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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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Recollections of North Bruny Island | F. Oliver Gray | 1978 [USED – SC – Out of Print]

F. Oliver Gray's personal recollections of life on the north end of Bruny Island — the smaller, more pastoral northern section of the island separated from South Bruny by The Neck. North Bruny has a distinct character from the southern wilderness — it is more like farming country, with the community of Dennes Point and the D'Entrecasteaux Channel defining its western shore.


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Rediscovering Recherche Bay
A history of Recherche Bay in South West Tasmania.

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Reflections on Tasmaniana | Phoebe Wilson | 1972 | Signed by Author [USED – SC – Damaged Cover]

Poet and writer Phoebe Wilson's reflections on aspects of Tasmania she encountered and observed — a 1972 booklet covering Bicheno, Campbell Town, O'Brien's Store, Mervyn Houghton Wright, Ross, Table Cape, the Shell and Antique Museum, Lake Dulverton, Oatlands and Clyde Goldsmith.


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Richard Bennett's Huon Valley
A photographic essay of Tasmania's Huon Valley by renowned photographer Richard Bennett.

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Richmond Tasmania - A Crossing Place
A local history of Richmond, a small historic town not far from Hobart, in Tasmania.

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Richmond... and the Coal River Valley

Walter B. Pridmore's short history of Richmond and the Coal River Valley, including the Richmond Gaol, churches, stately homes and wineries. Softcover, 2003, 76 pages, illustrated with colour paintings.


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Ringarooma Days - the history and families of a North-East community |Glenn Carins|SC 2026|

Ringarooma, in Tasmania's North-East, began as "Krushka Town," a private township founded in 1882 by the Krushka brothers, whose enterprise grew out of the region's tin mining boom of the 1870s. The town was renamed Ringarooma in 1888. Glenn Carins traces the history and pioneering families of the district, including Alberton, Krushka Town, Pinega, Talawa/Maurice and Trenah.


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Robbins Island Saga - History of a Bass Strait island, Pauline Buckby

Robbins Island, off Tasmania's north-west coast in Bass Strait, is the state's seventh largest island and its largest privately owned one. Pauline Buckby, also author of Around Circular Head and The Legends of Hunter Island (both also in our stock), tells the island's history here.


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Ross... on the Argyle Plains

A Tasmanian regional history with a focus on the colonial period and its buildings in Ross and the Midlands area around it, from York Plains to Campbell Town.


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Rossarden Echo of the Mountain - second edition
A revised and updated edition of the popular Rossarden, Echo of the Mountain.

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