Riverine documents four autumns of collaborative work by artists Raymond Arnold, Ian Westacott and John Wolseley, camped along the Banyena/Richardson River at Bonnie Brae, a regeneratively managed farm in Victoria's Wimmera region; the book brings together more than 50 paintings, watercolours and etchings with essays by farm steward Prue McAllister and the three artists.
L.J. Morley's history of Tasmania's working trucks from 1909 to 1970 - from Mt Lyell mining trucks and Huon apple trucks to Hobart's fire engines and wartime army vehicles, with hundreds of photographs.
Rees Campbell, author of the bestselling Eat MORE Wild Tasmanian, turns her attention to Tasmania's off-shore islands. There are some 6,500 islands, islets, rocks and reefs around the state, and this book visits 40 of them — from the largest, Flinders Island, to the remote and uninhabited Pedra Branca and Mewstone in the Southern Ocean, to some of the smallest and closest, like the Harbour Islets in the state's far North West.
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This epic and sweeping 200-year saga of an ancient island and its violent transformation from Eden-like paradise to the tourist destination that Tasmania is today, is told through the lives of four families.
The Australasia sailed from Dublin in May 1849 carrying 200 female convicts, many from the western counties of Ireland where the effects of the Great Famine were still being felt, and anchored in the Derwent River on 28 September 1849. Rather than landing immediately, the women typically spent a further six months moored on the river under the probation system, before being hired out into service across the colony.
A Far Microcosm is a detailed history of Tasmania's architectural heritage from 1803 to 1914 — its influences and styles, materials and construction, building forms and types, and the adaptations made in response to climate and social and economic circumstances. This four-volume set explains every style and size in detail, with explanations of architectural and technical terms and extensive illustrations throughout.
A wisdom of wombats? A loveliness of ladybirds? A flamboyance of flamingos? A simple illustrated journey through the animal kingdom with award-winning Tasmanian artist Jennifer Cossins.