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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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First Views of Lake St Clair - John Skinner Prout & Morton Allport See details
First Views of Lake St Clair - John Skinner Prout & Morton Allport
 
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In 1862 the artist John Skinner Prout published an account of his 1845 trip to Lake St Clair. In 1863, his student and photographer Morton Allport travelled to Lake St Clair and using the new 'dry plate' technique, achieved the first photographic record of the area - Tasmania's first wilderness photographs.
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Alas, for the Pelicans! Flinders, Baudin & Beyond - Essays and Poems See details
Alas, for the Pelicans! Flinders, Baudin & Beyond - Essays and Poems
 
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This collection of essays and poems celebrates the 200th anniversary of the encounter in 1802 between explorers Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders off the shores of South Australia, and examines some of the cultural contexts of their voyages and the ramifications of their discoveries over the ensuing years.
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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
 
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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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Poles Apart - Fascination, fame and folly - softcover See details
Poles Apart - Fascination, fame and folly - softcover
 
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The Royal Society of Tasmania's extensive collection of polar material is the focus of this fascinating volume that sheds light on the folly as well as the fame of the explorers who ventured to the icebound continents.
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The Black War - Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania See details
The Black War - Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania
 
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Between 1825 and 1831 close to 200 Britons and 1000 Aborigines died violently in Tasmania's Black War.
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Closing Hell's Gates - the death of a convict station See details
Closing Hell's Gates - the death of a convict station
 
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Based on an elaborate reconstruction of day-to-day life at Macquarie Harbour, one of Australia's most notorious sites of convict punishment, this is the true story of how, in 1827, nine convicts opted for 'state-assisted' escape (the death sentence) rather than endure the hardships and privations of the penal settlement on Sarah Island.
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In Tasmania See details
In Tasmania
 
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A brilliant account of 200 years of Tasmanian history and an acclaimed writer's discovery of his secret connection with that island and its past.
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A Donation to the Colony See details
A Donation to the Colony
 
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The epic voyage on the Hannah of German and British free settlers and their contribution to the colony of Van Diemen's Land.
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This Whispering in Our Hearts Revisited See details
This Whispering in Our Hearts Revisited
 
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A revised history of the relationship between Indigenous Australians and early settlers, with a focus on those men and women who fought for justice for Indigenous people even when doing so left them isolated and criticised by their fellow whites.
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Cleansing the Colony See details
Cleansing the Colony
 
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The little known story of the more than one hundred people transported from New Zealand to Van Diemen's Land.
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