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Shades of Old Hobart Town See details
Shades of Old Hobart Town
Added: Jun 7, 2025
 
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Interest Hobart history-related topics drawn from radio broadcasts.
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CSIRO at Sea See details
CSIRO at Sea
Added: Aug 11, 2025
 
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A history covering fifty years of marine science, encompassing: the field station Tasmania - Stowell - trout in Tasmania - Roy Downie - Derwent Hunter.
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Gladly Teach See details
Gladly Teach
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A history of the Launceston Teachers' College 1948-1972.
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Non fiction titles principally relating to the history of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania.

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Reverend George Eastman - The Convicts' Good Parson See details
Reverend George Eastman - The Convicts' Good Parson
 
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The story of a parson who believed that convicts in the later period of Van Diemen's Land's transportation era (1844-1870) could be reformed and who did all within his ability to help them achieve this lofty goal.
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Revolutionary Imperialist - William Smith O'Brien See details
Revolutionary Imperialist - William Smith O'Brien
 
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A book that traces William Smith O'Brien's domestic, political and nationalist life in Ireland, showing that, despite sympathy with British imperialism, he resorted to armed protest to win self-government for Ireland from Britain without a class or civil war. William Smith O'Brien became a political exile in Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania.
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Riders of Time See details
Riders of Time
 
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Dame Mabel Brookes reflects on some key people and events in Australian colonial history.
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Ripper Tassie Tales See details
Ripper Tassie Tales
 
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A combination of true and tall tales from Tasmania's rich pool of history and legend.
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Robert Knopwood in Van Diemen's Land See details
Robert Knopwood in Van Diemen's Land
 
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Robert Knopwood arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1804 to serve as chaplain to the colony.
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Ross Bridge and the Sculpture of Daniel Herbert See details
Ross Bridge and the Sculpture of Daniel Herbert
 
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The Ross Bridge in the midlands of Tasmania is a beautiful structure in itself but the extraordinary carvings on each stone of each arch make it one of the most remarkable pieces of convict art in Australia. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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Rossarden Echo of the Mountain - second edition See details
Rossarden Echo of the Mountain - second edition
 
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A revised and updated edition of the popular Rossarden, Echo of the Mountain.
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Sanders DFC Out of the Darkness - used See details
Sanders DFC Out of the Darkness - used
 
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The story of World War II Bomber Command as told by Lancaster navigator, Tasmanian Max Sanders.
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Sarah Island - used See details
Sarah Island - used
 
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An account of the convict settlements of Sarah Island, west coast Tasmania from 1822 - 1832 and 1846 - 1847.
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School Days, School Days - used See details
School Days, School Days - used
 
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Tasmanian Government schooling from its beginnings - in the 1800s to early 1900s nearly every stable settlement in Tasmania with a population that included at least ten children aged between six and thirteen years eventually attracted a government-aided school.
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