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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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Erebus - used
Added: May 31, 2025
 
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HMS Erebus - The story of a ship, its epic polar voyages and ultimate catastrophe beneath the frozen wastes of the Canadian Arctic.

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History

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

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This Errant Lady
 
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Jane Franklin's overland journey to Port Phillip and Sydney, 1839.

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This Whispering in Our Hearts Revisited
 
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A revised history of the relationship between Indigenous Australians and early settlers, with a focus on those men and women who fought for justice for Indigenous people even when doing so left them isolated and criticised by their fellow whites.

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Thylacine - the history, ecology and loss of the Tasmanian Tiger
 
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A comprehensive exploration of the thylacine, the Tasmanain Tiger, which until the mid-20th century was the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial; its disappearance has left many questions and contradictions.

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Thylacine - the tragedy of the Tasmanian Tiger
 
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Thylacine - the tragedy of the Tasmanian Tiger traces the history of the thylacine from fossils and early Aboriginal paintings through to the 1980s.

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To Hell or to Hobart
 
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The story of an Irish convict couple - Stephen Howard and Ellen Lydon - transported to Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania in the 1840s.

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To Solitude Consigned - the Tasmanian Journal of William Smith O'Brien
 
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To Solitude Consigned - the journal for the period 1849-1853 of William Smith O'Brien, an Irishman transported as a convict to Van Diemen's Land for his political activities. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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Touring Tasmania in the 1880s
 
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The newspaper articles of special correspondent Theophilus Jones who travelled extensively through Tasmania during the 1880s.

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Two Voyages to the South Seas - Astrolabe, Zelee
 
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An account in two volumes of two voyages to the South Seas in the Astrolabe (1826-1829) and the Zelee (1837-1840) by French explorer Dumont d'Urville.

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Unearthed - the Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island
 
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Aboriginal Tasmanian descendants are still living on Kangaroo Island today and this book is their story.

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Unnecessary Wars
 
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Tasmanian-based historian Henry Reynolds shows how the Boer War left a dark and dangerous legacy, demonstrating how those beliefs have propelled Australia into too many unnecessary wars – without counting the cost.

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