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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 History of Tasmania - John West See details
The History of Tasmania - John West
A 2-volume 1966 facsimile edition of John West's History of Tasmania, originally published in 1852.
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The History of Van Diemen's Land See details
The History of Van Diemen's Land
The History of Van Diemen's Land from the year 1824 to 1835 inclusive during the administration of Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur by Henry Melville, this edition edited with commentary and introduction by George Mackaness.
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The Huon Pine Story - Garry Kerr - Tasmanian Timber History See details
The Huon Pine Story - Garry Kerr - Tasmanian Timber History

An extensively researched, definitive history detailing the rugged harvest, river trade, and practical utilization of Huon pine—the iconic timber unique to the wild rivers and rainforests of western Tasmania.

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The Journal of Charles O'Hara Booth See details
The Journal of Charles O'Hara Booth
The Journal of Charles O'Hara Booth, Commandant of the Port Arthur Penal Settlement. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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The Killing at Risdon Cove See details
The Killing at Risdon Cove
A re-examination of the much written about but little documented aboriginal massacre at Risdon Cove in 1804.
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The King Billy Story See details
The King Billy Story
A history of the harvesting of the Tasmanian King William Pine.
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The Knopwood Historical Lectures See details
The Knopwood Historical Lectures
A pioneer history of the Derwent's South Eastern Shore.
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The Last Man - a British Genocide in Tasmania See details
The Last Man - a British Genocide in Tasmania

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
The history and extinction of the thylacine.
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The Life of Matthew Flinders See details
The Life of Matthew Flinders
Biography of explorer Matthew Flinders.
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