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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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Van Diemen Anthology 2019 See details
Van Diemen Anthology 2019
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 See details
Van Diemen Anthology 2023
Van Diemen Anthology 2023 - the eight best entries from the Van Diemen History Prize 2023.
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Van Diemen's Land - hardcover See details
Van Diemen's Land - hardcover
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 - Hell in Heaven See details
Van Diemen's Land - Hell in Heaven
Van Diemen's Land - Hell in Heaven - history, adventure, drama, romance and humour.
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Van Diemen's Land - softcover See details
Van Diemen's Land - softcover
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 See details
Van Diemen's Land - The Journey Home
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 See details
Van Diemen's Women - A History of Transportation to Tasmania
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 See details
Vandemonians - the repressed history of colonial Victoria
From award-winning author and historian Janet McCalman, the engrossing tale of Tasmanian convict settlers in colonial Victoria.
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Vanishing Towns - Hardcover Edition See details
Vanishing Towns - Hardcover Edition
A comprehensive examination of Tasmania's towns and settlements that are no longer (or never were) inhabited. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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Varieties of Vice-Regal Life See details
Varieties of Vice-Regal Life
Memoirs from Sir William and Lady Caroline Denison of their time in Van Diemen's Land when he was Governor, acting from 1847 as the interface between convict Van Diemen's Land and self-governing Tasmania.
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