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Don River Railway Locomotives, Carriages, Service Vehicles and Wagons
Added: Mar 31, 2025
 
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An illustrated reference to the rolling stock preserved by the Don River Railway in northern Tasmania. Colour photos throughout.

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Tasmanian ANZACS Vol 1
Added: Aug 4, 2024
 
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Those who served, their families and the impact of World War One - Volume I: the 12th and 52nd Battalions.

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Seas No Longer Divide
Added: Apr 6, 2025
 
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A history of the major engineering achievement of Bass Strait telephone communications between Tasmania and mainland Australia, 1920-1936.

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History

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

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The Master of Hell’s Gates
 
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Captain William Kinghorne (1796 - 1878) navigated some of the most treacherous waters in the world.

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The Old Kirk and St. Andrew's Church, Launceston
 
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An account of the people and events in the life of The Old Kirk and St. Andrew's Church, Launceston.

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The Peaks of Lyell
 
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A history of Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company in Tasmania.

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The Price of Power
 
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The politics behind the Tasmanian dams case and the development of the Hydro and renewable energy in Tasmania.

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The Prince and the Assassin - Australia's First Royal Tour and Portent of World Terror
 
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The engrossing real life story of how Queen Victoria's favourite son, Prince Alfred, undertook the most ambitious Royal tour, only for Australia's overwhelming joy of having the first Royal on its shores jolted by his decadent behaviour, then shocked by an attempted assassination by a man trained as a priest.

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The Remarkable Captain James Kelly of Van Diemen's Land
 
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The story of James Kelly, the son of a convict woman, who became the first Australian born master mariner, a trader, explorer and entrepreneur.

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The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd
 
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At its peak, Gunns Ltd had a market value of $1 billion, was listed on the ASX 200, was the largest employer in Tasmania and its largest private landowner.

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The Rock which makes Tasmania
 
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The Rock which makes Tasmania - Tasmania's Curse is a book about dolerite and Tasmanian geology.

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The Sarah Island Conspiracies
 
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An account of twelve voyages to Macquarie Harbour and Sarah Island on the west coast of Van Diemen's Land between 1822 and 1838.

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The Scott Letters - VDL & Scotland 1836-55
 
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This book contains letters written in the early 1800s by James and George Scott, surveyors and early Tasmanian explorers, to their brother Thomas when he returned from Van Diemen's Land to live in Scotland.

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