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From Horses to Horse Power
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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.

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Solomon's Noose
 
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The true story of Solomon Blay the convict turned hangman who served as Her Majesty's hangman of Hobart for half a century.

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The Library at the End of the World hardcover
 
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A detailed look at the art and artists held in the Royal Society of Tasmania's rare books collection.

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Wrest Point
 
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A history of Wrest Point, the landmark hotel that houses Australia's first legal casino.

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Into the Heart of Tasmania
 
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This book re-examines Tasmania's aboriginal history from a quite different perspective - the work of Earnest Westlake who visited the island in 1908.

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Me Write Myself - the Free Aboriginal Inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land at Wybalenna
 
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The free Aboriginal inhabitants of Wybalenna on Flinders Island tell their stories.

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

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This Whispering in Our Hearts Revisited
 
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A revised history of the relationship between Indigenous Australians and early settlers, with a focus on those men and women who fought for justice for Indigenous people even when doing so left them isolated and criticised by their fellow whites.

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A Donation to the Colony
 
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The epic voyage on the Hannah of German and British free settlers and their contribution to the colony of Van Diemen's Land.

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In Tasmania
 
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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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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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