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Don River Railway Locomotives, Carriages, Service Vehicles and Wagons
Added: Mar 31, 2025
 
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An illustrated reference to the rolling stock preserved by the Don River Railway in northern Tasmania. Colour photos throughout.

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Erebus - used
Added: May 31, 2025
 
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HMS Erebus - The story of a ship, its epic polar voyages and ultimate catastrophe beneath the frozen wastes of the Canadian Arctic.

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History

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

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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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Search for the Tasmanian Tiger
 
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The history of the thylacine or Tasmanian tiger in Tasmania, from first contact with European settlers, their war against the thylacine, its slide toward extinction and its life in captivity.

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Seas No Longer Divide
 
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A history of the major engineering achievement of Bass Strait telephone communications between Tasmania and mainland Australia, 1920-1936.

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Shades of Old Hobart
 
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A vintage booklet paying tribute to some of the early colonial landmarks of southern Tasmania.

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Shadow of the Thylacine
 
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Col Bailey tells of his epic search for the Tasmanian tiger, thought by many to be extinct.

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Solomon's Noose
 
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The true story of Solomon Blay the convict turned hangman who served as Her Majesty's hangman of Hobart for half a century.

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Some Van Diemens Land Affairs
 
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Ralph Gowlland captures interesting aspects of Tasmanian history including: Bird Island Wreck Reef guano - Mason Pew - George III tragedy oatmeal and cocoa - Long Marsh Dam - Moore on the Pieman affair - Oatland Gaolkeeper - lead mine in northern Tasmania - Marsh Farm - overcrowded graveyards.

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South of the Southern Land
 
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An exploration of colonial Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania interweaving poetry, historic images and prose.

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St. Andrew's Immigration Society - used
 
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In 1854 the Launceston-based St. Andrew's Society established a separate association specifically to assist Scottish migrants.

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Tasmania - The Postal History and Postal Markings (Part I)
 
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Tasmania - The Postal History and Postal Markings (unspecified Part I).

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