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Urchin Convicts - the Point Puer Boys in Van Diemen's Land
Added: Jun 5, 2025
 
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In the early 19th century, amidst public anxiety about the threat to public order and respectability posed by juvenile offenders, over 2000 boys were transported from the streets of London to the Point Puer Boys Establishment at Port Arthur in Van Diemen’s Land.

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Convicts, Cannibals and Strange Little Animals
Added: Jun 4, 2025
 
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A quirky, illustrated guide to the things that make Tasmania different and interesting.

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Out of the Ordinary
Added: May 23, 2025
 
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An historical novel based around the early life near Wynyard / Table Cape of FM Alexander, founder of the Alexander Technique.

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Those That Survive - Tasmania's Vintage and Veteran Recreational Vessels
 
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This maritime history book profiles over 460 vintage or veteran recreational boating vessels built prior to 1970 that are of significance to Tasmania.

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Three Indians and the Caterpillar - Destination Cradle Mt 1828-1935
 
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This book relates the experiences of some of the men and women who ventured to Tasmania's Cradle Mountain in the years prior to WWII when the destination was not so popular and was difficult to access.

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Three Sheets to the Wind
 
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When, in 1796, Calcutta-based Scottish merchants Campbell & Clark dispatched an Indian ship hurriedly renamed the Sydney Cove to the colony of New South Wales, they were hoping to make their fortune.

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Through Hells Gates - used
 
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A history of Strahan and Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's West Coast.

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Through Ice and Fire - Australia's famous icebreaker Aurora Australis
 
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The first and only Australian-built Antarctic flagship, Aurora Australis, and her crews have secured a place in Antarctic history.

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Thylacine - the history, ecology and loss of the Tasmanian Tiger
 
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A comprehensive exploration of the thylacine, the Tasmanain Tiger, which until the mid-20th century was the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial; its disappearance has left many questions and contradictions.

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Ticklebelly Tales and other stories from the people of the Hydro
 
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A social history of Hydro Tasmania from 1910 to 2006, based on first hand testimony.

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Tiger Men - used
 
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Van Diemen's Land was an island of stark contrasts - a harsh penal colony, an English idyll for its gentry, and an island so rich in natural resources it was a profiteer's paradise.

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To Hell or to Hobart
 
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The story of an Irish convict couple - Stephen Howard and Ellen Lydon - transported to Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania in the 1840s.

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To Name Those Lost
 
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A moving father and son story set amidst the beauty and the violence of the poor and preyed upon of our colonial past. Set in Launceston.

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