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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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Living Stones - 3 volume set
Added: Aug 30, 2025
 
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A guide to some Tasmanian graveyards - a set of all three volumes of the Living Stones books.

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History

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

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Tiger Tales - Stories of the Tasmanian Tiger
 
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Stories of the thought-to-be extinct Tasmanian thylacine from renowned tiger hunter Col Bailey.

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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 - Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island - used
 
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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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UpRiver
 
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Stories of the Franklin River activists.

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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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