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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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Closing Hell's Gates - the death of a convict station See details
Closing Hell's Gates - the death of a convict station
Based on an elaborate reconstruction of day-to-day life at Macquarie Harbour, one of Australia's most notorious sites of convict punishment, this is the true story of how, in 1827, nine convicts opted for 'state-assisted' escape (the death sentence) rather than endure the hardships and privations of the penal settlement on Sarah Island.
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Collection - used See details
Collection - used
"Collection" is a book that showcases the historical and natural history items held in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, TMAG in Hobart Tasmania.
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Compelled to Tiers See details
Compelled to Tiers
The gripping true account of an escaped convict's survival amidst the wilderness of 19th century Tasmania - bushranger, Daniel Priest.
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Convict Hell See details
Convict Hell
Macquarie Harbour Van Diemen's Land 1822 - 1833: A Shot of History.
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Convict Lives at the Cascades Female Factory Volume 2 See details
Convict Lives at the Cascades Female Factory Volume 2
The stories of 29 female convicts who spent time at Hobart's Cascades Female Factory.
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CSIRO at Sea See details
CSIRO at Sea
A history covering fifty years of marine science, encompassing: the field station Tasmania - Stowell - trout in Tasmania - Roy Downie - Derwent Hunter.
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Cypress Street Cemetery See details
Cypress Street Cemetery
A history of the Cypress Street Cemetery including a listing of those buried there.
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Damania See details
Damania
A small vintage book about the Hydro-Electric Commission, the environment and government in Tasmania.
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Dogs in Van Diemen's Land See details
Dogs in Van Diemen's Land
The adorable, the mischievous and the downright nasty dogs of early Tasmania.
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Don Norman's Photographs of Hobart Old & New See details
Don Norman's Photographs of Hobart Old & New
Published in 1985, this book puts contemporary photos of key aspects of Hobart side by side with early historic photos of the same.
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