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From Horses to Horse Power
Added: Mar 9, 2024
A nostalgic photographic exploration of Tasmania's transportation evolution from horses to horse power.
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History
Non fiction titles principally relating to the history of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania.
Inducements and Agents
A history of German, Northern European and Scandinavian Recruitment to Tasmania 1855-1887. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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Lake Pedder - Why a national park must be saved
A vintage booklet published to support the campaign to save Lake Pedder from flooding for the purposes of expanding Tasmania's hydro-electric power scheme in the 1970s.
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Buckley's Chance - William Buckley and how he conquered a new world
On a moonlit night convict and former soldier William Buckley escapes and disappears into the Australian bush. Discovered and adopted by an aboriginal tribe who regard him as a ghost, he is initiated into their rich and complex culture.
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Flinders - The man who mapped Australia
The fascinating story of the exceptional maritime explorer, Matthew Flinders - the man who put Australia on the map.
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In Tasmania
A brilliant account of 200 years of Tasmanian history and an acclaimed writer's discovery of his secret connection with that island and its past.
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The Fatal Shore
In 1787 the British Government sent a fleet of ships loaded with convicts to colonise Australia.
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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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Fight the Fiery Fiend - Colonial Fire Fighting 1803-1883
A history of how the early European settlers in Van Diemen's Land fought fires, including those on ships in the River Derwent. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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