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

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The Tasmania Gold Mining & Quartz Crushing Company at Beaconsfield 1877–1903 | Nick Langsford | 2024

A detailed history of the Tasmania Gold Mining & Quartz Crushing Company, which operated at Beaconsfield on the Tamar River from 1877 to 1903.


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The Tasmanian Gallows - used
A history of capital punishment in Tasmania, from the earliest days of the Van Diemen's Land penal colony when Thomas England was executed for stealing provisions, to the abolition of hanging for murder in 1968.

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The Tasmanian Story
A short historical account of Tasmania.

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The Tasmanian Traveller - 19th century companion for modern travellers
A 19th century companion for modern travellers in Tasmania, with an interest in history and heritage.

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The Usefulness of John West - signed
Dissent and difference in the Australian colonies. Signed by the author.

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The Usurper – Jorgen Jorgenson and His Turbulent Life in Iceland and Van Diemen's Land 1780–1841 | Dan Sprod | 2001 [NEW – HCDJ]

Dan Sprod's biography of Jorgen Jorgenson — one of the most extraordinary figures in Tasmanian history, and arguably in world history of the period. The Usurper is the definitive biography — 718 pages, fully indexed, including the full text of Jorgenson's own account of the Iceland 'revolution.'


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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]

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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The Wesleyans of Port Arthur
The legacy of the Wesleyan missionaries at Port Arthur Penal Settlement and Point Puer Juvenile Prison on the Tasman Peninsula in Van Diemen's Land 1833 - 1843.

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The Whitehead Letters
The Whitehead Letters reflects Tasmanian society and politics between 1871 and 1882.

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The Wild Ride
Revolutions that shaped Tasmanian black and white wilderness photography from the sublime to the skyline. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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