Just Tassie Books

This is perhaps the only extant diary ever written during the Australian penal era whilst its convict writer was imprisoned. John Ward, writing whilst incarcerated on Norfolk Island but formerly a groom to an officer gentleman, tells a story of thwarted love that he claims led him to a life of crime including theft, sexual assault and more. In telling the candid story of his downfall he exposes his own ruthlessness and lack of empathy.

The amazing true origins of Hollywood's swashbuckling legend.

A journey through some of Tasmania's most spectacular public and private gardens.

The Julie Burgess is the last of the fleet of small sailing vessels that traded and fished in the waters of Bass Strait for well over a century.