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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 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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The Rock which makes Tasmania See details
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 See details
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 See details
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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The Silence Calling See details
The Silence Calling
 
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Australians in Antarctica 1947-1997 - the ANARE Jubilee history written by Tim Bowden.
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The Struggle for Self Government in Tasmania 1842-1856 See details
The Struggle for Self Government in Tasmania 1842-1856
 
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Within the short formative period of Tasmania studied in this book, just about every conceivable constitutional conflict arose in relation to the growth of all the key institutions in the colony in Van Diemen's Land.
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