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Oatlands Past to Present | Oatlands District Historical Society | [NEW – SC] See details
Oatlands Past to Present | Oatlands District Historical Society | [NEW – SC]
Added: Jul 15, 2026

A new local history of Oatlands and the surrounding area — compiled by the Oatlands District Historical Society. Oatlands sits in Tasmania's Southern Midlands on the Midland Highway corridor, about 85km north of Hobart and 40 minutes south of Campbell Town. Its main street of intact colonial sandstone buildings is one of the most complete examples of colonial-era architecture in Australia.

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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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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
Added: Aug 12, 2026

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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A History of Dover & Port Esperance Tasmania – Volume 2: Later Years 1875–1925 | Norm Beechey & Dorothy Baker | 2000 [USED – SC – Worn] See details
A History of Dover & Port Esperance Tasmania – Volume 2: Later Years 1875–1925 | Norm Beechey & Dorothy Baker | 2000 [USED – SC – Worn]

The second volume in Norm Beechey and Dorothy Baker's history of Dover and Port Esperance, covering the later years from 1875 to 1925. This volume picks up where Volume 1 left off — documenting the development of the district through the sawmilling era, apple growing and the challenges of codlin moth, the trade union movement in the timber industry, the extension of the electric telegraph, the local steamers Ivy, Reliance and Dover that connected the community to Hobart, WWI soldiers, Spanish flu, whaling, and the eucalyptus oil distillation industry.

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A History of Evandale | K.R. von Stieglitz | c.1967 [USED – SC – Out of Print] See details
A History of Evandale | K.R. von Stieglitz | c.1967 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

K.R. von Stieglitz's short history of Evandale — one of the best-preserved colonial towns in northern Tasmania, situated on the South Esk River south of Launceston. Evandale was gazetted in 1836 and its streetscape of Georgian and colonial architecture remains largely intact, giving it a distinctive character among Tasmanian towns.

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A History of Glen Dhu School & Community See details
A History of Glen Dhu School & Community
A history of Glen Dhu school and community in Launceston.
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A History of North West Bay & Margate Tasmania See details
A History of North West Bay & Margate Tasmania
A regional Tasmanian history covering 1792 to 2000, including 28 historic images, 22 maps/plans, and detailed index.
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A History of Oatlands See details
A History of Oatlands
A history of Oatlands in Tasmania's southern midlands, renowned for its old sandstone buildings.
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A History of Oatlands and Jericho See details
A History of Oatlands and Jericho
A vintage local history of the Midlands area of Tasmania.
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A History of Showing in Circular Head - Celebrating 100 years See details
A History of Showing in Circular Head - Celebrating 100 years

The Circular Head District Agricultural, Pastoral, Horticultural and Poultry Association held its first show in November 1907, on what was then the old cricket ground.

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A History of the Lower Midlands in Tasmania | J.S. Weeding | 1976 [USED – SC – Worn] See details
A History of the Lower Midlands in Tasmania | J.S. Weeding | 1976 [USED – SC – Worn]

J.S. Weeding's history of the lower Midlands district of Tasmania — the region south of Campbell Town encompassing Oatlands, Tunbridge, Antill Ponds, Jericho, Interlaken, Parattah, Mount Seymour, Lake Tiberias, Rhyndaston, Stonor, Tunnack, Woodsdale, Andover, Levendale, Stonehenge and Swanston. The lower Midlands is convict-era country — the road south from Campbell Town passes through landscapes shaped by assigned convict labour, pastoral runs, coaching inns and probation stations.

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A History of The Parish of St. Leonards See details
A History of The Parish of St. Leonards
A local history of St Leonards, near Launceston in the north of Tasmania.
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A Midlands Odyssey – A Journey Through the Northern Midlands of Tasmania | Frank L. Rigney | 2008 | Limited Edition 88/250 Signed [USED – HCDJ] See details
A Midlands Odyssey – A Journey Through the Northern Midlands of Tasmania | Frank L. Rigney | 2008 | Limited Edition 88/250 Signed [USED – HCDJ]

Frank Rigney's journey through the pastoral properties and rural history of the Northern Midlands of Tasmania, published in 2008. The book documents the anecdotal histories of properties across the region — the families who settled them, the changes in land use over generations, and the stories that have accumulated around the farms, homesteads and communities of the Midlands.

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