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

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Sanders DFC Out of the Darkness - used See details
Sanders DFC Out of the Darkness - used
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
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 See details
School Days, School Days
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 See details
Search for the Tasmanian Tiger
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 See details
Seas No Longer Divide
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 - vintage 1947 booklet See details
Shades of Old Hobart - vintage 1947 booklet
A vintage booklet paying tribute to some of the early colonial landmarks of southern Tasmania.
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Shades of Old Hobart Town See details
Shades of Old Hobart Town
Interest Hobart history-related topics drawn from radio broadcasts.
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Shadow of the Thylacine See details
Shadow of the Thylacine
Col Bailey tells of his epic search for the Tasmanian tiger, thought by many to be extinct.
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Solomon's Noose - used See details
Solomon's Noose - used
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 of My Bush Friends in Tasmania - hardcover See details
Some of My Bush Friends in Tasmania - hardcover
A beautiful facsimile edition of Louisa Anne Meredith's Bush Friends of Tasmania original published in 1860 with the 2nd volume following some 31 years later.
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