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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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Fleeting Hopes - a History of Port Davey See details
Fleeting Hopes - a History of Port Davey
A history of Port Davey, that most isolated outpost in Tasmania's rugged south-west.
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Flinders Island The Furneaux Group See details
Flinders Island The Furneaux Group
An old booklet for travellers to Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group, Bass Strait, giving a brief history and outline of Flinders.
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Fonthill - used book See details
Fonthill - used book
The fascinating story of the Tasmanian colonial property Fonthill in the Midlands, and the three families - Tabarts, Burburys, Harveys - that have dominated its stewardship over almost 175 years.
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Frenchmans Cap – Story of a Mountain | Simon Kleinig | 2012 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Out of Print] See details
Frenchmans Cap – Story of a Mountain | Simon Kleinig | 2012 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Out of Print]

A collection of stories about Frenchmans Cap — the distinctive quartzite peak in Tasmania's Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, one of the most recognisable mountains on the island and one of the more demanding day walks in the southwest.

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From Flat Top to Rhyndaston See details
From Flat Top to Rhyndaston

A history of the Rhyndaston–Tiberias area, in Tasmania's Southern Midlands, and its pioneering families. Rhyndaston lies close to Colebrook, near Flat Top Hill, in a district where several localities carry biblical place names, including nearby Tiberias and Jerusalem.

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From Jerusalem to Colebrook See details
From Jerusalem to Colebrook

A local Tasmanian history of the Jerusalem to Colebrook area of the Coal River Valley, near Richmond, by Helen J Osbourne — also author of From Flat Top to Rhyndaston.

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From Montagu Swamp to Togari See details
From Montagu Swamp to Togari

"A job well done" tells the early history, development and settlement of parts of the Montagu swampland in Circular Head, northwest Tasmania to the lush dairy farms of today.

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George Town - History of the town and district See details
George Town - History of the town and district
A local history of George Town on the north coast of Tasmania.
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Ghost Stories of Richmond | Granny Jones | 1992 [USED – SC – Good] See details
Ghost Stories of Richmond | Granny Jones | 1992 [USED – SC – Good]

A small booklet of ghost stories associated with Richmond — the historic colonial town near Hobart, home to the oldest Catholic church in Australia and the Richmond Bridge, the oldest road bridge in Australia still in use.

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Glamorgan Tasmania See details
Glamorgan Tasmania
A history of Glamorgan on the East Coast of Tasmania - the oldest municipality in Australia.
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