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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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Memories of Lyndhurst and Waterhouse See details
Memories of Lyndhurst and Waterhouse
A short history of the vanishing former gold mining town area of Lyndhurst and Waterhouse in north east Tasmania.
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Memories of Tasmania's West Coast - a pictorial journey of road & rail vehicles of the past See details
Memories of Tasmania's West Coast - a pictorial journey of road & rail vehicles of the past

Memories of Tasmania's West Coast is a pictorial journey through the construction of the West Coast road, the Great Lake road to Bronte, the Tarraleah road, and the Queenstown to Zeehan road, now all highways.

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Midland Agricultural Association - Established 1838, Campbell Town See details
Midland Agricultural Association - Established 1838, Campbell Town
Shortly after its inception, Tasmania's Midland Agricultural Association became permanently established at Campbell Town. Today it is most commonly known as the Campbell Town Show, and this is its history.
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Midland Agricultural Association - hardcover See details
Midland Agricultural Association - hardcover
Midland Agricultural Association history 1838-1988, relating to the long running Campbell Town Show in the northern Midlands of Tasmania.
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Midland Agricultural Association - softcover See details
Midland Agricultural Association - softcover
Midland Agricultural Association history 1838-1988, relating to the long running Campbell Town Show in the northern Midlands of Tasmania.
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Miners Siding, Queenstown Tasmania 1983 centenary of Lyell mining See details
Miners Siding, Queenstown Tasmania 1983 centenary of Lyell mining

A small illustrated history booklet published to mark the centenary of Lyell mining at Miners Siding, Queenstown, in 1983 — a century on from the 1883 discovery of gold at the Iron Blow, the find that launched mining in the district and eventually led to the formation of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company in 1893.

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Miss Leake's Journal - used See details
Miss Leake's Journal - used
Sarah Elizabeth Leake, Miss Leake, was mistress at Rosedale, her father's property, near Campbell Town in Tasmania's Midlands.
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More Historical Stories of Tasmania's West Coast - Les Morley See details
More Historical Stories of Tasmania's West Coast - Les Morley

The companion volume to the popular regional series by respected Tasmanian transport and local historian L.J. (Les) Morley. An essential visual and narrative archive capturing the rugged pioneering grit of early West Coast mining towns, bush tracks, and local characters.

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More Ripper Tassie Place Names Volume Two See details
More Ripper Tassie Place Names Volume Two

A further humorous look at Tasmanian places names... Tasmania is blessed with a plethora of biblical place names, together with many outrageous, unsavoury, quirky and crazy names.

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More Yesterday's Hobart Today See details
More Yesterday's Hobart Today
A collection of historic and contemporary photographs for a street-by-street look at Hobart’s past and present.
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