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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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Tasmanian Aborigines - A History Since 1803
A history of Tasmania's Aborigines from white settlement through to modern times.

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Tasmanian Built – The Places and Stories of the Tasmanian Heritage Register | King, Torossi, Evans & Plapp | 2022 [NEW – Large SC]

One hundred places on the Tasmanian Heritage Register — and the stories of why they were built, who built them, and why they matter. Tasmania has more heritage-listed buildings per capita than any other Australian state, and the stories behind them are often as significant as the buildings themselves.


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Tasmanian Commemorative Medals and Medallions 1853-1990
A collector's handbook, put together by Tasmanian numismatic consultant Roger McNeice.

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Tasmanian Insights - signed by Geoffrey Stilwell
Tasmanian Insights is a book of essays in honour of historian and librarian Geoffrey Thomas Stilwell.

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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
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 Rogues & Absconders – Volume 1: New Frontiers 1803–1821 | Alex Graeme-Evans | 1994 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Very Good]

Alex Graeme-Evans's history of the rogues, absconders and escapees of Van Diemen's Land in its earliest years — covering the period from the founding of the colony in 1803 through to 1821. This is Volume 1 of a trilogy. Other volumes are also available from The Book Cellar.


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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

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]

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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