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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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History

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

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The Bidencope Story See details
The Bidencope Story
A history of J.Bidencope & Sons, a family drapery firm in Hobart.
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The Black War - Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania See details
The Black War - Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania
Between 1825 and 1831 close to 200 Britons and 1000 Aborigines died violently in Tasmania's Black War.
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The Bushrangers See details
The Bushrangers
A book about the early days of Van Diemen's Land - Michael Howe, Lemon, Pearce, Brady, Dunne, Jeffries, Britton Hunt, and other notorious bushrangers of Tasmania, originally published in 1856, this is a facsimile reprint from 1967.
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The Chaplain See details
The Chaplain
Being some further accounts of the days of Bobby Knopwood. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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The Colonial Earth See details
The Colonial Earth
Australia's colonial settlers and their positive attitudes toward preserving their environment. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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The Companion to Tasmanian History | Alison Alexander (Ed.) | 2005 [USED – HCDJ – Out of Print] See details
The Companion to Tasmanian History | Alison Alexander (Ed.) | 2005 [USED – HCDJ – Out of Print]

A comprehensive single-volume reference to Tasmanian history, edited by Alison Alexander and published by the Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies at the University of Tasmania in 2005. With over 1073 articles covering everything from Aboriginal art to zoos, and every district from Adamsfield to Zeehan, this is the most thorough single-volume reference on Tasmania's history available.

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The Diary of Philip Thomas Smith See details
The Diary of Philip Thomas Smith
The diary of lawyer Philip Thomas Smith, on board the Royal Admiral en route for Van Diemen’s Land, 27 November 1831 to 8 April 1832.
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The Dillingham Convict Letters: Van Diemen's Land 1831-1839 - Cypress 1970 (Used) See details
The Dillingham Convict Letters: Van Diemen's Land 1831-1839 - Cypress 1970 (Used)

This relatively scarce historical booklet compiles the original correspondence of William Dillingham, documenting his experiences from the prison hulks at Woolwich, his voyage aboard the transport ship Catherine Stewart Forbes, and his subsequent assignment in Sandy Bay and Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, between 1831 and 1839.

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The Evidence to the Bigge Reports – New South Wales Under Governor Macquarie | John Ritchie (Ed.) | 2-Volume Set | 1971 [USED – HCDJ] See details
The Evidence to the Bigge Reports – New South Wales Under Governor Macquarie | John Ritchie (Ed.) | 2-Volume Set | 1971 [USED – HCDJ]

The primary source documents underlying John Thomas Bigge's 1822–1823 reports to the British Government on the state of New South Wales under Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Bigge was commissioned to investigate the running of the colony — its convict management, land grants, public works, and Macquarie's controversial policies — and his reports had significant consequences for the direction of Australian colonial administration.

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The Fabrication of Aboriginal History – Volume One: Van Diemen's Land 1803–1847 | Keith Windschuttle | 2003 [USED – HCDJ] See details
The Fabrication of Aboriginal History – Volume One: Van Diemen's Land 1803–1847 | Keith Windschuttle | 2003 [USED – HCDJ]

Keith Windschuttle's controversial challenge to the accepted historiography of Tasmania's frontier period. Published in 2003, this first volume of The Fabrication of Aboriginal History focuses on Van Diemen's Land from 1803 to 1847 — covering the period of the Black War and the removal of the surviving Aboriginal population to Flinders Island.

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