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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
Added: May 5, 2024
 
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The history of a magnificent gold mine at Beaconsfield 1877-1903.

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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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History

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

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Van Diemen's Women - A History of Transportation to Tasmania
 
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An in-depth account of what life was like for a woman transported from Ireland to Van Diemen's Land in the 1840s and how a Draconian punishment for some became a life saving measure.

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Van Diemen's Land Revealed
 
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Flinders and Bass and their circumnavigation of the island that was to become Tasmania in the colonial sloop Norfolk 1798-1799.

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Van Diemen's Land - softcover
 
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Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's Land, where they found a land of bounty, a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life.

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Van Diemen's Land - hardcover
 
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Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's Land, where they found a land of bounty, a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life.

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Van Diemen Anthology 2023
 
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Van Diemen Anthology 2023 - the eight best entries from the Van Diemen History Prize 2023.

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Van Diemen Anthology 2019
 
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A selection of the best entries from the Van Diemen Anthology competition in 2018-2019 for articles on an aspect of Tasmanian history.

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Unnecessary Wars
 
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Tasmanian-based historian Henry Reynolds shows how the Boer War left a dark and dangerous legacy, demonstrating how those beliefs have propelled Australia into too many unnecessary wars – without counting the cost.

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Unearthed - the Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island
 
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Aboriginal Tasmanian descendants are still living on Kangaroo Island today and this book is their story.

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Truth-telling - History, sovereignty and the Uluru statement
 
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The historical record shows that the argument of the Uluru Statement from the Heart is stronger than many people imagine and the centuries-long legal position about British claims to the land far less imposing than it appears.

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Tom J. Dunbabin - an Archaeologist at War
 
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Thomas J Dunbabin DSO (1911-1955) was an Australian classicist scholar and archaeologist of Tasmanian origin, as well as a renowned WWII soldier in Crete.

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