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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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Non fiction titles principally relating to the history of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania.

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Black Founders - the unknown story of Australia's first black settlers
 
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This Australian history is based around the fact that black convicts were among the First Fleet settlers – something which profoundly complicates the understanding of race relations in early colonial Australia.

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Black Robinson - George Robinson - Protector of Aborigines
 
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This controversial study of George Augustus Robinson (or Black Robinson) first Chief Protector of Aborigines in Australia, reveals a man, long held to be the worthy civilizer and Christianizer of Tasmanian Aborigines, to have been a monster of deceit and a betrayer of those it was his role to protect.

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Tasmania's Bygone Years of Road Transport 1930-1939
 
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Tasmania's Bygone Years of Road Transport 1930-1939 is the second book in a series by Les Morley, based on his collection of rare photographic material documenting the heritage of transport in Tasmania.

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Enterprise, Risk and Ruin - the Stagecoach and the Development of Van Diemen's Land and Tasmania
 
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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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Musquito - Brutality and Exile
 
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Explores the story of Musquito, an aboriginal resistance leader banished to Norfolk Island and subsequently hung in Van Diemen's Land.

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The Killing at Risdon Cove
 
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A re-examination of the much written about but little documented aboriginal massacre at Risdon Cove in 1804.

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Van Diemen's Women - A History of Transportation to Tasmania
 
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An in-depth account of what life was like for a woman transported from Ireland to Van Diemen's Land in the 1840s and how a Draconian punishment for some became a life saving measure.

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Paper Tiger
 
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Paper Tiger is an exciting new history of the thylacine showing how images of the famed animal shaped perceptions of the Tasmanian Tiger.

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Legerwood Days
 
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A history of the North East Tasmanian town of Legerwood.

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Lawyers and the Community
 
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A history of lawyers and the Tasmanian community from Tasman Shields K.C. to John Kable Q.C. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.

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