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Islands of the Island State - Rees Campbell explores 40 of Tasmania's 6,500 offshore islands, their history & wild food | 2026 [NEW – SC] See details
Islands of the Island State - Rees Campbell explores 40 of Tasmania's 6,500 offshore islands, their history & wild food | 2026 [NEW – SC]
Added: Sep 8, 2026

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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The Enigmatic Art of the Ross Bridge Tasmania | Dr Jennie Jackson | 2026 | Signed by Author [NEW – SC] See details
The Enigmatic Art of the Ross Bridge Tasmania | Dr Jennie Jackson | 2026 | Signed by Author [NEW – SC]
Added: Mar 26, 2026

A close study of the 186 carved decorations on the Ross Bridge — the convict-built sandstone bridge that has spanned the Macquarie River at Ross since 1836, and one of the most visited historic sites in Tasmania. The carvings were the work of Daniel Herbert, a transported convict who was a stonemason by trade.

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Local History

A large and constantly updated collection of Tasmanian local and district history books – town histories, community stories, and the histories of local councils, districts and regions right across the state. Many of these titles were produced by local historical societies, councils, and community groups in small print runs, making them genuinely hard to find once out of print. A favourite section for genealogists, local historians, and anyone researching a specific Tasmanian town or district.

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Cypress Street Cemetery See details
Cypress Street Cemetery
A history of the Cypress Street Cemetery including a listing of those buried there.
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David Howie - Devil or Saint? A biography See details
David Howie - Devil or Saint? A biography
A biography of David Howie, a man who became a household name in Australia in 1845 as a result of his involvement in the rescue of survivors of the shipwreck of the Cataraqui on King Island - Australia's worst sea tragedy on record.
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Days Gone By in Clarence See details
Days Gone By in Clarence
A chronological history of significant dates and events on the Eastern Shore of the Derwent River, across from Hobart in Tasmania - signed by the author John R Sargent.
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Deviot Talks See details
Deviot Talks
A local history of Deviot, in northern Tasmania - located on the banks of the Tamar River between Sidmouth and Robigana.
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Discovering King Island Western Bass Strait See details
Discovering King Island Western Bass Strait
A short history and guide to King Is, off the north coast of Tasmania in Bass Strait - vintage.
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Down the Sledge Track See details
Down the Sledge Track
A local Tasmanian history of West Scottsdale and Lietinna.
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Down Wapping - Hobart's vanished Wapping and Old Wharf districts [HCDJ] See details
Down Wapping - Hobart's vanished Wapping and Old Wharf districts [HCDJ]

History of Hobart's vanished Wapping and Old Wharf districts — waterfront trades, industry and the 19th-century slum stereotype in Tasmania / Van Diemen's Land. 

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Down Wapping - Hobart's vanished Wapping and Old Wharf districts [SC] See details
Down Wapping - Hobart's vanished Wapping and Old Wharf districts [SC]

History of Hobart's vanished Wapping and Old Wharf districts — waterfront trades, industry and the 19th-century slum stereotype in Tasmania / Van Diemen's Land. 

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Down Windermere Way... See details
Down Windermere Way...
A small stapled history booklet about Windermere, on the East bank of the Tamar River, in northern Tasmania.
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Duck and Green Peas! For Ever! Finding Utopia in Tasmania See details
Duck and Green Peas! For Ever! Finding Utopia in Tasmania
People have looked to find utopia in the most unlikely Tasmanian places – Port Davey, Elephant Pass, Jackey’s Marsh, Cygnet, Lake Pedder, Castra. This book tells their stories.
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