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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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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 | Alison Alexander & Alice Meredith Hodgson | 2018 [SC]

The stories of 29 female convicts who spent time at Hobart's Cascades Female Factory.


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

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Damania
A small vintage book about the Hydro-Electric Commission, the environment and government in Tasmania.

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Damn Demons Land - Kev Bailey's cartoon history of Tasmania's Hydro power debate, from Pedder to the Franklin | 1982 [USED – SC]

A cartoon history of Tasmania's great power debate, by Kev Bailey — staff political cartoonist for the Mercury for 25 years. Published in 1982, at the height of the Franklin Dam controversy, one of Australia's most significant environmental political battles.


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Daniel Solander: Collected Correspondence 1753-1782 | HCDJ Duyker & Tingbrand |

The complete surviving correspondence (1753–1782) of Daniel Solander, the Swedish-born naturalist who sailed with Captain Cook and Joseph Banks aboard the Endeavour. Edited and translated into English for the first time by Edward Duyker and Per Tingbrand, with a foreword by Alan Frost.


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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
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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Early Tasmania
History of early Tasmania as reflected in papers read before the Royal Society of Tasmania during the years 1888 to 1899. With 6 loose charts in the back.

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