Just Tassie Books

Smith Street sits on the outskirts of the small town of Burston, which lies back from the coast of North West Tasmania. The street's long-time residents are a quirky lot, and their lives blend in numerous ways.

Sir John Franklin arrived to govern Van Diemen's Land in 1837, already well known for his Arctic exploration, but with no experience of colonial administration. He succeeded Sir George Arthur, whose twelve years running the colony with a firm, practised hand left large shoes to fill — and Franklin soon found himself at odds with Arthur's own former Colonial Secretary, John Montagu, still deeply entrenched in the Hobart bureaucracy.

Ian Terry's thematic history of South Hobart — analysing the historical geography and development of the district from its earliest European settlement through to the present, identifying the themes that have shaped the suburb's character and built environment.

John Wadsley's history of two connected aspects of the Claremont area on the western shore of the Derwent River — the Claremont military camp and the Cadbury peninsula. The Claremont Camp was a significant military training facility in Tasmania — used for the training and mobilisation of Tasmanian soldiers across both World Wars and through much of the 20th century.