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Tasmanian Built See details
Tasmanian Built
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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]
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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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History

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

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Some Van Diemens Land Affairs See details
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 See details
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 See details
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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Tales of Old Tasmania See details
Tales of Old Tasmania
Historic stories from the early colonial days of Tasmanian settlement.
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Tasmania Sketchbook See details
Tasmania Sketchbook
Black and white drawings of key Tasmanian landmarks by renowned artist Max Angus, published in the Rigby Australian historical series.
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Tasmania The History See details
Tasmania The History
A condensed history of Tasmania.
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Tasmania the Tipping Point? See details
Tasmania the Tipping Point?
Griffith Review 39
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Tasmania v. British Empire See details
Tasmania v. British Empire

A history of the battle to end convict transportation from Britain to Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania.

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Tasmania – The Postal History and Postal Markings Part I | Campbell, Purves & Viney | 1962 [USED – HC – Out of Print] See details
Tasmania – The Postal History and Postal Markings Part I | Campbell, Purves & Viney | 1962 [USED – HC – Out of Print]

The standard reference on Tasmanian postal history and postal markings, Part I — written by H.M. Campbell, J.R.W. Purves and L.C. Viney and published by the Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria in 1962. Part I covers the early postal history of Tasmania from the Van Diemen's Land period through the colonial era — the establishment of post offices, mail routes, and the postmarks used across the island's towns and settlements.

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Tasmania – The Postal History and Postal Markings Part II | Avery, Edwards, Ingles & Purves | 1975 [USED – HC – Out of Print] See details
Tasmania – The Postal History and Postal Markings Part II | Avery, Edwards, Ingles & Purves | 1975 [USED – HC – Out of Print]

The companion volume to Part I, covering the later period of Tasmanian postal history and postal markings. Where Part I focused on the early Van Diemen's Land period through the colonial era, Part II extends the record into the later period, covering additional postmarks, post office openings and closures, and the development of the Tasmanian postal network through the Federation era and beyond.

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