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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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Tasmanian ANZACS Vol 1
Added: Aug 4, 2024
 
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Those who served, their families and the impact of World War One - Volume I: the 12th and 52nd Battalions.

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Seas No Longer Divide
Added: Apr 6, 2025
 
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A history of the major engineering achievement of Bass Strait telephone communications between Tasmania and mainland Australia, 1920-1936.

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History

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

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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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Van Diemen Anthology 2019
 
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A selection of the best entries from the Van Diemen Anthology competition in 2018-2019 for articles on an aspect of Tasmanian history.

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Van Diemen Anthology 2023
 
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Van Diemen Anthology 2023 - the eight best entries from the Van Diemen History Prize 2023.

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Van Diemen's Land - Hell in Heaven
 
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Van Diemen's Land - Hell in Heaven - history, adventure, drama, romance and humour.

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Van Diemen's Land - softcover
 
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Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's Land, where they found a land of bounty, a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life.

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Van Diemen's Land - The Journey Home
 
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Written largely in verse, the author reflects on the Van Diemen's Land journeys of her colonial era ancestors.

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Van Diemen's Women - A History of Transportation to Tasmania
 
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An in-depth account of what life was like for a woman transported from Ireland to Van Diemen's Land in the 1840s and how a Draconian punishment for some became a life saving measure.

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Vandemonians - the repressed history of colonial Victoria
 
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From award-winning author and historian Janet McCalman, the engrossing tale of Tasmanian convict settlers in colonial Victoria.

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