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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]
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
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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My Memoirs Laced with East Coast Tales of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Tales from the early days of Tasmania's east coast.

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New Norfolk Pioneers and Homes - Series I
A local history of New Norfolk in Tasmania's Derwent Valley. Numbered signed copy.

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New Norfolk Pioneers and Homes - Series II
A local history of New Norfolk in Tasmania's Derwent Valley.

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New Norfolk Sketchbook
A black/white sketchbook capturing key sites around New Norfolk in the Derwent Valley.

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New Norfolk's History & Achievements series III
A history of the people of New Norfolk in Tasmania's Derwent Valley, illustrated with black/white photos throughout, published to celebrate the Bicentennial.

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New Town – An Illustrated History 1840–1940 | Bill Penfold | 1999 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Out of Print]

An illustrated history of New Town — the inner Hobart suburb north of the CBD, covering the period from 1840 to 1940.  New Town has one of the more distinctive histories of Hobart's inner suburbs — it was the site of the New Town Farm, early colonial institutions, and the gradual development of residential and commercial life north of the city centre across the 19th and early 20th centuries.


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Oatlands Past to Present | Oatlands District Historical Society | [NEW – SC]

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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Oatlands… a Colonial Treasure
Oatlands is a fine example of a Van Diemen's Land Georgian colonial township. Settled in the mid-1820s the town is still easily recognisable as such.

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Old Hobart Town Today
A black/white photographic essay by Frank Bolt capturing the lingering essence of old Hobart Town in modern day Hobart.

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Old Longford

A history of Longford, the main township of the northern Midlands of Tasmania, by GW Hudson.


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