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Billy: A Boy from Queenstown Tasmania – under-aged boys signing up in the Great War (2026) – Sandra Stubbings
Added: Jun 9, 2026
 
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A newly researched true account of Billy Gadd, a young lad from Tasmania's West Coast mining town of Queenstown who managed to enlist in the AIF during World War I while under the legal age.


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Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds | Dave Watts | 2025 Updated Edition
Added: Oct 7, 2018
 
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Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds (Updated Edition)
By Dave Watts

Long considered the essential pocket companion for local birdwatchers and visitors alike, Dave Watts’ definitive field guide is finally back in stock after months of being unavailable. This 192-page softcover provides a comprehensive, easy-to-use directory covering all major bird species found across Tasmania's diverse wilderness.


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Glimpses of the Lives and Times of the Early Tasmanian Governors (1905) – J.W. Beattie [worn copy - errata slip tipped in]
Added: Jun 8, 2026
 
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A scarce 1905 historical survey detailing the administrations of early colonial governors like Collins, Davey, Sorell, and Arthur. Originally delivered as lectures during the 1904 centenary, this volume was published by the legendary Tasmanian photographer and historian John Watt Beattie.


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From Petal Point to Cockle Creek
 
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A beach explorer's guide to the East Coast of Tasmania.


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From Rabbit Traps to Rembrandts - a memoir by Nevin Hurst
 
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Told in his own plain and unpretentious style, Nevin Hurst's memoir of a long and occasionally turbulent life is an account of a journey from humble beginnings in rural Tasmania to leadership in the world of Australian art. Signed.

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From the Edges of Empire - Convict Women from Beyond the British Isles
 
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Remarkable stories of convict women transported to Australia who were born or tried outside the British Isles.

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FungiFlip - a pictorial guide to Tasmanian Fungi
 
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A portable, all-weather fold-out illustrative guide to Tasmanian fungi for bushwalkers and naturalists in Tasmania.


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Gaolbird - the true story of William Swallow Convict & Pirate
 
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This children's picture story book tells the outrageous and unbelievable true story of a convict pirate named Swallow from Simon Barnard, the 2015 CBCA winner of A-Z Convicts in Van Diemen's Land.

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Garden of a Thousand Roses - used
 
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How to make a rose garden in Australia.

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Gardeners, Plant Collectors, Friends - Hobart Town & Beyond
 
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A book about the early gardeners of Van Diemen's Land.

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Garrow Head – A Novel of John Glover's Family and Patterdale | Annette Tyson | 2022 | Signed by Author [NEW – SC]
 
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A historical novel set at Patterdale — John Glover's property near Evandale in northern Van Diemen's Land — and told through the lives of Glover's family in the colonial period. Garrow Head draws on the history of the Glover family and their neighbours at Patterdale to explore what colonial life actually looked like on the ground — the farming, the relationships with convict workers, the interactions with the local Aboriginal community, and the domestic realities behind the landscapes Glover was painting.


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Gatty – Prince of Navigators | Bruce Brown | 1997 [SC] – Harold Gatty, Campbell Town's Famous Aviator
 
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A biography of Harold Gatty, one of the most significant navigators of the 20th century. Gatty was born in Campbell Town,Tasmania on 5 January 1903, though his family moved to Zeehan when he was an infant and he had no memory of the town himself. Despite this, Campbell Town has always claimed him with pride.


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Geological Evolution of Tasmania
 
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An extensive chronological view of Tasmania’s geological evolution, with the major tectonic, magmatic and mineralisation events placed in their order of occurrence. Includes a simplified account of the geology, and of the geological history, of Tasmania written for the interested layman.

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