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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
Added: May 5, 2024
 
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The history of a magnificent gold mine at Beaconsfield 1877-1903.

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From Horses to Horse Power
Added: Mar 9, 2024
 
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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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The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd
 
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At its peak, Gunns Ltd had a market value of $1 billion, was listed on the ASX 200, was the largest employer in Tasmania and its largest private landowner.

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Tasmanian Rogues & Absconders Volume 3 - A Passing Trade 1830-1875
 
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A local Tasmanian history that deals with the passing trade from 1830 - 1875 and the development of Port Arthur and the maturing of the colony.

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American Citizens, British Slaves - Yankee political prisoners in an Australian Penal Colony
 
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This book tells the strange story of almost a hundred United States citizens who were transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1839-1840.

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Ballycurragh to Tasmania 1649-1868 Grey & Innes families - Volume Two
 
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This is volume two of a narrative about three emmigrant Gray / Grey families and their new lives in their chosen home of Van Diemen's Land in the late 1830s, including the reasons which propelled each one into such a momentous change.

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Exploring the South Land - Tasmania emerges from Terra Australis Incognita
 
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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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Metal Mining In Tasmania 1804 to 1914
 
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A comprehensive account of the development of the metal mining industry in Tasmania from the beginnings of British settlement in Van Diemen's Land in 1804 to the outbreak of the First World War, with a focus on how the government helped shape the mining industry.

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The Ghost & the Bounty Hunter
 
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Just after Christmas 1803, convict William Buckley fled an embryonic settlement in the land of the Kulin nation (now the Port Phillip area), to take his chances in the wilderness.

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Flinders - The man who mapped Australia
 
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The fascinating story of the exceptional maritime explorer, Matthew Flinders - the man who put Australia on the map.

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Buckley's Chance - William Buckley and how he conquered a new world
 
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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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John West's Union of the Colonies - essays on Federation
 
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Reverend John West's Union of the Colonies - essays on Australian Federation published under the pseudonym of John Adams in 1854.


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