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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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Mountain Reflections - Kentish district oral histories: Sheffield, Wilmot & Mt Roland residents' memories | Mary Haberle | Signed | 1993 [USED – SC] See details
Mountain Reflections - Kentish district oral histories: Sheffield, Wilmot & Mt Roland residents' memories | Mary Haberle | Signed | 1993 [USED – SC]

Kentish district residents' memories, as told to Mary Haberle — local history from the north of Tasmania, covering the Kentish municipality around Sheffield, Wilmot, Mount Roland and Dunorlan. Profiles individual residents.

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Mountain Stories: Volume 1 | Simon Cubit | Tasmanian History See details
Mountain Stories: Volume 1 | Simon Cubit | Tasmanian History

Mountain Stories is a collection of over 50 tales of the pioneering bush men who worked and lived in one of Tasmania's remotest regions, the arc of country from Great Lake west to the Vale of Belvoir near Cradle Mountain.

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Mountain Stories: Volume 2 | Simon Cubit | Tasmanian History See details
Mountain Stories: Volume 2 | Simon Cubit | Tasmanian History

Mountain Stories: Echoes from the Tasmanian High Country (Volume 2) by Simon Cubit, available new, offers a collection of oral histories from the Western Tiers and Central Plateau. As a standalone volume that does not require reading the out-of-print first book, this 290-page softcover captures the lives of the mountain men and heritage huts.

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Mt Paris Dam See details
Mt Paris Dam
During the boom time of tin mining at Derby in the north east of Tasmania, the Mt Paris Dam was constructed.
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Municipal Magnificence - The Hobart Town Hall See details
Municipal Magnificence - The Hobart Town Hall
This book tells the 1866 - 2016 story of the Hobart Town Hall site from its earliest days, as an Aboriginal landscape, the location of the colony's first government house and the design and completion of the present Town Hall complex. USED.
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My Memoirs Laced with East Coast Tales of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) See details
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 See details
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 See details
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 See details
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 See details
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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