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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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Lottah and the Anchor See details
Lottah and the Anchor
The story of the historic Anchor tin mine in Tasmania's remote north east and the town it spawned, Lottah.
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Low Head to Launceston - earliest reports of Port Dalrymple and the Tamar See details
Low Head to Launceston - earliest reports of Port Dalrymple and the Tamar

Presents the earliest surviving written accounts of the exploration and founding of Port Dalrymple and the Tamar, at the mouth of which the site of modern Launceston developed. On the evening of 3 November 1798, Matthew Flinders and George Bass entered Port Dalrymple aboard the colonial sloop Norfolk, becoming the first Europeans to survey the harbour.

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Maatsuyker Through Our Eyes - used See details
Maatsuyker Through Our Eyes - used
A journey to Tasmania's remote Maatsuyker Island where Paul Richardson and Amanda Walker record their caretaking experience.

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Making their own way See details
Making their own way
The Dunbabins on Maria Island 1869-1876.
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Maria Island - A Tasmanian Eden by Maggie Weidenhofer, foreword by Patsy Adam-Smith |Used SC| See details
Maria Island - A Tasmanian Eden by Maggie Weidenhofer, foreword by Patsy Adam-Smith |Used SC|

An illustrated history of Maria Island, off the East Coast of Tasmania.

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Maria Island History and Landscapes 1825-1930 See details
Maria Island History and Landscapes 1825-1930

A history of Maria Island's recent past structured around four key touchstones.

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Mary Street, Cygnet See details
Mary Street, Cygnet
A history of life on the main road of a Tasmanian country town.
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Mathinna - Discovering the Past 1850s-1930s See details
Mathinna - Discovering the Past 1850s-1930s
A local Tasmanian history of Mathinna - thanks to gold mining, Mathinna was once the third largest town in Tasmania.

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Mathinna - They Answered the Call See details
Mathinna - They Answered the Call
A history of Mathinna through a remembrance of the men who served in World War One.
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Memories of Badger Head See details
Memories of Badger Head
History and memoirs from the Badger Head area, a headland a little west of the river Tamar in the Asbestos Range, northern Tasmania. This is an out-of-print book in USED condition.
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