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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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Gleanings from the Past - Bruny Island See details
Gleanings from the Past - Bruny Island
Local history and memories of life on Bruny Island by Tasmanian watercolour artist Beryl Manning (nee Lehner).
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Glenorchy 1804-1964 See details
Glenorchy 1804-1964
A local Tasmanian history of an area of Greater Hobart.
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Glenorchy 1964-1998 - a local history from the Drive-In to Technopark, industry, community and council | Alison Alexander | Signed [USED – HCDJ] See details
Glenorchy 1964-1998 - a local history from the Drive-In to Technopark, industry, community and council | Alison Alexander | Signed [USED – HCDJ]

Alison Alexander's sequel to Glenorchy 1804-1964, also in our stock, continuing the local history of this Greater Hobart municipality through to the end of the 20th century.

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Go West to Hell's Gates See details
Go West to Hell's Gates
Tasmania's wild west, long ago.
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Going to the Mechanics - history of the Launceston Mechanics Institute 1842-1914 See details
Going to the Mechanics - history of the Launceston Mechanics Institute 1842-1914

A history from the north of Tasmania of the Launceston Mechanics Institute 1842-1914.

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Grasping at Shadows - Balfour, the mining town in the Tarkine See details
Grasping at Shadows - Balfour, the mining town in the Tarkine
In 1975 a young Adelaide teacher, who wanted to write for the theatre, fell in love with a geologist and followed him to the abandoned Tasmanian mining town of Balfour, in the Tarkine area. With another couple and their two small children, they lived the 1970s back-to-the-bush dream while operating a small-scale tin mining plant.
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Gravel & Mud See details
Gravel & Mud
Stories of football played in the mud and gravel of Tasmania's West Coast mining community.
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Growing with Strength - History of Hobart City Council 1846-2000 See details
Growing with Strength - History of Hobart City Council 1846-2000
This commissioned history of the Hobart City Council written by two Hobart-born historians describes the role of the people - aldermen, municipal officers and members of pressure groups - who have played a large part in Hobart's municipal life over 154 years.
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Guardians of the Port - used, signed See details
Guardians of the Port - used, signed
A history of the colonial pilots of the Port of Hobart from the earliest days of maritime trade on the Derwent.
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Guide to Bruny Island History See details
Guide to Bruny Island History

A condensed history booklet of Bruny Island, illustrated with black/white photos throughout.

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