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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]
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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Engraved in Memory
A comprehensive record of memorials in places of worship in the City of Launceston in northern Tasmania.

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Entally National House
A short history of Entally House and its former owners near Hadspen in the north of Tasmania - including Mary Reibey.

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Enterprise, Risk and Ruin - hardcover
The story of how the stagecoach developed from a small cottage industry to the bustling enterprise that played such a key role in the economic development of the colony of Van Diemen's Land and subsequently Tasmania.

Signed and numbered hardcover edition

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Enterprise, Risk and Ruin - softcover
How the stage coach played a pivotal role in the history and economic development of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania.

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Eradication in our Lifetime - Tasmanian Hydatid Control Programs
A log book of the Tasmanian Hydatid Control Programs, 1962-1996 and the breakthrough in management.

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Erebus - used
HMS Erebus - The story of a ship, its epic polar voyages and ultimate catastrophe beneath the frozen wastes of the Canadian Arctic.

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Explorers of Western Tasmania 1815-1880
A large and comprehensive book covering the men who explored the wilds of western Tasmanian in the 19th century.

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Explorers of Western Tasmania – Hand-Bound Limited Edition No. 58/100 | C.J. Binks | 1980 | Signed [USED – Buffalo Calf – Out of Print]

C.J. Binks's history of the exploration of western Tasmania, focusing on the people who explored the region from the earliest European contact through to the opening up of the west coast mining country — Jorgenson, Hellyer, Frankland, Gould, Wedge, Goodwin and others who pushed into some of the most difficult terrain in Australia.


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Exploring the South Land - Tasmania emerges from Terra Australis Incognita
A celebration of the map maker's art - commencing with the 1606 voyage of Captain Willem Janszoon, the first European to chart part of the unknown southern continent.

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Flames of Fear - History of Tasmania's bushfire experiences
A history of Tasmania's most devastating bushfires including the 1967 disaster that claimed many lives.

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