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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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Tasmania Sketchbook - landmark drawings by Max Angus, Patsy Adam Smith | 1971 [USED – HCDJ – Vintage]

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
A condensed history of Tasmania.

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Tasmania the Tipping Point?
Griffith Review 39

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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]

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]

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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Tasmania's Bygone Years of Road Transport 1900-1929 - used
Tasmania's Bygone Years of Road Transport 1900 - 1929 is a brief history of early motoring in Tasmania.

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Tasmania's Struggle For Power
The history behind bringing the hydro-electric scheme into being in Tasmania.

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Tasmania's Trolley Buses
A history of trolley buses, or electric street transport, in Hobart and Launceston, Tasmania, with their last day of operations being in 1968.

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Tasmania's Wilderness Battles
A fascinating account of the recurring fights over Tasmania's natural resources that have torn its people apart for three decades.

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