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From Horses to Horse Power
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A nostalgic photographic exploration of Tasmania's transportation evolution from horses to horse power.

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History

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

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A Residence in Tasmania
 
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This is a facsimile reproduction of A Residence in Tasmania with a Descriptive Tour through the island from Macquarie Harbour to Circular Head 1856, by Captain H Butler Stoney. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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A Solomons Sojourn
 
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J.E.Philp's log of the Makira 1912-1913.

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A Unique Photo Album of Road Travelling in Tasmania
 
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A Unique Photo Album of Road Travelling in Tasmania is a random collection of photos from the library of Tasmanian author L J Morley based on the theme of car and motorcycle travel around Tasmania and the impact of war and depression on motorcar and motorcycle industries in Australia.

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Abandoned Women - Scottish Convicts in Van Diemen's Land
 
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Abandoned Women - Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas s a rich and evocative account of the lives of women at the bottom of society two hundred years ago.

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Aboriginal Convicts - Australian, Khoisan and Maori Exiles
 
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This book is about the 130 aboriginal convicts who were transported to and within the Australian penal colonies. They lived, laboured, were punished, and died alongside other convicts, but until this groundbreaking book, their stories had largely been forgotten.

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Against the Grain - signed
 
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A memoir and history of life and work with the Huon pine loggers on the West Coast of Tasmania. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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Alas, for the Pelicans! Flinders, Baudin & Beyond - Essays and Poems
 
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This collection of essays and poems celebrates the 200th anniversary of the encounter in 1802 between explorers Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders off the shores of South Australia, and examines some of the cultural contexts of their voyages and the ramifications of their discoveries over the ensuing years.

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All Gunns Blazing
 
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A history of the business of J & T Gunn and the development of Launceston in the north of Tasmania, 1871-1997. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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American Citizens, British Slaves - Yankee political prisoners in an Australian Penal Colony
 
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This book tells the strange story of almost a hundred United States citizens who were transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1839-1840.

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Anaesthesia - Awakening the Sleeping Giant
 
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This book is a celebration of William Russ Pugh's first anaesthetic in Launceston, Tasmania - a development which revolutionised medicine and surgery. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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