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The History of the Early Water Supply of Hobart - the first 100 years 1804-1904 See details
The History of the Early Water Supply of Hobart - the first 100 years 1804-1904
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The History of the Early Water Supply of Hobart traces the engineering story of the city's water from 1804 to 1904.

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

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Against the Grain See details
Against the Grain
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 See details
Alas, for the Pelicans! Flinders, Baudin & Beyond - Essays and Poems
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 See details
All Gunns Blazing
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 See details
American Citizens, British Slaves - Yankee political prisoners in an Australian Penal Colony
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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An Acorn Grows Among the Gums – The Presentation Sisters, Tasmania 1866–2006 | Noela M. Fox | 2006 [USED – SC – Out of Print] See details
An Acorn Grows Among the Gums – The Presentation Sisters, Tasmania 1866–2006 | Noela M. Fox | 2006 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

Noela M. Fox's history of the Presentation Sisters in Tasmania — the Irish Catholic religious order that established itself in Hobart in 1866 and went on to found and run schools, hospitals and other works of mercy across the island over the following 140 years.

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Anaesthesia - Awakening the Sleeping Giant See details
Anaesthesia - Awakening the Sleeping Giant
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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Andrew Bent and the Freedom of the Press in Van Diemen's Land See details
Andrew Bent and the Freedom of the Press in Van Diemen's Land
The work of printer and emancipist Andrew Bent and the freedom of the press in Van Diemen's Land.
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Annie Baxter's Memories - a colonial diarist in Van Diemen's Land, 1834-1848 | Ltd Ed. No. 106/500 [USED – HCDJ] See details
Annie Baxter's Memories - a colonial diarist in Van Diemen's Land, 1834-1848 | Ltd Ed. No. 106/500 [USED – HCDJ]

Annie Baxter (later Dawbin, 1816–1905) sailed for Van Diemen's Land in 1834 as the young wife of an army officer stationed in Hobart Town and Launceston. This edition from her extensive diaries presents her memories of Tasmania, alongside her later years at the Macleay River and New England districts of New South Wales and Port Fairy in Victoria's Western District, covering 1834 to 1848.

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Around the Kitchen Table See details
Around the Kitchen Table
Around the Kitchen Table with the Missionary Sisters of Service - a portrait of the spirit and the heart of this Tasmanian-bred, Australian-grown Congregation of Religious Women. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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At the Movies – The History of the Star Theatres of Tasmania | Jenny Overton | 2020 [HC] See details
At the Movies – The History of the Star Theatres of Tasmania | Jenny Overton | 2020 [HC]

A history of the Star Theatre chain in Tasmania — the independent cinema network that operated picture theatres across the island through much of the 20th century.

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