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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
 
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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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Compelled to Tiers
 
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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 Lives at the Cascades Female Factory Volume 2
 
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The stories of 29 female convicts who spent time at Hobart's Cascades Female Factory.

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Convicts & Carriageways
 
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A history of Tasmanian road development up to 1880, including the use of convict labour. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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CSIRO at Sea
 
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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
 
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A history of the Cypress Street Cemetery including a listing of those buried there.

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Dogs in Van Diemen's Land
 
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The adorable, the mischievous and the downright nasty dogs of early Tasmania.

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Don Norman's Photographs of Hobart Old & New
 
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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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Don River Railway Locomotives, Carriages, Service Vehicles and Wagons
 
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An illustrated reference to the rolling stock preserved by the Don River Railway in northern Tasmania. Colour photos throughout.

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Down Wapping - Hobart's vanished Wapping and Old Wharf districts
 
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Wapping was a working class residential district which lay on either side of the Hobart Rivulet, and in the latter half of the 19th century was widely regarded by Hobart's upper crust as the city's worst slum. This history looks beyond the stereotype and into the reality of what was once Wapping. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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