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Shades of Old Hobart Town See details
Shades of Old Hobart Town
Added: Jun 7, 2025
 
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Interest Hobart history-related topics drawn from radio broadcasts.
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Don River Railway Locomotives, Carriages, Service Vehicles and Wagons See details
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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Non fiction titles principally relating to the history of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania.

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The King Billy Story See details
The King Billy Story
 
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A history of the harvesting of the Tasmanian King William Pine.
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The Last Man - a British Genocide in Tasmania See details
The Last Man - a British Genocide in Tasmania
 
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Little more than 70 years after the British settled Van Diemen's Land (later Tasmania) in 1803, the indigenous community had been virtually wiped out.
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The Last Tasmanian Tiger See details
The Last Tasmanian Tiger
 
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The history and extinction of the thylacine.
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The Master of Hell’s Gates See details
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 See details
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 See details
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 See details
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 See details
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 See details
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 See details
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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