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Tasmanian Built See details
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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Tasmanian Rogues & Absconders Volume 2 - 1821-36 - used See details
Tasmanian Rogues & Absconders Volume 2 - 1821-36 - used
A look at some of the history of Tasmania in the period 1821 - 1836.
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Tasmanian Rogues & Absconders Volume 3 - used See details
Tasmanian Rogues & Absconders Volume 3 - used
A local Tasmanian history that deals with the passing trade from 1830 - 1875 and the development of Port Arthur and the maturing of the colony.
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Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company's Time Table See details
Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company's Time Table
This is a modern facsimile publication of the Tasmanian timetable from June 1888 that gave all times and fare for shipping, trains, cabs, omnibuses, coaches and mails.
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Tasmanian Tiger - The tragic story of the thylacine See details
Tasmanian Tiger - The tragic story of the thylacine

The tragic story of how ignorance, fear and lack of caring led to the extinction of the Tasmanian tiger or thylacine.

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Tasmanian Tiger – Alive & Well | Ned Terry | 2005 | Signed by Author with Handwritten Letter [USED – SC – Out of Print] See details
Tasmanian Tiger – Alive & Well | Ned Terry | 2005 | Signed by Author with Handwritten Letter [USED – SC – Out of Print]

Ned Terry's collection of accounts from people who told him they had seen a thylacine — stories gathered from across Tasmania from people who believed the Tasmanian tiger had survived beyond its official extinction date of 1936. Terry spent years collecting these accounts and this book brings them together, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout.

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Tasmanian Towns in Federation Times See details
Tasmanian Towns in Federation Times
A directory of all the towns of Tasmania in 1901 with a short description of each at the time.
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Ten Events See details
Ten Events
Michael Ludeke writes of 10 events that were key to shaping Tasmania's history including: Reconciliation - 1803 settlement - 1901 Federation - development of Hydro Electricity - 1967 bushfires - Australia's first casino - Tasman Bridge disaster 1975 - Port Arthur massacre 1996 - the Bacon era, Premier Jim Bacon 1998-2004 - Beaconsfield mine collapse and rescue.
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Thanks to Providence - Falmouth history See details
Thanks to Providence - Falmouth history
A history of Falmouth, a small seaside town on Tasmania's East Coast and its people.
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The Anglican Church In Tasmania See details
The Anglican Church In Tasmania
A diocesan history to mark the sesquicentenary of the Anglican Church in Tasmania in 1992.
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The Bells of Old Bailey See details
The Bells of Old Bailey
An account of emigration from the cobbled streets of Victorian London to the busy streets of Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, including the author's poetry. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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