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From Convicts to Computers - Tasmanian Supreme Court
Added: May 4, 2024
 
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Two hundred years of the Tasmanian Supreme Court - a history by Justice Stephen Estcourt AM.

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The Tasmania Gold Mining & Quartz Crushing Company
Added: May 5, 2024
 
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The history of a magnificent gold mine at Beaconsfield 1877-1903.

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From Horses to Horse Power
Added: Mar 9, 2024
 
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A nostalgic photographic exploration of Tasmania's transportation evolution from horses to horse power.

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

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The Usurper - Jorgen Jorgenson
 
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The turbulent life of renowned convict Jorgen Jorgenson in Iceland and Van Diemen's Land 1780-1841.

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The Tasmanian Tiger in Pictures
 
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A photographic record of the now extinct Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine.

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The Tasmania Gold Mining & Quartz Crushing Company
 
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The history of a magnificent gold mine at Beaconsfield 1877-1903.

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The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd
 
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At its peak, Gunns Ltd had a market value of $1 billion, was listed on the ASX 200, was the largest employer in Tasmania and its largest private landowner.

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The Remarkable Captain James Kelly of Van Diemen's Land
 
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The story of James Kelly, the son of a convict woman, who became the first Australian born master mariner, a trader, explorer and entrepreneur.

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The Prince and the Assassin - Australia's First Royal Tour and Portent of World Terror
 
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The engrossing real life story of how Queen Victoria's favourite son, Prince Alfred, undertook the most ambitious Royal tour, only for Australia's overwhelming joy of having the first Royal on its shores jolted by his decadent behaviour, then shocked by an attempted assassination by a man trained as a priest.

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The Master of Hell’s Gates
 
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Captain William Kinghorne (1796 - 1878) navigated some of the most treacherous waters in the world.

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The Library at the End of the World hardcover
 
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A detailed look at the art and artists held in the Royal Society of Tasmania's rare books collection.

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The Last Man - a British Genocide in Tasmania
 
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Little more than 70 years after the British settled Van Diemen's Land (later Tasmania) in 1803, the indigenous community had been virtually wiped out.

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The King Billy Story
 
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A history of the harvesting of the Tasmanian King William Pine.

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