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A broad collection of Tasmanian history books, spanning colonial settlement and Van Diemen's Land through to the state's more recent history. For town and district-specific histories, see our Local History section; for the stories of individual Tasmanians, see Biography.

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Charles Darwin in Hobart Town - used

A record of Charles Darwin's 1836 visit to Hobart Town aboard HMS Beagle, and the observations he recorded, produced by the Royal Society of Tasmania. Softcover, 2009, 113 pages, colour illustrations, indexed.


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Charles Davis - 150 Years
A 150-year corporate history of the Tasmanian firm of Charles Davis, subsequently to become the Harris Scarfe stores. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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Child of Gondwana - the geological making of Tasmania
A guide to the unique geology of Tasmania written for everyone.

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Churches of Van Diemen's Land – A History | Reg A. Watson & Edna Sackett | 1976 [USED – HCDJ – Good]

Reg A. Watson and Edna Sackett's history of the early churches of Tasmania — focusing on the people who built them as much as the buildings themselves, and illustrated throughout with sepia-toned sketches throughout.


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Cleansing the Colony
The little known story of the more than one hundred people transported from New Zealand to Van Diemen's Land.

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Closing Hell's Gates - the death of a convict station

The true story of nine Sarah Island convicts who chose execution over continued imprisonment at Macquarie Harbour in 1827. Softcover, 2008, 312 pages, indexed.


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Clyde Company Papers 1821-1873 - the primary source record of colonial Van Diemen's Land and the founding of Victoria's pastoral industry, 7 volumes | ed. P.L. Brown | Oxford, 1952-1977 [USED – HCDJ – Complete Set]

Clyde Company Papers 1821 to 1873 in seven volumes - Volumes I to VII. 


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Coins and Tokens of Tasmania 1803-1910 - standard reference by Roger V. McNeice OAM, signed | 1969 [USED – HCDJ]

Coins and Tokens of Tasmania 1803–1910, by Roger V. McNeice OAM — founder of the Tasmanian Numismatic Society and Honorary Curator of Numismatics at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.


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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
The gripping true account of an escaped convict's survival amidst the wilderness of 19th century Tasmania - bushranger, Daniel Priest.

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