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The Enigmatic Art of the Ross Bridge Tasmania - signed
Added: Mar 26, 2026
 
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The Ross Bridge sculptures are one of the great enigmas of Tasmania art - 186 architectural decorations carved in relief by convicts transported to the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land.

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Shifting Sands
Added: Apr 14, 2026
 
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A history of the Mersey River, Devonport.

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Valley People
Added: Apr 9, 2026
 
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The stories of some 36 characters of the Fingal Valley with black/white photographic portraits by local GP Dr Jim Marwood.

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Tall Poplars
 
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Tales of Tasmania's fabled River Derwent valley.

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Taroona
 
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A local history of Taroona 1808-1986 - from farm lands to a garden suburb just south of Hobart.

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Tasmania's Beaumaris Beach Mystery - worn
 
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The unsolved disappearance of one foreign tourist and the brutal murder of another on Tasmania's lonely Beaumaris Beach are re-examined two decades later by author Melanie Calvert.

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Tasmania's Forgotten Frontier - used
 
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Settled by sealers prior to Hobart, this is the story of Tasmania's forgotten frontier - the north east coast and islands and the pioneers who braved the isolation to create the first permanent settlements in this remote corner of the state.

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Tasmania's North-East
 
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A comprehensive history of North-Eastern Tasmania and its people - this is the 1981 reprint of a book that was originally published in 1928.

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Tasmania's Offshore Islands - used hardcover
 
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An extensively researched nature guide to Tasmania's 280 offshore islands, with a focus on seabirds.

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Tasmania's Vanishing Towns - Not what they used to be
 
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More Tasmanian ghost towns and vanished settlements from author Michael Holmes - a follow up to his incredibly popular original Vanishing Towns.

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Tasmania's Vanishing Towns - Not what they used to be - used, hardcover
 
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The second volume of Tasmania's lost, forgotten and vanished towns from days gone by - a book about ghost towns.

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Tasmanian High Country Huts
 
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An illustrated guide to the wooden huts left behind by the pioneers who lived and worked in Tasmania's remote high country.

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Tassie Pubs I've Called Home
 
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The story of living and working in licensed premises around Tasmania over three decades of profound change.

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