Launceston hospitals and the women who provided nursing care in the home and in the community - northern Tasmania.
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Persistence Pays - Dr William Russ Pugh's log and journal See details
Persistence Pays - Dr William Russ Pugh's log and journal
A book about the discovery of Dr William Russ Pugh's log and journal of his 1835 voyage from England to New Holland.
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Persistence Pays - Dr William Russ Pugh's log and journal - hardcover See details
Persistence Pays - Dr William Russ Pugh's log and journal - hardcover
Persistence Pays tells of the discovery of Dr William Russ Pugh's log and journal of his 1835 voyage from England to New Holland.
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Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land See details
Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land
This is a 1967 facsimile reprint of P.E.de Strzelecki's 1845 Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land accompanied by a geological map, sections and diagrams and figures of the organic remains. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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Pictorial Portrayal of Tasmania's Past from Beatties Studio See details
Pictorial Portrayal of Tasmania's Past from Beatties Studio
Capturing the history of Tasmania in old photographs.
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Port Arthur - a Story of Strength and Courage See details
Port Arthur - a Story of Strength and Courage
Writer and resident of the Tasman Peninsula, Margaret Scott reflects on the year following the 1996 massacre at Port Arthur.
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Power in Tasmania - Hydro See details
Power in Tasmania - Hydro
A book that considers the power and influence of the Hydro Electric Commission HEC in Tasmania.
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Prospecting the Pieman – George Campbell Meredith 1876–1877 | Alice Meredith Hodgson (Ed.) | 2009 [USED – SC] See details
Prospecting the Pieman – George Campbell Meredith 1876–1877 | Alice Meredith Hodgson (Ed.) | 2009 [USED – SC]

For seventeen weeks over the summer of 1876–77, George Campbell Meredith and his brother Owen prospected and trekked through the remote country along the Pieman River on Tasmania's west coast — one of the least-known and most difficult pieces of terrain on the island.

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