Just Tassie Books

The true story of Black Tom Birch of Van Diemen's Land - a charismatic Aboriginal patriot and his unending fight against colonial invasion.

A history of Kingston and Blackmans Bay in southern Tasmania, by Julie Gardam. The district takes its original name from Brown's River, named after botanist Robert Brown, who collected plant samples there in 1804 — known to the area's Aboriginal people as promenalinah.

Heather Rose's political thriller set in Tasmania — centred on the construction of a controversial bridge linking Bruny Island to the Tasmanian mainland, and the forces, domestic and international, who want it built or destroyed.

In 1803, William Buckley escaped from a British convict settlement at Port Phillip Bay and disappeared into the Australian bush. He was found 32 years later — barefoot, dressed in animal skins, carrying a spear, and having largely forgotten the English language. In between, he had lived with the Wathaurong people of what is now Victoria.