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From Convicts to Computers - Tasmanian Supreme Court See details
From Convicts to Computers - Tasmanian Supreme Court
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Two hundred years of the Tasmanian Supreme Court - a history by Justice Stephen Estcourt AM.
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The Tasmania Gold Mining & Quartz Crushing Company See details
The Tasmania Gold Mining & Quartz Crushing Company
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The history of a magnificent gold mine at Beaconsfield 1877-1903.
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From Horses to Horse Power See details
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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Closing Hell's Gates - the death of a convict station See details
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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The Black War - Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania See details
The Black War - Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania
 
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Between 1825 and 1831 close to 200 Britons and 1000 Aborigines died violently in Tasmania's Black War.
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Poles Apart - Fascination, fame and folly - softcover See details
Poles Apart - Fascination, fame and folly - softcover
 
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The Royal Society of Tasmania's extensive collection of polar material is the focus of this fascinating volume that sheds light on the folly as well as the fame of the explorers who ventured to the icebound continents.
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Persistence Pays - Dr William Russ Pugh's log and journal See details
Persistence Pays - Dr William Russ Pugh's log and journal
 
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A book about the discovery of Dr William Russ Pugh's log and journal of his 1835 voyage from England to New Holland.
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Alas, for the Pelicans! Flinders, Baudin & Beyond - Essays and Poems See details
Alas, for the Pelicans! Flinders, Baudin & Beyond - Essays and Poems
 
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This collection of essays and poems celebrates the 200th anniversary of the encounter in 1802 between explorers Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders off the shores of South Australia, and examines some of the cultural contexts of their voyages and the ramifications of their discoveries over the ensuing years.
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Floating Prisons - Irish Convict Hulks and Voyages to New South Wales 1823-1837 See details
Floating Prisons - Irish Convict Hulks and Voyages to New South Wales 1823-1837
 
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Looking deeply into Ireland's penal administration, divided society, and the convict voyages, Anne McMahon draws conclusions that will change many assumptions about Australia, Ireland and the British Empire.
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Kin - a real people's history of our nation See details
Kin - a real people's history of our nation
 
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Kin is the story of European settlement in Australia, told through the stories of the real people who made Australia's history what it is.
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Joyful and Glorious - building St.Mary's Cathedral, Hobart See details
Joyful and Glorious - building St.Mary's Cathedral, Hobart
 
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St Mary's Cathedral is one of Tasmania's architectural gems, yet it was marred with a difficult birth. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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The Bells of Old Bailey See details
The Bells of Old Bailey
 
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An account of emigration from the cobbled streets of Victorian London to the busy streets of Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, including the author's poetry. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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Forgotten War See details
Forgotten War
 
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Australia is dotted with memorials to soldiers who fought in wars overseas. Why are there no official memorials or commemorations of the wars that were fought on Australian soil between Aborigines and white colonists? Why is it more controversial to talk about the frontier war now than it was one hundred years ago?
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