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A broad collection of Tasmanian history books, spanning colonial settlement and Van Diemen's Land through to the state's more recent history. For town and district-specific histories, see our Local History section; for the stories of individual Tasmanians, see Biography.

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

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Shades of Old Hobart Town
Interest Hobart history-related topics drawn from radio broadcasts.

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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
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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Some Van Diemens Land Affairs
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
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
In 1854 the Launceston-based St. Andrew's Society established a separate association specifically to assist Scottish migrants.

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Suddenly One Sunday - Port Arthur tragedy based on eyewitness accounts, Mike Bingham |SC USED|

On 28 April 1996, a gunman killed 35 people and wounded 23 others at the Port Arthur historic site — the worst mass shooting in Australian history. The tragedy led directly to Australia's National Firearms Agreement, a major reform of the country's gun laws.


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Tales of Old Tasmania
Historic stories from the early colonial days of Tasmanian settlement.

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