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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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Port Cygnet 1792-1860 See details
Port Cygnet 1792-1860
Port Cygnet 1792 - 1860, Volume 1 - A local Tasmanian history.
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Prosperous - the Kennedy Murrays and the origins of historic Evandale in Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania See details
Prosperous - the Kennedy Murrays and the origins of historic Evandale in Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania

Evandale, now known as one of Tasmania's best-preserved Georgian villages, began as "Murray's Prosperous village" — a farm hamlet founded by Kennedy Murray Jr, born in 1799 on Norfolk Island to First Fleet-era parents, who successfully applied to Governor Macquarie for a land grant here in 1818.

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Pubs in Hobart from 1807 – A Gazetteer | David J. Bryce | 1997 [USED – SC – Out of Print] See details
Pubs in Hobart from 1807 – A Gazetteer | David J. Bryce | 1997 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

David J. Bryce's gazetteer of hotels, taverns and public houses in Hobart from 1807 through to the late 20th century — a comprehensive single reference on the subject. At 183 pages plus appendices, the book lists Hobart's licensed premises in gazetteer format — organised to allow researchers to track specific premises, their licensees, locations and histories across nearly two centuries of Hobart's social and commercial life.

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PWD Paid Wet and Dry - 101 memories of Tasmania's Public Works System - signed See details
PWD Paid Wet and Dry - 101 memories of Tasmania's Public Works System - signed

101 memories of Tasmania's Public Works Department (PWD) — the state government body responsible for building and maintaining Tasmania's roads, bridges and public infrastructure through much of the 20th century - also referred to as Paid Wet or Dry.

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Reaching Out From Ben Lomond – Stories of Farmers and Their Farms Around Blessington, Evandale, Clarendon and Nile | Tony McCormack | 2019 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Out of Stock] See details
Reaching Out From Ben Lomond – Stories of Farmers and Their Farms Around Blessington, Evandale, Clarendon and Nile | Tony McCormack | 2019 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Out of Stock]

The third volume in Tony McCormack's "Reaching Out" series of local farming histories, covering the northern Tasmanian Midlands districts of Blessington, Evandale, Clarendon and Nile. McCormack continues his approach of combining individual farm and family histories with the broader story of agricultural settlement in this part of the Northern Midlands, drawing on interviews and records from the families who have worked this country.

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Reaching Out From Evandale | Tony McCormack | 2017 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Very Good] See details
Reaching Out From Evandale | Tony McCormack | 2017 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Very Good]

Tony McCormack returns to the farms around Evandale to capture the stories of the properties and the families who earned their living working them — the second volume in the "Reaching Out" series, covering the districts of Clarendon, Nile, Deddington, Blessington, White Hills and Relbia.

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Reaching Out From Trafalgar – Stories of Farmers and Their Farms Around the Trafalgar Estate, Evandale | Tony McCormack | 2015 [USED – SC – Very Good] See details
Reaching Out From Trafalgar – Stories of Farmers and Their Farms Around the Trafalgar Estate, Evandale | Tony McCormack | 2015 [USED – SC – Very Good]

The fourth volume in Tony McCormack's "Reaching Out" series of local farming histories — this time focusing on the farms and properties surrounding Trafalgar Estate, the substantial colonial property near Evandale in northern Tasmania's Midlands.

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Reaching out from Willowdene See details
Reaching out from Willowdene

Memoirs and stories of the author's mentors, by Dr Tony McCormack — the latest in his series tracing farming families of the Evandale, Nile, Clarendon and Blessington districts of Northern Tasmania, following on from Reaching Out From Trafalgar, Reaching Out From Evandale and Reaching Out From Ben Lomond.

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Reading in Colonial Tasmania - the early years of the Evandale Subscription Library See details
Reading in Colonial Tasmania - the early years of the Evandale Subscription Library
The Evandale Subscription Library in the north of Tasmania is unique in that its 19th century manuscript catalogue of books and loans register has survived.

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Recherche Bay - a short history See details
Recherche Bay - a short history
A short, illustrated social history of Recherche Bay, south of Hobart in Tasmania.
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